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Semester 2: 1st Half

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is not a function of the central nervous system?

a)

Motor output

b)

Motor input

c)

Information integration

d)

Sensory input

2.

The functions of interpreting information, making decisions, and issuing instructions is the job of what nervous system?

a)

Peripheral

b)

Central

3.

What types of nerves carry information between the brain and the body?

a)

Spinal and regional

b)

Cranial and limbic

c)

Limbic and spinal

d)

Spinal and cranial

4.

Sensory information is part of what nervous system division?

a)

Efferent

b)

Systemic

c)

Afferent

d)

Central

5.

True or false: The efferent division carries information away from the central nervous system

a)

True

b)

False

6.

How many subdivisions does the motor division have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

7.

Who is the fight or flight nervous system?

a)

Parasympathetic

b)

Peripheral

c)

Sympathetic

d)

Somatic

8.

Where are satellite and Schwann cells found?

a)

The central nervous system

b)

The peripheral nervous system

c)

The autonomic nervous system

d)

The sympathetic nervous system

9.

Which part of the neuron receives information from other neurons?

a)

Axon

b)

Soma

c)

Processes

d)

Dendrite

10.

What fatty cover helps increase the speed of electrical transmission?

a)

Teflon

b)

Actin

c)

Silicon

d)

Myelin

11.

True or false: Neurons can regenerate

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What is a neuron that has 2 processes leaving the soma?

a)

Unipolar

b)

Bipolar

c)

Multipolar

13.

What are 2 types of junctions between neurons?

a)

Chemical

b)

Tight

c)

Electrical

d)

Gap

14.

What portion of the neuron stores neurotransmitters?

a)

Axon

b)

Axon terminal

c)

Soma

d)

Dendrite

15.

True or False: communication between neurons is bi-directional

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What element is needed for an action potential to occur?

a)

Calcium

b)

Nitrogen

c)

Cadmium

d)

Phosphorus

17.

What is not a main region of the brain?

a)

Brain stem

b)

Diencephalon

c)

Cerebellum

d)

Cortex

18.

How many lobes does the brain have?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

19.

What are the protective layers of the brain called?

a)

Meninges

b)

Scalp

c)

Sulci

d)

Gyri

20.

What is not a kind of brain wave

a)

Alpha

b)

Kappa

c)

Delta

d)

Beta

21.

What is the average length of 1 sleep cycle?

a)

1 hour

b)

6 hours

c)

3 hours

d)

1.5 hours

22.

What cells allow the eye to see color?

a)

Rods

b)

Retina

c)

Cones

d)

Bipolar cells

23.

How many fluid filled chambers does the eye have?

a)

5

b)

3

c)

1

d)

2

24.

True or false: equilibrium is a function of the ear

a)

True

b)

False

25.

What is not one of the senses of taste?

a)

Umami

b)

Sour

c)

Sweet

d)

Spicy

26.

Both smell and taste are forms of

a)

Mechanoreception

b)

Chemoreception

c)

Kinetoreception

d)

Osmoreception