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Nervous system

Total questions: 83

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does the cerebrum control?
a)
controls thoughts and voluntary actions
b)
controls vital and involuntary actions 
c)
controls balance
d)
controls the uvula
2.
The nervous system is composed of the ___, ___, and ___.
a)
heart, brain, kidneys
b)
lungs, liver, stomach
c)
brain, spinal cord, nerves
d)
eyes, pancreas, veins
3.
Which part of the brain controls vital functions such as breathing and heart rate?
a)
Diencephalon
b)
Frontal Lobe
c)
Brain Stem
d)
Cerebellum
4.
What is the part highlighted in red?
a)
Cerebrum
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Brain Stem
d)
Diencephalon
5.
Identify the lobe of the brain that is highlighted.  
a)
frontal
b)
temporal
c)
occipital
d)
parietal
6.
Identify the lobe of the brain
a)
frontal
b)
temporal
c)
occipital
d)
parietal
7.
What is the largest area of the brain that controls everything conscious?
a)
Cerebellum
b)
Cerebrum
c)
Diencephalon
d)
Brain Stem
8.
Wrinkled part of the brain's surface where the body processes information
a)
Brain stem
b)
Cerebral Cortex
c)
Corpus Callosum
d)
Cerebellum
9.
This part is known as the "Little Brain" and is in charge of balance and coordinating movements.  
a)
Thalamus
b)
Reticular Formation
c)
Hypothalamus
d)
Cerebellum
10.
Which part of the brain controls reflexes?
a)
Cerebrum
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Brain stem
d)
Spinal cord
11.

What is the function of the nervous system?

a)

to control and coordinate body functions and systems.

b)

to protect the body from harm.

c)

to identify pain and begin healing.

d)

to break down food.

12.

Select all of the parts of the nervous system:

a)

Brain

b)

Heart

c)

Spinal Cord

d)

Nerves

e)

Stomach

13.

Which system controls all other body systems?

a)

Muscular

b)

Excretory

c)

Nervous

d)

Digestive

14.

The basic unit of structure and function in the nervous system is a nerve cell. Nerve cells are also called-

a)

Osteocytes

b)

Dendrites

c)

Neurons

d)

Spinal Cords

15.

What is the function of a nerve?

a)

To transport needed food around the body

b)

To control body movement for reflexes.

c)

To carry messages (impulses) to and form the Central Nervous System

d)

All of the above

16.

The Central Nervous system includes what two organs?

a)

Brain and Nerves

b)

Brain and Spinal Cord

c)

Spinal cord and Nerves

d)

Nerves and Neurons

17.

The column of tissue connecting the brain to nerves is...

a)

spinal cord

b)

central nervous system

c)

peripheral nervous system

d)

All of the above

18.

The brain is covered in a membrane called:

a)

choroid plexus.

b)

meninges.

c)

ventricles.

d)

cerebral aqueduct.

19.

What is the inner most meningeal layer of the brain?

a)

Arachnoid

b)

Dura mater

c)

Pia mater

d)

Ventricles

20.

When the spinal cord is severed and brain damage occurs, what substance could leak into tissues?

a)

Choroid plexus

b)

Cerebral aqueduct

c)

Cerebrospinal fluid

d)

Corpus callosum

21.

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

a)

Temporal

b)

Occipital

c)

Frontal

d)

Parietal

22.

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

a)

Cerebellum

b)

Cerebrum

c)

Hypothalamus

d)

Brain stem

23.

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

a)

Spinal Nerves

b)

Sympathetic

c)

Parasympathetic

d)

Spinal Nerves

24.
Which of the following is NOT part of a neuron?
a)
dendrite
b)
axon
c)
myelin sheath
d)
medulla oblongata
25.
What is responsible for heartbeat, breathing, and blood pressure?
a)
midbrain
b)
pons
c)
medulla oblongata
d)
cerebrum
26.
What part is responsible for visual processing?
a)
frontal
b)
parietal
c)
temporal
d)
occipital
27.
Which neurons carry messages from the brain to the body?
a)
sensory neuron
b)
motor neuron
c)
interneuron
d)
afferent
28.
Which system controls involuntary responses?
a)
somatic
b)
autonomic
c)
sympathetic
d)
parasympthetic
29.
What is number 1?
a)
dendrite 
b)
axon
c)
cell body
d)
myelin sheath
30.
What is number 4?
a)
dendrite
b)
axon 
c)
cell body
d)
myelin sheath
31.
What is number 5?
a)
cell body
b)
nucleus
c)
axon terminal
d)
synapes
32.
What is number 2?
a)
Cerebrum
b)
Cerebellum
c)
brain stem
d)
spinal cord
33.
What is number 6?
a)
Cerebrum
b)
Cerebellum
c)
brain stem
d)
spinal cord
34.

