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WorksheetsNervous system review
Total questions: 62
Worksheet time: 33mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Label the Neuron-What does the letter "A" represent?
a)
Axon
b)
Dendrite
c)
Axon Terminal
d)
Cell Body
2.
Label the Neuron-What does the letter "C" represent?
a)
Cell Body
b)
Dendrite
c)
Axon Terminal
d)
Myelin Sheath
3.
Label the Neuron-What does the letter "D" represent?
a)
Dendrite
b)
Axon
c)
Myelin Sheath
d)
Node of Ranvier
4.
Label the Neuron-What does the letter "E" represent?
a)
Schwann Cell
b)
Node of Ranvier
c)
Axon Terminal
d)
Myelin Sheath
5.
Label the Neuron-What does the letter "G"
represent?
represent?
a)
Axon Terminal
b)
Node of Ranvier
c)
Nucleus
d)
Myelin Sheath
6.
What number on the graph represents the Threshold phase
a)
1
b)
3
c)
4
d)
6
7.
What number(s) on the graph represents the Resting Potential?
a)
1 and 2
b)
1 and 5
c)
2 and 3
d)
3 and 4
8.
What number on the graph represents the Repolarization phase?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
9.
What number on the graph represents the Hyperpolarization phase?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
10.
What number on the graph represents the Depolarization phase?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
11.
What is the chemical used by a neuron to transmit an impulse across a synapse to another nerve cell?
a)
Neurotransmitters
b)
Synapse
c)
Threshold
d)
Impulse
12.
When a neuron is depolarized, what are the first channels to open?
a)
Sodium
b)
Potassium
c)
Calcium
d)
ACTH
13.
What is the main control center of the body that contains the brain and spinal cord?
a)
Peripheral nervous system
b)
Central nervous system
c)
Autonomic nervous system
d)
Somatic nervous system
14.
Which part of the brain would be most active with planning and decision-making?
a)
cerebral cortex
b)
corpus callosum
c)
medulla
d)
reticular formation
15.
Shelton fell off of a ladder while cleaning the gutters. He can not stand up without assistance and is unable to catch a ball. Which is the most likely affected part of the brain?
a)
Cerebellum
b)
Cerebrum
c)
Cerebral Cortex
d)
Corpus Callosum
16.
Which of the following is the correct matching of brain lobe regions?
a)
White=parietal, Pink=temporal, Blue=frontal, & Green=occipital
b)
White=frontal, Pink=parietal, Blue=occipital & Green=temporal
c)
White=temporal, Pink=occipital, Blue=frontal & Green=parietal
d)
White=frontal, Pink=occipital, Blue=temporal, & Green=parietal
17.
Craig blurts out whatever he is thinking and is rude to whoever is around. He can't control his temper and has become very aggressive.
What is the most likely affected area of the brain?
What is the most likely affected area of the brain?
a)
Motor cortex
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Temporal lobe
d)
Limbic system
29.
The sensory cortex is most important for out sense of
a)
smell
b)
taste
c)
sight
d)
touch
19.
The visual cortex is located in the
a)
occipital lobe
b)
temporal lobe
c)
frontal lobe
d)
parietal lobe
30.
Which part of the brain controls breathing and heart rate?
a)
Frontal
b)
Medulla
c)
Thalamus
d)
Pons
21.
The nerve fibers that enable communication between the right and left cerebral hemispheres and that have been severed in split-brain patients form a structure called the
a)
corpus callosum
b)
reticular formation
c)
association areas
d)
parietal lobes
31.
Controls hearing, and language comprehension
a)
Frontal Lobe
b)
Temporal Lobe
c)
Occipital Lobe
d)
Parietal Lobe
23.
Makes decisions, plans, reasons, and carries out behaviors
a)
Frontal Lobe
b)
Parietal Lobe
c)
Occipital Lobe
d)
Temporal Lobe
24.
What is this?
a)
Cerebrum
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Brain Stem
d)
Diencephalon
25.
The large wrinkled part of the brain is known as the ___.
a)
Cerebral Cortex
b)
Motor Strip
c)
Corpus Cortex
d)
Parietal Lobe
26.
A person has a stroke on her occipital lobe. What might happen to her?
a)
reduced planning abilities
b)
deafness
c)
coma
d)
blindness
27.
The area of the frontal lobe that is devoted to the production of fluent speech is ______ area.
a)
Broca’s
b)
Gall’s
c)
Wernicke’s
d)
Korsakoff’s
28.
The axon hillock
a)
surrounds the axon and protects the axon from degradation
b)
is located at the end of the axon and houses the vesicles which release neurotransmitters
c)
Connects the cell body to the axon and generates the nerve impulse
d)
are the gaps between the myelin sheath that speed transmission of the neural message
29.
