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Nervous IV

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does the left hemisphere control?
a)
The left side of your body
b)
Your legs and arms
c)
The right side of your body
d)
Your cells and lungs
2.
Which of the following disorders can be cured?
a)
meningitis
b)
cerebral palsy
c)
Dementia
d)
multiple sclerosis
3.
Concentration, language production, and decision making are features of the ___ lobe in the brain.
a)
Temporal
b)
Frontal
c)
Occipital
d)
Brain stem
4.
Sensory information is processed in the ____ lobe of the brain 
a)
frontal
b)
occipital
c)
parietal
d)
temporal
5.
Technically, a person/animal could survive with just this part of the brain.
a)
brain stem
b)
hypothalamus
c)
parietal lobe
d)
temporal lobe
6.

You have two types of neurons in your peripheral nervous system

a)

somatic and autonomic

b)

sensory and motor

c)

sensory, interneurons, and motor

d)

slow twitch and fast twitch

7.

What is the order of meninges from superficial to deep?

a)

dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater

b)

pia mater, arachnoid mater, dura mater

c)

arachnoid mater, dura mater, pia mater

d)

subarachnoid, 4th ventricle, cerebral aqueduct

8.

What is the insulating membrane that surrounds parts of the axon that helps the impulses travel without being disrupted?

a)

Axon

b)

Dendrites

c)

Node of Ranvier

d)

Myelin Sheath

9.

The afferent neuron ____.

a)

monitors changes both inside and outside the body and sends signals to the control center.

b)

collects all information and decides what needs to be done.

c)

activates effector organs

d)

interprets the message from the specific lobe of the brain to the correct body part

10.
When a neuron is depolarized, what are the first channels to open?
a)
Sodium
b)
Potassium
c)
Calcium
d)
ACTH
11.
When a neuron is not engaged in an impulse it is called ____.
a)
Resting potential
b)
Action potential
c)
Neural potential
d)
Synaptic potential
12.

Watch this and then answer the question, poor pup. Involuntary motor neurons are controlled by the _____.

a)

Sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions

b)

Fast and slow responses

c)

automatic and manual systems

d)

Sympathetic and sleeping responses

13.
Which is the correct nerve impulse pathway?
a)
dendrite > axon > cell body > synapse > dendrite
b)
dendrite > cell body > axon > synapse > dendrite
c)
axon > cell body > dendrite > synapse > axon
d)
axon > cell body > dendrite > synapse > axon
14.
What is the name of the Neuron that is also described as the Communicator/Integration Center in the Reflex Arc?
a)
Sensory Neuron
b)
Motor Neuron
c)
Interneuron
d)
Primary Neuron
15.

When the neuron is near the end of depolarization, which ion(s) are primarily found inside of the neuron?

a)

sodium

b)

potassium

c)

sodium and potassium

d)

proteins

16.
This involuntary response occurs AFTER a period of high stress and causes the body to calm down
a)
Sympathetic
b)
Parasympathetic
c)
Slow
d)
Sensory
17.
A tumor on the temporal lobe would most affect the career of 
a)
an architect
b)
a musician
c)
a professor
d)
a researcher
18.
Amy has an itch on her nose and would like to scratch it.  What part of her nervous system will control the movement of her arm to scratch her nose?
a)
Somatic
b)
Sympathetic
c)
Parasympathetic
d)
Autonomic
19.
The right brain does NOT function well in ____.
a)
reading facial expressions
b)
mental rotation of objects
c)
arithmetic
d)
creative artistic tasks
20.
Damage this and you won't form new memories
a)
Hypothalamus
b)
Hippocampus
c)
Amygdala
d)
Thalamus