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Review: Nervous System

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a nerve cell?

a)

axon

b)

neuron

c)

dendrite

d)

myelin

2.

Which 2 are parts of the central nervous system?

a)

brain

b)

nose

c)

spinal cord

d)

left big toe

3.

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

a)

Temporal

b)

Occipital

c)

Frontal

d)

Parietal

4.

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

a)

Cerebellum

b)

Cerebrum

c)

Hypothalamus

d)

Brain stem

5.

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

a)

Spinal Nerves

b)

Sympathetic

c)

Parasympathetic

d)

Spinal Nerves

6.

What is a Neuron?

a)

A cell

b)

A transmitter to transmit messages to cells

c)

A receiver for information

d)

a gland

7.

What is the largest part of the brain?

a)

Brain stem

b)

Cerebellum

c)

Cerebrum

d)

Dura mater

8.

What does the axon carry?

a)

Impulses away from the cell body

b)

Impulses to the cell body

c)

chemicals

d)

messages

9.

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

10.

What part of the brain is responsible for conscious thought, judgement, memory, reasoning and will power?

a)

Cerebellum

b)

Hypothalamus

c)

Cerebrum

d)

Thalamus

11.

What does the brain stem do?

a)

provides the pathway for ascending and descending tracts

b)

pathway for only descending tracts

c)

provides structure

d)

pathway only for ascending tracts

12.

The medulla oblongata controls

a)

vision and speech

b)

hearing

c)

heart rate and blood pressure

d)

respiration

13.

What is the name of the blue structure

a)

axon terminal

b)

dendrite

c)

schwann cell

d)

axon

14.

Myelin would be made by what structure

a)

the red one

b)

the blue one

c)

the green one

d)

the purple one

15.

Which of the following cells protect the nervous system from infection

a)

microglial

b)

astrocyte

c)

oligodendrocyte

d)

ependymal cell

16.

Which of the following glial cells make spinal fluid

a)

astrocyte

b)

oligodendrocyte

c)

microglial cell

d)

ependymal cell

17.

Which best describes myelin?

a)

it is a neurotransmitter that triggers muscle contraction

b)

it is a protein that builds the axon

c)

it is a fat that speeds the message along the axon

d)

it is a fat that helps the neuron "hear" messages

18.

The pink structure is the.....

a)

frontal lobe

b)

occipital lobe

c)

parietal lobe

d)

temporal lobe

19.

The part of your brain that senses pain is the....

a)

blue lobe

b)

yellow lobe

c)

green lobe

d)

pink lobe

20.

Name structure 3

a)

thalamus gland

b)

pineal gland

c)

cerebellum

d)

corpus callosom

21.
This part of the neuron stores then releases neurotransmitters into the synapse.
a)
Axon 
b)
Dendrite
c)
Myelin Sheath
d)
Axon Terminal
22.

The long, fiber like part of a neuron which the cell sends information to receiving neurons. Labelled D in diagram.

a)

Synapse

b)

Axon

c)

Axon Terminal

d)

Dendrite

23.

What is this? It coordinates muscle movements.

a)

Cerebrum

b)

Cerebellum

c)

Brain Stem

d)

Diencephalon

24.

What is the gap between two neurons called?

a)

Impulse

b)

Synapse

c)

CNS

d)

Inter neuron

25.

Where would the nerve impulse start in this reflex arc?

a)

A

b)

C

c)

D

d)

E

26.

The two major parts of the nervous system are the

a)

brain and spinal cord

b)

central and somatic nervous systems

c)

sympathetic and parasympathetic systems.

d)

peripheral and central nervous systems

27.

Dopamine and Serotonin are examples of _______________

a)

Axon

b)

Neurotransmitters

c)

Somatic Nerves

d)

Autonomic Nerves

28.

An electrical impulse within a single neuron is called a

a)

synapse

b)

membrane potential

c)

action potential

d)

cell body

29.

Depolarization occurs when

a)

sodium channels open

b)

potassium channels open

c)

sodium channels close

d)

potassium channels close

30.

Depolarization is occuring at number

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

5

31.
What number(s) on the graph represents the Resting Potential?
a)
1 and 2
b)
1 and 5
c)
2 and 3
d)
3 and 4
32.
When a membrane potential reaches +30mV, ________ channels open, ________ occurs, and ________ channels close.
a)
Sodium, depolarization, potassium
b)
Potassium, depoloarization, sodium
c)
sodium, repolarization, potassium
d)
postassium, repolarization, sodium
33.
What number on the graph represents the Hyperpolarization phase?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
34.
Why is -55 mV a significant number?
a)
This is the largest charge achieved during an action potential
b)
This is the threshold required to complete an action potential
c)
This is the resting charge of a neuron
d)
This is the charge when all the sodium is inside the cell
35.
When a neuron is resting, the inside of the axon has a ____________ charge.
a)
positive
b)
negative
36.
When a neuron is not engaged in an impulse.
a)
Resting potential
b)
Action potential
c)
Neural potential
d)
Synaptic potential
37.
Neurotransmitters are released from the
a)
Dendrites
b)
Post-synaptic neuron
c)
Presynaptic neuron
d)
Axon
38.
The sodium-potassium pump is involved in establishing the resting membrane potential. 
a)
True
b)
False
39.

Division of the Autonomic Nervous System that is FIGHT OR FLIGHT

a)
sympathetic
b)
parasympathetic
40.
 Division of the Autonomic Nervous System (which is a subdivision of the Peripheral Nervous System) that is & REST AND DIGEST
a)
sympathetic
b)
parasympathetic
41.

regulates daily homeostasis and maintenance

a)

Sympathetic

b)

Parasympathetic

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