WorksheetsNervous System
Total questions: 73
Worksheet time: 39mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which best describes the functions of the nervous system?
a)
body ruler controls visible/invisible, controls human thought, governs movements, powers to see, hear, think, feel
b)
collects sensory infor from the internal and external environment; process, interpret that info; initiates appropriate motor responses
c)
All the above
2.
What is the structural unit of the nervous system that contains nerver fibers?
a)
Nuerons (nerve cells)
b)
Synapse
c)
Soma (cell body)
3.
The main part of the nerve cell is called?
a)
Dendrites
b)
Synapse
c)
Soma (cell body)
4.
Which is NOT a nerve fiber?
a)
Dendrites
b)
Myelinites
c)
Axion
5.
What is the junction between one neuron and another neuron, or muscle, or gland?
a)
Dendrites
b)
Synapse
c)
Soma (cell body)
6.
Which nerve fiber connects with other neuros to receive info?
a)
Dendrites
b)
Myelinites
c)
Axion
7.
Which nerve fiber conducts impulses away from the cell body?
a)
Dendrites
b)
Myelinites
c)
Axion
8.
Which is NOT a nerve cell property?
a)
Irritability (Excitability)
b)
Conductability
c)
Deductability
9.
Which describes reacting to certain stimuli?
a)
Irritability (Excitability)
b)
Conductability
c)
Deductability
10.
Which describes transmitting an impulse over a distance generated by stimulus?
a)
Irritability (Excitability)
b)
Conductability
c)
Deductability
11.
Which is a type of neuron?
a)
Sensory (afferent)
b)
Motor (efferent)
c)
Interneurons (internuncial)
d)
All the above
12.
Which neuron carries messages from sense organs; touch, cold heat, sight, pain?
a)
Sensory (afferent)
b)
Motor (efferent)
c)
Interneurons (internuncial)
13.
Which neuron carries nerve impluses to muscles or glands (effectors)?
a)
Sensory (afferent)
b)
Motor (efferent)
c)
Interneurons (internuncial)
14.
Which neuron is in the spinal cord and carries impulses?
a)
Sensory (afferent)
b)
Motor (efferent)
c)
Interneurons (internuncial)
15.
Most nerves contain both sensory and motor fibers called mix nerves.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Which describes the bundle of nerve fibers held together by connective tissue that extends from the CNS to the tissue that the neurons innervate?
a)
Neurons
b)
Cells
c)
Nerves
17.
Most nerve tissue is made up of?
a)
Neurons
b)
Neuroglia (glia cells)
c)
Cells
18.
Neuroglia are connective tissue that supports, protects neurons and more abundant then neurons.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Which are the types of neuroglia (glial cells)?
a)
Astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, shwann cells
b)
microglia, ependymal cells, satellite cells
c)
All the above
20.
What are the parts of the central nervous system (CNS)
a)
brain, spinal cord, cerebrospinal fluid, meninges
b)
cells, nerves, cerebrum, spinal cord
c)
microglia, ependymal cells, satellite cells
21.
Where is the central nervous system?
a)
Protected by verterbral column
b)
Protected by the skull, vertebral colum, and meninges
c)
Protected by the medula oblongata
22.
What is the purpose of the central nervous system?
a)
Reflex center btwn peripheral nerve fibers and conduction pathway
b)
Relay and transmit impulses from one portion of the brain to another
c)
Main control center responsible for thought and emotions; motor responses for safety, homeostatis; interprets sensory info
23.
What are the 3 layers of the meningeal layers?
a)
dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater
b)
mater, vader, spider
c)
dura mater, alma mater, darka vader
24.
What is the outer layer that is a protective fibrous connective tissue sheath
a)
dura mater
b)
arachnoid mater
c)
pia mater
25.
What is the middle layer that is a thin netlike membrane?
a)
dura mater
b)
arachnoid mater
c)
pia mater
26.
What is the inner layer attached to brain and spinal cord?
a)
dura mater
b)
arachnoid mater
c)
pia mater
27.