Which part of the neuron transmits impulses to other neurons?

a)

axon

b)

cell body

c)

dendrite

d)

node

35.

The speed of neural conduction between neurons will result in difficulties in speaking, vision, and balance if the ________________ insulating the axons is damaged or removed.

a)

Axon

b)

Myelin Sheath

c)

Nucleus

d)

Brain

36.

Which of the following is regulated by the autonomic nervous system

a)

Breathing

b)

Kicking a soccer ball

c)

Balancing on one foot

d)

Raising your hand

37.

Dopamine and Serotonin are examples of _______________

a)

Axon

b)

Neurotransmitters

c)

Somatic Nerves

d)

Autonomic Nerves

38.

Neurotransmitters are ______________ that travel across the ______________ to another cell.

a)

electrical signals; receptors

b)

electrical signals; synapse

c)

chemicals; receptors

d)

chemicals; synapse

39.

The branch like figures that receive impulses & conducts them to the cell body

a)

Dendrite

b)

Axon

c)

Cell Body

d)

Myelin Sheath

40.

The two parts of the Peripheral Nervous System

a)

Brain and Spinal Cord

b)

Somatic and Autonomic

c)

Systematic and Brain

d)

Spinal cord and Autonomic

41.

The ____________ is part of the peripheral nervous system and controls our senses.

a)

Systemic

b)

Autonomic

c)

Somatic

d)

Autonomous

42.

Which part of the Neuron is number 1 pointing at?

a)

Dendrite

b)

Cell body

c)

Axon

d)

Nucleus

43.

What contains the nucleus of the neuron?

a)

Terminal Bouton

b)

Cell Body

c)

Axon Hillock

d)

Myelin Sheath

44.
Gaps in the myelin sheath are called this.
a)
Nodes of Ranvier
b)
Axon terminals 
c)
Synapses
d)
Neurotransmitters
45.

Produce the myelin sheath around axons of the PNS.

a)
Schwann's Cells
b)
Glial Cells
c)

Astrocytes

d)

Ependymal cells

46.
The area of the brain most associated with forming memories is the:
a)
Cerebellum
b)
Hippocampus
c)
Amygdala
d)
Pons
47.
The part of the neuron that transmits signals to muscles is the:
a)
Axon
b)
Dendrite
c)
Axon Terminal
d)
Cell Body
48.
Heartbeat would be accomplished by which branch of the nervous system?
a)
Sensory
b)
Autonomic
c)
Motor
d)
Pineal
49.
The CNS is contained by a membrane and bathed in:
a)
Blood
b)
Cerebro-Spinal Fluid
c)
Lymph
d)
Cytoplasm
50.

The Autonomic Nervous System is part of the___________.

a)

Somatic Nervous System

b)

Peripheral Nervous System

c)

Central Nervous System

d)

Sensory Nervous System

51.

The autonomic nervous system is divided into

a)

Motor and Sensory

b)

Peripheral and Central

c)

The Brain and Spinal cord

d)

Sympathetic and Parasympathetic

52.

controls the "fight or flight" response

a)

Sympathetic

b)

Parasympathetic

53.

controls the "rest and digest" response

a)

Sympathetic

b)

Parasympathetic

54.

Help form the blood brain barrier in the CNS

a)

astrocytes

b)

Schwann cells

c)

microglia

d)

satellite cells

55.

regulates daily homeostasis and maintenance

a)

Sympathetic

b)

Parasympathetic

56.
What is "stimuli"?
a)
A major organ in the brain that is a part of the nervous system. 
b)
What your body does to a change or a signal. 
c)
A change or a signal your body receives. 
57.
A_______is what your body does in reaction to a stimuli. 
a)
reaction
b)
response
c)
change
58.

