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Nervous System Quiz

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is the programmed response of our body to a certain stimulus

a)

graded potential

b)

action potential

c)

  reflex

d)

  impulse

2.

All reflexes have a minimum of five elements; a receptor, an effector, sensory and motor neurons and interneurons between them.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Which brain region controls vital activities such as breathing and blood pressure.

a)

Cerebrum

b)

brain stem

c)

cerebellum

d)

diencephalon

4.

What name is given to the cavities that is located within the brain that serves as storage for CSF.

a)

choroid plexus

b)

meninges

c)

ventricles

d)

cerebrospinal fluid

5.

What are the 3 layers that make up the meninges of the CNS arranged from the innermost to the outermost?

a)

pia mater-dura mater-arachnoid mater

b)

dura mater-pia mater-arachnoid mater

c)

pia mater-arachnoid mater-dura mater

d)

arachnoid mater-dura mater-pia mater

6.

Which spinal cord pathways are sensory pathways?

a)

Ascending

b)

Descending

7.

It is a complex network of spinal nerves that serve the motor needs of our limbs?

a)

Neurons

b)

cranial nerves

c)

nerve plexus

d)

nerve

8.

It is the connective tissue sheath that protects each nerve fiber.

a)

Endoneurium

b)

Perineurium

c)

Fascicles

d)

Epineurium

9.

A neuron can conduct another impulse immediately after a previous one.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What name is given to the barrier that protects the brain from toxic chemicals?

a)

Meninges

b)

Skull

c)

cerebrospinal fluid

d)

blood-brain barrier

11.

Why is the collection of spinal nerves at the end of the vertebral canal called the cauda equina?

a)

it came from an anatomist's name

b)

it resembles a horse's tail

c)

when translated to English in means "spinal nerve"

d)

it was observed in a horse's vertebral column

12.

It is the connective tissue sheath that protects a group of nerve fiber.

a)

Endoneurium

b)

Perineurium

c)

Epineurium

d)

Fascicles

13.

Unlike neurons, nerves are classified according to the direction in which they transmit impulses

a)

True

b)

False

14.

This is the most abundant type of neuroglia in the body.

a)

Oligodendrocytes

b)

Astrocytes

c)

ependymal cells

d)

microglia

15.

Oligodendrocytes form the myelin sheaths for both CNS and PNS

a)

True

b)

False

16.

It is the local electrical situation where the plasma membrane is more positive inside and less positive on the outside.

a)

Reflex

b)

Stimuli

c)

action potential

d)

graded potential

17.

Why is brain tumor more likely to be formed from neuroglia than neurons?

(a)  

18.

Differentiate white matter and gray matter

(a)  

19.

name of this glial cells

(a)  

20.

Name this glial cell

(a)  

21.

Name this glial cells

(a)  

22.

Most important nerve in cervical plexus

a)

Phrenic

b)

Radial

c)

Median

d)

Obtulator

23.

When older people stand up quickly, they often become lightheaded or faint

a)

Orthostatic hypotension

b)

Arteriosclerosis

c)

Senility

d)

Pina bifida

24.

Cranial nerve that supply motor fiber for one external eye muscle

(a)  

25.

How many cranial nerve have both sensory and motor system

a)

5

b)

3

c)

4

d)

6

26.

Sympathetic division have longer pre-ganglion axon

a)

True

b)

False