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Honors Nervous System

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following visual acuities would result in the best vision?

a)

20/200

b)

20/25

c)

20/20

d)

20/10

2.

Which of the following is a true statement?

a)

Efferent neurons send impulses from the senses to the CNS

b)

Motor neurons send impulses from the PNS to the CNS

c)

Afferent neurons send impulses from the senses to the CNS

d)

Sensory neurons send impulses from the CNS to the body

3.

Which of the following are opposite branches of the nervous system?

a)

Peripheral Nervous System & Somatic Nervous System

b)

Motor Neurons & Sensory Neurons

c)

Sympathetic Nervous System and Autonomic Nervous System

d)

Sensory Neurons and Autonomic Neurons

4.

There are ____ as many glial cells as there are neurons.

a)

10x

b)

100x

c)

20x

d)

50x

5.

Which of the following letters represents the Soma?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

6.

Which of the following letters represents the Myelin Sheath?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

7.

Which of the following letters represents the Axon Terminals?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

8.

Which of the following letters represents the Axon?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

9.

Which of the following letters represents the Dendrites?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

10.

Which division of the nervous system controls our voluntary movements?

a)

Autonomic Nervous System

b)

Somatic Nervous System

c)

Sympathetic Nervous System

d)

Parasympathetic Nervous System

11.

As you are walking home you start to hear footsteps coming closer and closer. At this point your ____________________________ causes changes in your body that prepare you for action.

a)

central nervous system

b)

sympathetic nervous system

c)

parasympathetic nervous system

d)

somatic nervous system

12.

Which of the following is NOT a function of the Myelin Sheath?

a)

Speeds up neural impulses

b)

Insulates neuron

c)

Allows for depolarization

d)

Sends signals to other neurons

13.

The basic unit of the nervous system is a/an...

a)

neuron

b)

synapse

c)

axon

d)

denrite

14.

Which type of neuron will only be found in the CNS?

a)

Unipolar Neuron

b)

Bipolar Neuron

c)

Sensory Neuron

d)

Multipolar Neuron

15.

What is the part of a neuron that receives information and takes it towards the cell body?

a)

Axon

b)

Dendrite

c)

Soma

d)

Terminal

16.

Which of the following are divisions of the Central Nervous System. (select more than one)

a)

Brain

b)

Spinal Cord

c)

Motor Neurons

d)

Sensory Neurons

e)

Eyes

17.

The signal in the neuron shown here would travel...

a)

top to bottom

b)

bottom to top

c)

out from the middle

d)

not enough info given

18.

What causes your eyes to have a blind spot?

a)

The optic nerve

b)

Your pupil

c)

The way light hits your cornea

d)

A defect in the curve of your lens

19.

What type of neuron is being shown here?

a)

Bipolar Neuron

b)

Interneuron

c)

Sensory Neuron

d)

Motor Neuron

20.

Which type of glial cell regulates your cerebral spinal fluid?

a)

Astrocytes

b)

Microglial Cells

c)

Satellite Cells

d)

Ependymal Cells

21.

Which 2 types of glial cells perform the same functions but in different areas of nervous system?

a)

Astrocytes & Schwann Cells

b)

Oligodendrocytes & Schwann Cells

c)

Microglial Cells & Satellite Cells

d)

Ependymal Cells & Oligodendrocytes

22.

Repolarization occurs when...

a)

Ion channels open to allow Na+ into the neuron

b)

The sodium potassium pump moves K+ and Na+ out of a neuron

c)

Neurons reach a high enough charge to open voltage-gated ion channels

d)

K+ is leaked out of the neuron when the positive gradient is lower outside the neuron

23.

Action Potential is defined as...

a)

Depolarization traveling down a neuron

b)

The separation of positive & negative charges in a neuron

c)

The stimulation of a neuron's dendrites

d)

A response to stimuli that doesn't involve the brain

24.

Which of the following is not a type of Ion Channel

a)

Voltage Gated

b)

Mechanically Gated

c)

Ligand Gated

d)

Sodium Gated

25.

_______ are released from neurons to stimulate other neurons and organs.

a)

Synapses

b)

Neurotransmitters

c)

Terminals

d)

Action Potentials

26.

Reorder the following steps of the neural impulse to show the correct order

a)

At rest the neuron is polarized with a positive outside and negative inside.

b)

A stimulus opens an ion channel to allow for depolarization.

c)

The depolarization opens more voltage channels to depolarize the the axon.

d)

Repolarization begins when potassium starts to move out of the neuron.

e)

The sodium-potassium pump allows the neuron to completely repolarize.

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)