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Neruo/Brain

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many pairs of Peripheral Nerve Sets are in the body?

a)

12

b)

21

c)

13

d)

31

2.

How many pairs of central nerve sets is in the body?

a)

12

b)

31

c)

13

d)

21

3.

What is the part of the central nervous system?

a)

Brain and Heart

b)

Brain and Lungs

c)

Brain by itself

d)

Brain and Spinal Cord

4.

What is a Synapse?

a)

where the two dendrites meet

b)

the gap between the dendrites where the impulse is transmitted

c)

the gap between the axon and the dendrite where the impulse is transmitted

d)

the gap between two nerves

5.

What is included in the Autonomic Nervous System?

a)

Involuntary control

b)

voluntary control

c)

does not deal with control

d)

control over the smooth muscles in the peripheral nervous system

6.

This means to carry impulses from the body to the CNS

a)

Afferent sensory nerves

b)

Afferent moto nerves

c)

Efferent sensory nerves

d)

Efferent motor nerves

7.

Efferent Motor Nerves does what in the body?

a)

Carries impulses to the brain from the body

b)

Carries impulses to the body from the brain

c)

Carries impulses from the CNS to the body

d)

Carries impulses from the PNS to the brain

8.

What is one of the major nerves in the CNS?

a)

I

b)

III

c)

V

d)

VII

9.

What is another large nerve in the CNS?

a)

VII

b)

IX

c)

X

d)

XII

10.

What is the term for the part of the neuron that conducts impulses toward the cell body

a)

Synapse

b)

Dendrite

c)

Azon

d)

Neuorn

11.

What is a synapse?

a)

the other end of a nerve

b)

a space between two nerves which the impulse must cross

c)

a part of the CNS

d)

another name for meylin sheath

12.

What protects the nervous system through phagocytosis?

a)

Glia

b)

Neuroglia

c)

Neuralgia

d)

Glioblastoma

13.

What is the shape of an Astrocyte?

a)

Star shaped

b)

Round shaped

c)

Square shaped

d)

Spiral shaped

14.

This part of the nervous system controls involuntary impulses in the body

a)

Sympathetic

b)

Autonomic

c)

Somatic

d)

Parasympathetic

15.

This is a progressive and extremely debilitating deterioration of a person's mental state

a)

ALS

b)

Bell's Palsy

c)

Alzheimer's

d)

Grand Mal Seizure

16.

What is the term for inflammation of the meninges due to infection?

a)

Meningitis

b)

Encephalitis

c)

Neuritis

d)

Gliaitis

17.

What is the Neuroglia made of?

a)

connective tissue that support the neurons

b)

connective tissue that support the muscles

c)

connective tissue that support the axons

d)

connective tissue that supports the dedrites

18.

ALS has these symptoms

a)

Stiffening of the muscles

b)

severe weakening and wasting of the involved muscle groups

c)

another term for a lack of a brain and spinal cord at birth

d)

temporary or permanent paralysis of the facial muscles

19.

Cerebral Contusion is caused by this

a)

blood clot in the brain

b)

small scattered venous hemorrhages int he brain

c)

blood clot that causes a loss of consciuousness

d)

blood clot that stops the blood going to the brain

20.

This type of seizure lasts for 30 seconds with temporary loss of consciousness

a)

Grand Mal

b)

Petit Mal

c)

ALS

d)

Gullian-Barre