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Nervous System Quiz 3rdSW-Week 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a Neuron?

a)

A cell

b)

A transmitter to transmit messages to cells

c)

A receiver for information

d)

a gland

2.

What does the axon carry?

a)

Electrical impulses away from the cell body

b)

Impulses to the cell body

c)

chemicals

d)

messages

3.

What do the motor neurons do?

a)

carry messages from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands

b)

carry impulses from skin and sends to organs the to spinal cord and brain

c)

carry impulses from sensory neurons to motor neurons

d)

store messages

4.

What nerves does the peripheral nervous system contain along the spinal cord? (more than one answer)

a)

Cranial

b)

Sensory

c)

Motor

d)

Spinal

5.

Which body system coordinates all of the systems by controlling every activity that takes place?

a)

The Nervous System

b)

The Digestive System

c)

The Endocrine System

d)

The Circulatory System

e)

The Immune System

6.

Which organ is represented by letter B?

a)

Brain

b)

Spinal Cord

c)

Nerves

7.

Which organ is represented by letter A?

a)

Brain

b)

Spinal Cord

c)

Nerves

8.

The Nervous System is divided into two parts called

a)

The Central Nervous System & The Peripheral Nervous System

b)

The Central Nervous System & The Paradigm Nervous System

c)

The Corollary Nervous System & The Paradigm Nervous System

d)

The Corollary Nervous System & The Peripheral Nervous System

9.

Everything that represents the input and output pathways (nerves) coordinating messages from the brain and spine to all other parts of the body.

a)

Central Nervous System

b)

Peripheral Nervous System

10.

Digestion, Heartbeat, and Reflexes are examples of

a)

Voluntary Processes

b)

Involuntary Processes

11.

Speaking, Running, and Karate Chopping are examples of

a)

Voluntary Processes

b)

Involuntary Processes

12.

What gives the brain messages?

a)

Heart

b)

Large intestine

c)

Leg

d)

Nerves

13.

What are the three main parts of the Nervous System?

a)

Spinal Cord

b)

Heart

c)

Brain

d)

Nerves

14.

What are the two types of Nervous systems?

a)

Central Nervous System

b)

Peripheral Nervous system

c)

Donald Duck system

d)

Nanda System

15.

What is the CNS? (more than 1 answer)

a)

Made up of the brain, and spinal cord

b)

CNN but the "S" means service

c)

Central Nervous System

d)

Involves doing late assignments.

16.

What is the PNS? (more than 1 answer)

a)

The Peripheral Nervous System

b)

Anything outside the brain and spinal cord.

c)

A Website

d)

One of the two types of nervous systems.

17.

What are Dendrites? (more than 1 answer)

a)

Branched extensions of a neuron.

b)

Receive information from other cells and carry that information to the cell body

c)

They are part of the muscular system.

d)

They are nothing

18.

The two neurons never touch one another, the axon of a neuron is separated from the dendrites on the next neuron by a tiny gap called_______.

a)

synapse

b)

dentrite

c)

neurotransmitters

d)

synaptic integration 

19.

The Nervous System is divided into two parts called

a)

The Central Nervous System & The Peripheral Nervous System

b)

The Central Nervous System & The Paradigm Nervous System

c)

The Corollary Nervous System & The Paradigm Nervous System

d)

The Corollary Nervous System & The Peripheral Nervous System

20.

Controls all basic bodily functions and responds to external changes.

a)

Central Nervous System

b)

Peripheral Nervous System