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Nervous System Test

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a nerve cell?

a)

axon

b)

neuron

c)

dendrite

d)

myelin

2.

The brain is covered in a membrane called:

a)

choroid plexus.

b)

meninges.

c)

ventricles.

d)

cerebral aqueduct.

3.

Cranial nerves and spinal nerves are part of the peripheral nervous system.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What is the inner most meningeal layer of the brain?

a)

Arachnoid

b)

Dura mater

c)

Pia mater

d)

Ventricles

5.

What is located below the cerebrum?

a)

The thalamus

b)

The cerebellum

c)

The diencephalon

d)

The hypothalamus

6.

Voluntary muscle movement is coordinated by what part of the brain?

a)

Temporal

b)

Occipital

c)

Frontal

d)

Parietal

7.

What part of the brain deals with appetite and temperature control?

a)

Cerebellum

b)

Cerebrum

c)

Hypothalamus

d)

Brain stem

8.

What part of the nervous system is responsible for slowing down breathing and pulse?

a)

Spinal Nerves

b)

Sympathetic

c)

Parasympathetic

d)

Spinal Nerves

9.

What are the three major parts of your brain?

a)

Cerebrum

b)

Nerves

c)

Cerebellum

d)

Spinal Cord

e)

Brain Stem

10.

How do your nerves work?

a)

They carry messages back and forth from the brain to the rest of the body

b)

The send messages only to the spinal cord

c)

They only receive messages from the spinal cord

d)

They really don't work. They are lazy and want everything done for them.

11.

What is the number 2 pointing to?

a)

brain stem

b)

cerebrum

c)

cerebellum

d)

spinal cord

12.

What is the number 1 pointing to?

a)

Spinal Cord

b)

Brain Stem

c)

Cerebellum

d)

Cerebrum

13.
Identify the structure in green.
a)
temporal lobe
b)
frontal lobe
c)
parietal lobe
d)
occipital lobe
14.
Identify the structure in green.
a)
parietal lobe
b)
frontal lobe
c)
temporal lobe
d)
occipital lobe
15.
Identify the structure in green.
a)
brainstem
b)
spinal cord
c)
corpus callosum
d)
thalamus
16.
Allows you to swallow your food
a)
Trigeminal
b)
Facial
c)
Glossopharyngeal
d)
Hypoglossal
17.
Slows the heart rate 
a)
Glossopharyngeal
b)
Vagus
c)
Accessory
d)
Hypoglossal
18.
Moves eyes laterally away from the nose
a)
abducens
b)
facial
c)
trigeminal
d)
accessory
19.

VII MOTOR AND SENSORY NERVE TO 5 PARTS

OF THE FACE - FACIAL EXPRESSION

a)

abducens

b)

facial

c)

trochlear

d)

accessory

20.

hearing and balance

a)

trigeminal

b)

olfactory

c)

hypoglossal

d)

vestibulocochlear

21.

What's in the picture?

a)

synaptic vesicles

b)

neurotransmitters

c)

presynaptic neuron

d)

postsynaptic neuron

e)

synaptic cleft

22.
W
a)
Axon Terminal Button
b)
Neurotransmitters
c)
Dendrite
d)
Synapse
23.

X

a)

Axon Terminal Button

b)

Neurotransmitters

c)

Dendrite

d)

Synapse

24.
Y
a)
Axon Terminal Button
b)
Neurotransmitters
c)
Dendrite
d)
Synapse
25.

What chemical is activated by the action potential in the presynaptic neuron that causes the vesicles containing neurotranmitters to move toward the synaptic cleft?

a)

calcium

b)

potassium

c)

sodium

d)

phosphorus