The sensory cortex is most important for out sense of
a)
smell
b)
taste
c)
sight
d)
touch
30.
Which part of the brain controls breathing and heart rate?
a)
Frontal
b)
Medulla
c)
Thalamus
d)
Pons
31.
Controls hearing, and language comprehension
a)
Frontal Lobe
b)
Temporal Lobe
c)
Occipital Lobe
d)
Parietal Lobe
32.
The ___ aids in what we see, ___, and feel.
a)
Temporal, remember
b)
Cerebellum, hear
c)
Frontal Lobe, touch
d)
Temporal, hear
33.
The small ___ is involved with puberty and how fast we grow.
a)
Amygdala
b)
Pituitary Gland
c)
Reticular formation
d)
Sensory Strip
34.
The ___ relays information from the sense organs to the area of the brain that process the information.
a)
Thalmus
b)
Pons
c)
Cerebral Cortex
d)
Hippocampus
35.
Letter J
a)
pons
b)
medulla oblongata
c)
midbrain
d)
cerebellum
36.
What are the grooves in the brain called?
a)
Gyrus
b)
Sulcus
c)
Lobes
d)
Fissures
37.
Which structure in the diencephalon is a relay station for communication sensory and motor information?
a)
Thalamus
b)
Hypothalamus
c)
Epithalamus
38.
Which structure in the diencephalon is responsible for regulating autonomic nervous system functions like metabolism, body temperature, and energy levels?
a)
Thalamus
b)
Hypothalamus
c)
Epithalamus
39.
These are membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord.
a)
Meninges
b)
Corpus Collasum
c)
Cerebral Cortex
d)
Myelin
40.
This meninge is the hard outer layer.
a)
Dura Mater
b)
Arachnoid Mater
c)
Pia Mater
41.
This meninge is the membrane that is attached directly to the surface of the brain and spinal cord.
a)
Dura Mater
b)
Arachnoid Mater
c)
Pia Mater
42.
What is the fluid in the space between the meninges that acts as a shock absorber to the brain and spinal cord called?
a)
Blood-Brain Barrier
b)
Meninges
c)
Cerebrospinal Fluid
d)
Cerebral Cortex
43.
The tube that connects the ear to the pharynx
a)
esophagus
b)
Eustachian tube
c)
palatine
d)
tympanic
44.
the mucous membrane that lines the eyelids and covers the front of the eye
a)
sclera
b)
retina
c)
cornea
d)
conjunctiva
45.
the colored portion of the eye
a)
iris
b)
cornea
c)
retina
d)
pupil
46.
sensors of the black and white shades
a)
cones
b)
conjunctiva
c)
rods
d)
schlera
47.
What is known as the "blind spot"?
a)
cornea
b)
optic disc
c)
optic nerve
d)
retina
48.
What is the name of the small bones in the ear?
a)
auricle
b)
ossicles
c)
cochlea
d)
tympanic membrane
49.
What is D?
a)
external auditory canal
b)
cochlea
c)
Eustachian tube
d)
stapes
50.
What is 4?
a)
lens
b)
optic disc
c)
cornea
d)
iris
51.
What is 1?
a)
cornea
b)
pupil
c)
iris
d)
optic disc
52.
enlarged portion of the olfactory nerve on the anterior part of the brain
a)
papillae
b)
olfactory bulb
c)
meissner corpuscle
d)
pacinian corpuscle
53.
hearing receptors found in the organ of corti in the ear
a)
ossicles
b)
hair cells
c)
chemoreceptors
d)
thermoreceptors
54.
white of the eye
a)
pupil
b)
iris
c)
retina
d)
sclera
55.
changes the shape of the lens
a)
iris
b)
pupil
c)
orbicularis oculi
d)
ciliary body
56.
The "resting and digesting" division of the autonomic nervous system is the ________.
a)
parasympathetic
division
b)
sympathetic
division
c)
somatic division
d)
somatic
nervous system
57.
Preparing the body for the "fight-or-flight" response is the role of the ________.
a)
Cerebrum
b)
parasympathetic nervous sys
c)
sympathetic nervous sys
d)
somatic nervous sys
58.
Farsightedness is more properly called ________.
a)
myopia
b)
hypopia
c)
hyperopia
d)
presbyopia
59.
Allows you to swallow your food
a)
Trigeminal
b)
Facial
c)
Glossopharyngeal
d)
Hypoglossal
60.
Sense of smell
a)
I
b)
II
c)
III
d)
VII
61.
Slows the heart rate
a)
Glossopharyngeal
b)
Vagus
c)
Accessory
d)
Hypoglossal
62.
Taste sensation on the anterior 2/3 of the tongue
a)
facial
b)
trigeminal
c)
glossopharngeal
d)
hypoglossal
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