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Nervous System

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which part of a neuron receives nerve impulses?

(a)  

2.

Which lobe of the brain is involved in voluntary movements, reasoning, and decision-making?

(a)  

3.

Which part of the brain transmits impulses between the spinal cord and brain and controls things like blood pressure, heart rate, and swallowing?

a)

Hypothalamus

b)

Medulla Oblongata

c)

Pons

d)

Thalamus

4.

Which type of sensory receptors sense temperature variations?

(a)  

5.

What are the receptors in your nose that sense smell called?

(a)  

6.

After sound waves are collected by the auricle, then what must happen?

a)

the impulses are registered in the brain as sound

b)

tiny hairs in the cochlea vibrate

c)

sound waves travel through the middle ear

d)

sound waves vibrate the tympanic membrane

7.

Which part of the eye contains thousands of photoreceptors and sends visual information to the brain through the optic nerve?

(a)  

8.

Select the five organs that make up the sensory system.

a)

Smell, eyes, touch, tongue and hearing.

b)

Tongue, skin, sight, smell and ears.

c)

Touch, ears, nose, eyes and tongue.

d)

Ears, tongue, skin, eyes and nose.

9.

Something you detect using your sensory receptors is called a...

a)

stimulus

b)

reflex

c)

sense

d)

touch

10.

What is a Neuron?

a)

A cell

b)

A transmitter to transmit messages to cells

c)

A receiver for information

d)

a gland

11.

What is the largest part of the brain?

a)

Brain stem

b)

Cerebellum

c)

Cerebrum

d)

Dura mater

12.

How many pairs of spinal nerves are there?

(a)  

13.

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

14.

What does the cerebrospinal fluid transport?

a)

messages

b)

nutrients

c)

minerals

d)

waste products

15.

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

a)

Cerebellum

b)

Hypothalamus

c)

Cerebrum

d)

Thalamus

16.

Symptoms include: Tremor and Shuffling gait

a)

Parkinson's Disease

b)

Cushing's syndrome

c)

Polio

d)

Aphasia

17.

Excess hormone production that causes moon face and buffalo hump

a)

Huntington's disease

b)

GBS

c)

Cushing's syndrome

d)

TBI

18.

FIGHT OR FLIGHT:

a)

decreases heart rate

b)

increase heart rate

c)

reverses symptoms

d)

makes you fly

19.

What is paralyzed with paraplegia

(a)  

20.

Spinal cord injury symptoms include:

a)

Inability to move

b)

Progressive memory loss

c)

Respiratory distress

d)

Convulsions

21.

What hormone increase our heart rate

(a)  

22.

Neurological disorder marked by reoccurrence of episodes or a sensory disturbance.

a)

Epilepsy

b)

Concussion

c)

Traumatic Brain Injury

d)

ALS

23.

The medulla oblongata controls

a)

vision and speech

b)

hearing

c)

heart rate and blood pressure

d)

respiration

24.
The nervous system subdivision that is composed of the brain and spinal cord.
a)
Autonomic Nervous Sytem
b)
CNS
c)
PNS
d)
Somatic Nervous System
25.

Aidan hears the fire alarm and gets up to leave the room.

In this situation, the fire alarm is:

a)

A stimulus

b)

A sensory neuron

c)

A motor neuron

d)

A relay neuron

26.
Which of the following is NOT a sense organ?
a)
Nose
b)
Eyes
c)
Tongue/Mouth
d)
Hands
27.
What are the four types of tastebuds
a)
Sweet, Sour, Salty, Sugary
b)
Sweet, Sour, Bitter, Spicy
c)
Sweet, Bitter, Salty, Sour
d)
Sour, Bitter, Sugary, Spicy
28.
What part of the eye sends messages to the brain from the retina?
a)
Optic Nerve
b)
Iris 
c)
Lens
d)
Cornea
29.
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
30.
What is the main function of the cerebellum?
a)
Consciousness
b)
sensory reception
c)
homeostatsis
d)
muscle coordination
31.
What part is responsible for visual processing?
a)
frontal
b)
parietal
c)
temporal
d)
occipital
32.
Which system controls involuntary responses?
a)
somatic
b)
autonomic
c)
sympathetic
d)
parasympthetic
33.

