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Anatomy - Nervous System

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is NOT part of a neuron?
a)
dendrite
b)
axon
c)
myelin sheath
d)
medulla oblongata
2.
Which are the main divisions of the nervous system?
a)
afferent and efferent
b)
peripheral and central
c)
somatic and autonomic
d)
sympathetic and parasympathetic
3.
What is the central nervous system made up of?
a)
brain and spinal cord
b)
cranial and spinal nerves
c)
sensory and motor systems
d)
sympathetic and parasympathetic systems
4.
What is the main function of the cerebellum?
a)
Consciousness
b)
sensory reception
c)
homeostatsis
d)
muscle coordination
5.
What is the largest part of the brain?
a)
Cerebellum
b)
Cerebrum
c)
brain stem
d)
medulla oblongata
6.
What is responsible for heartbeat, breathing, and blood pressure?
a)
midbrain
b)
pons
c)
medulla oblongata
d)
cerebrum
7.
What part of the brain is responsible for thought and planning?
a)
frontal
b)
parietal
c)
temporal
d)
occipital
8.
What part is responsible for visual processing?
a)
frontal
b)
parietal
c)
temporal
d)
occipital
9.
Which neurons carry messages from the brain to the body?
a)
sensory neuron
b)
motor neuron
c)
interneuron
d)
afferent
10.
Which system controls involuntary responses?
a)
somatic
b)
autonomic
c)
sympathetic
d)
parasympthetic
11.
What is number 1?
a)
dendrite 
b)
axon
c)
cell body
d)
myelin sheath
12.
What is number 4?
a)
dendrite
b)
axon 
c)
cell body
d)
myelin sheath
13.
What is number 5?
a)
cell body
b)
nucleus
c)
axon terminal
d)
synapes
14.
What is number 2?
a)
Cerebrum
b)
Cerebellum
c)
brain stem
d)
spinal cord
15.
What is number 6?
a)
Cerebrum
b)
Cerebellum
c)
brain stem
d)
spinal cord
16.

What is a nerve cell?

a)

axon

b)

neuron

c)

dendrite

d)

myelin

17.

The brain is covered in a membrane called:

a)

choroid plexus.

b)

meninges.

c)

ventricles.

d)

cerebral aqueduct.

18.

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

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What is the inner most meningeal layer of the brain?

a)

Arachnoid

b)

Dura mater

c)

Pia mater

d)

Ventricles

20.

What is located below the cerebrum?

a)

The thalamus

b)

The cerebellum

c)

The diencephalon

d)

The hypothalamus

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.

This part of the neuron receives chemical messages from the neurotransmitters of other neurons. It is labeled A in the diagram.

a)

Dendrite

b)

Axon

c)

Axon Terminal

d)

Cell Body

24.

What is this? It coordinates muscle movements.

a)

Cerebrum

b)

Cerebellum

c)

Brain Stem

d)

Diencephalon

25.

What structure is bright blue and located at bottom of the brain and controls the information sent between brain and rest of the body?

a)

Cerebrum

b)

Cerebellum

c)

Brain Stem

26.

What structure is grey in this picture. It controls conscious thought and memory?

a)

Cerebrum

b)

Cerebellum

c)

Brain Stem

27.

Which part of the brain controls your blood pressure and heart rate?

a)

brain stem

b)

cerebrum

c)

cerebellum

d)

adrenal gland

28.

What is the gap between two neurons called?

a)

Impulse

b)

Synapse

c)

CNS

d)

Inter neuron

29.

Which cerebral lobe is this?

a)

frontal

b)

parietal

c)

occipital

d)

temporal

30.

What information does the occipital lobe process?

a)

motor

b)

touch

c)

visual

d)

auditory

31.

Which cerebral lobe is this?

a)

frontal

b)

parietal

c)

occipital

d)

temporal

32.

What information does the parietal lobe process?

a)

motor

b)

touch

c)

visual

d)

auditory

33.

What information does the frontal lobe process?

a)

motor

b)

touch

c)

visual

d)

auditory

34.

Which cerebral lobe is this?

a)

frontal

b)

parietal

c)

occipital

d)

temporal

35.

What information does the temporal lobe process?

a)

motor

b)

touch

c)

visual

d)

auditory

36.

Which part of the peripheral nervous system deals with "rest and digest" activities?

a)

somatic

b)

autnomic

c)

sympathetic

d)

parasympathetic

37.

Which part of the peripheral nervous system deals with "flight or fight" activities?

a)

somatic

b)

autnomic

c)

sympathetic

d)

parasympathetic

38.

Which part of the peripheral nervous system deals with voluntary activities?

a)

somatic

b)

autnomic

c)

sympathetic

d)

parasympathetic

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