These cells circulate CFS around the brain and spinal cord.

a)

astrocytes

b)

Schwann cells

c)

satellite cells

d)

ependymal cells

59.
Which part of the brain controls all involuntary actions?
a)
brain stem
b)
cerebrum
c)
cerebellum
60.
_____ neurons carry messages to the central nervous system
a)
Motor
b)
Inter
c)
Sensory
d)
Fun
61.
Chemicals in the neuron that help send messages
a)
dendrites
b)
neurotransmitters
c)
axon terminals
d)
vesicles
62.
Where the message transfers from one neuron to another
a)
myelin sheath
b)
Central nervous system
c)
Synapse
d)
Somatic Nervous Axon
63.
The major role of the interneuron (association neuron) is to ________.
a)
carry information from the central nervous system to muscles and/or the viscera
b)
form a lipid-protein (lipoprotein) cell membrane on the outside of axons
c)
transmit nerve impulses from the skin and organs to the central nervous system   
d)
connect motor and sensory neurons in their pathways
64.
What is NOT part of the peripheral nervous system (PNS)?
a)
axons
b)
sensory receptors
c)
spinal cord
d)
motor neurons
65.

These supporting cells regulate concentration of nutrients within nervous tissue.

a)

satellite cells

b)

Schwann cells

c)

astrocytes

d)

ependymal cells

e)

oligodendrocyte

66.

Which of the follow is the correct order of events in a reflex?

a)

Afferent system -> Efferent System -> Interneuron

b)

Efferent System -> Afferent system -> Interneuron

c)

Interneuron -> Afferent system -> Efferent System

d)

Afferent system -> Interneuron -> Efferent System

e)

Interneuron -> Efferent System -> Afferent system

67.

Which of the following divisions of the nervous system controls voluntary behaviors?

a)

Sympathetic

b)

Parasympathetic

c)

Autonomic

d)

Somatic

e)

Afferent

68.

The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems together make up which division of the nervous system?

a)

Central

b)

Autonomic

c)

Somatic

d)

Peripheral

e)

Regional

69.

Afferent neurons are primarily responsible for which of the following?

a)

Moving voluntary muscle.

b)

Activating the fight or flight response.

c)

Bringing sensory information from the sensory organs to the central nervous system.

d)

Maintaining the rest or digest response.

e)

Keeping the heart beating.

70.

Another name for motor neurons is

a)

efferent neurons.

b)

afferent neurons.

c)

somatic neurons.

d)

sympathetic neurons.

e)

parasympathetic neurons .

71.

These cells protect neuron cell bodies in the PNS

a)

satellite cells

b)

Schwann cells

c)

microglia

d)

oligodendrocyte

72.

Phagocytic cells that devour dead cells in the CNS

a)

microglia

b)

ependymal cells

c)

satellite cells

d)

astrocytes

73.

These cells produce the myelin sheath around axons in the CNS

a)

oligodendrocytes

b)

astrocytes

c)

Schwann cells

d)

ependymal cells

74.
The gap that a message has to cross to get from one neuron to the other is called the _____
a)
synapse
b)
dendrite
c)
axon
d)
nucleus 
75.
What is the correct sequence of the Reflex Arc?
a)
Afferent Neuron ->
Affector ->
Interneuron ->
Effector ->
Efferent Neuron
b)
Affector ->
Afferent Neuron -> Interneuron ->
Efferent Neuron -> Effector
c)
Efferent Neuron ->
Effector ->
Interneuron ->
Affector ->
 Afferent Neuron
d)
Effector ->
Efferent Neuron ->
Interneuron ->
Afferent Neuron ->
Affector
76.
a signal molecule that transmits nerve impulses across synapses
a)
neuron
b)
neurotransmitter
c)
nerve
d)
action potential
77.
This neurological injury can occur during violent impacts to the head. 
a)

concussion

b)
Alzheimer's Disease
c)
Dementia
d)
Cerebral Palsy
78.

Two cerebral hemispheres are connected by a bridge of white matter within. It is called ...

a)

Limbic

b)

Corpus callosum

c)

Cerebral cortex

d)

Thalamus

79.

Brainstem consist of ....

a)

Midbrain

b)

Thalamus

c)

Pons

d)

Medulla oblongata

80.
The part of the neuron that insulates the axon and increases the speed of the neural message within the neuron.
a)
Synapse
b)
Dendrite
c)
Myelin Sheath
d)
Axon Terminal Button
81.

This layer of the meninges is attached to the inner surface of the skull, but is not found in the spinal cord.

a)

pia mater

b)

periosteum

c)

arachnoid layer

d)

dura mater

82.

The meninges consist of

a)

the brain and spinal cord.

b)

nerve tracts that run up and down the spinal cord.

c)

the membranes that delineate all of the major brain parts.

d)

the pia mater, arachnoid mater, and dura mater.

83.

The outer layer of the meninges that is composed of tough, dense fibrous connective tissue

a)

blood brain barrier

b)

arachnoid layer

c)

pia mater

d)

dura mater

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