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Nervous System 1

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

All are functions of the nervous system except

a)

Providing sensations of internal and external environment

b)

Integrating sensory information

c)

Directing activities that continue for long periods

d)

Coordinating voluntary and involuntary activities

2.

The brain and spinal cord comprise the _________ nervous system

a)

Autonomic

b)

Peripheral

c)

Efferent

d)

Central

3.

Voluntary control of skeletal muscles is provided by the _____________ nervous system

a)

Sympathetic

b)

Parasympathetic

c)

Afferent sensory

d)

Efferent motor

4.

The part of the peripheral nervous system that brings information to the central nervous system is the

a)

Motor

b)

Afferent

c)

Efferent

d)

Autonomic

5.

The cytoplasm surrounding the nucleus of a neuron is called the

a)

Protoplasm

b)

Nucleoplasm

c)

Sarcoplasm

d)

Perikaryon

6.

The axon is connected to the soma by the

a)

Telodendria

b)

Synaptic knobs

c)

Hillock

d)

Collaterals

7.

Which of the following is not a function of the neuroglia?

a)

Support

b)

Secretion of cerebral spinal fluid

c)

Isolation of neurons

d)

Signal transduction

8.

The part of the peripheral nervous system that brings information to the central nervous system is the

a)

Motor

b)

Afferent

c)

Efferent

d)

Autonomic

e)

Parasympathetic

9.

Rabies, Polio, and Herpes can travel to the CNS via the

a)

Autonomic transport

b)

Retrograde flow

c)

Blood vessels

d)

Cerebrospinal fluid

e)

Connective tissue

10.

Bundles of axons are called

a)

Nerves

b)

Tracts

c)

Centers

d)

Ganglia

e)

Nuclei

11.

Most neurons lack centrioles. This observation explains

a)

Why neurons grow such long axons

b)

Why neurons cannot regenerate

c)

The conducting ability of neurons

d)

The ability of neurons to communicate with other cells

e)

The inability of neurons to produce an axoplasmic flow

12.

Neurotransmitters are carried from where they're made in the cell body to axon terminal by

a)

Retrograde transport

b)

Anterograde transport

c)

Perikaryon transport

d)

Dendritic transport