The Autonomic Subsystem of the Peripheral Nervous System(PNS) is involved in which of the following actions?

a)

Digesting Food

b)

Chewing Food

c)

Lifting the fork

d)

Washing hands

34.

Photoreceptors detect light, enabling me to see.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

__________________________ detect pressure.

a)

Nociceptors

b)

Proprioceptors

c)

Mechanoreceptors

d)

Thermoreceptors

36.

Smell and Taste are closely related because they both use ___________________________.

a)

thermoreceptors

b)

chemoreceptors

c)

proprioceptors

d)

photoreceptors

37.

Which sensory receptors send impulses to the brain about temperature?

a)

thermoreceptors

b)

photoreceptors

c)

proprioceptors

d)

mechanoreceptors

38.

Select all of the correct answers: My ears are beneficial for my sense of ____________________ and ____________________.

a)

Balance

b)

Smell

c)

Position

d)

Hearing

39.

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

40.

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

a)

Systemic

b)

Autonomic

c)

Somatic

d)

Autonomous

41.

All parts of the nervous system except for the brain and spinal cord

a)

nerves

b)

neuron

c)

central nervous system

d)

peripheral nervous system

42.

Hallucinations, seizures, and temporary loss of consciousness is a symptom of:

a)

hydorcephalus.

b)

meningitis.

c)

neuritis.

d)

epilepsy.

43.

What is a nerve cell?

a)

axon

b)

neuron

c)

dendrite

d)

myelin

44.

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

45.

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

a)

Cerebellum

b)

Cerebrum

c)

Hypothalamus

d)

Brain stem

46.

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

a)

Spinal Nerves

b)

Sympathetic

c)

Parasympathetic

d)

Spinal Nerves

47.

How is bacterial meningitis treated?

a)

Viatmins

b)

Nothing

c)

Oxygen

d)

Antibiotics

48.

Someone with a spinal cord injury might experience:

a)

inability to move and respiratory distress

b)

hairloss

c)

increased appetite

d)

none of the above

49.

The cerebrum deals with planning, recalling information, and decision making.

a)

True

b)

False

50.

Excess hormone production that causes moon face and buffalo hump

a)

Huntington's disease

b)

GBS

c)

Cushing's syndrome

d)

TBI

51.

True or False: The cerebrum is a bundle of nerves going down your back.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

52.

True or False: The cerebellum helps us keep our balance.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

NEVER!

53.

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

a)

Spinal Nerves

b)

Sympathetic

c)

Parasympathetic

d)

Spinal Nerves

54.

An elderly woman have tremors and shuffling of her gait might be developing:

a)

cerebral palsy.

b)

Alzheimer's disease.

c)

Parkinson's disease.

d)

multiple sclerosis.

55.

What is the English Meaning of the Medical Term Cerebr/o [ CEREBR/O ] ?

a)

Skull

b)

Cerebrum / Brain

c)

Glue , Neurological Tissue

d)

Tension

e)

Tree (Tree Like Branch)

56.

What is the English Meaning of the Medical Term Crani/o [ CRANI/O ] ?

a)

Cerebrum [ Brain ]

b)

Meninges [ Coverings of the Brain and Spinal Chord ]

c)

Sheath [ Refers to the Meninges ]

d)

Tree [ Tree Like Branch Nerve ]

e)

Skull [ Cranium ]

57.

What is the English Meaning of the Medical Term Encephal/o [ ENCEPHALO ] ?

a)

Brain

b)

Skull (Cranium )

c)

Tension

d)

Seizure

e)

Glue , Neurological Tissue

58.

What is the English Meaning of the Medical Term Gangli/o [ GANGLIO ]

a)

Movement

b)

Seizure

c)

Bone Marrow or Spinal Chord

d)

swelling, mass

e)

Numbness , Sleep

59.
The left side of your brain controls which side of your body?
a)
right
b)
left
c)
legs
d)
upper
60.
How do the neurons in the nervous system communicate with each other?
a)
Electrically or Chemically
b)
Text Messages
c)
Only Chemically
d)
Only Electronically

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