What is a clear fluid derived from the blood and secreted into the inner cavities or ventricles of the brain, shock absorber?
a)
Astrocytes
b)
Spinal Fluid
c)
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
28.
What is the principal nerve center protected by the cranium and controls sensations, muscles, glandular activity?
a)
Brain
b)
Spinal Cord
c)
Nerves
29.
What is the body's largest and most complex nerve tissue?
a)
Brain
b)
Spinal Cord
c)
Nerves
30.
What are the parts of the brain?
a)
Cerebrum, cerebellum
b)
Brain stem, diencephalon
c)
All the above
31.
What is the purpose of the peripheral nervous system?
a)
Send sensory impulses to the brain and spinal cord
b)
Transmit motor impulses from the brain to the muscles, glands, and visceral organs
c)
All the above
32.
Identify the parts of the peripheral nervous system (PNS)
a)
Spinal nerves
b)
Cranial nerves
c)
Spinal and cranial branches
d)
All the above
33.
Identify the branches of the peripheral nervous system (PNS)
a)
ANS Autonomic (involuntary)
b)
SNS Somatic (voluntary)
c)
All the above
d)
None of the above
34.
Which are types of sensory receptors?
a)
Mechanoreceptors, Thermoreceptors, Photoreceptors
b)
Chemoreceptors, Nociceptors
c)
All the above
d)
None of the above
35.
What is the area of the skin supplied by nerve fibers originating from a single spinal nerve root?
a)
dermatones
b)
propioception
c)
sympathetic division
36.
What is a system of sensory and motor nerve activity that provides information to the CNS about the position and rate of movement of different body parts?
a)
dermatones
b)
propioception
c)
sympathetic division
37.
The division of the ANS that prepares the organism for energy-expending, stressful, or emergency situations; flight or fight?
a)
sympathetic division
b)
parasympathetic division
c)
apathethic division
38.
The division of the ANS that conserves energy and reverse the action of the sympathetic division; reduces heartrate, increases digestion; rest and digest?
a)
sympathetic division
b)
parasympathetic division
c)
apathethic division
39.
Which is not a structures of the nervous system?
a)
brain
b)
spinal cord
c)
peripheral nerves
d)
ligaments
40.
What is the largest portion of the brain,central fissure, that controls speech, sensation, will & emotions?
a)
cerebellum
b)
cerebrum
c)
diencephalon
41.
What is the smaller part of the brain that helps maintain balance, coordinates voluntary muscles?
a)
cerebellum
b)
cerebrum
c)
diencephalon
42.
Which is located in the center of the brain and includes the hypothalamus, thalamus, and pineal and pituitary gland?
a)
cerebellum
b)
cerebrum
c)
diencephalon
43.
What is the corpus callosum?
a)
nerve fibers which provides communication between the hemispheres
b)
nerve fibers which provides sensation
c)
nerve fibers which provides excitability
44.
The most important structure of the brain is?
a)
Spinal Cord
b)
Cerebrum
c)
Medula oblongata
45.
Where is the spinal cord?
a)
Protected by the cerebrum
b)
House and protected by verterbral column
c)
Protected by the medula oblongata
46.
What is the purpose of the spinal cord?
a)
Reflex center btwn peripheral nerve fibers and conduction pathway
b)
Relay and transmit impulses from one portion of the brain to another
c)
Main control center responsible for thought and emotions; motor responses for safety, homeostatis; interprets sensory info
47.
What is true about the cranial nerve?
a)
Named by their type, function, or location
b)
Classified as motor, sensory, or mixed nerves
c)
All the above
d)
None of the above
48.
What are the 3 parts of the brain stem?
a)
midbrain, pons, medula oblongata
b)
Astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, shwann cells
c)
spinal cord, cerebrum, cerebellum
49.
What is the purpose of the brain stem?
a)
Reflex center btwn peripheral nerve fibers and conduction pathway
b)
Relay and transmit impulses from one portion of the brain to another
c)
Main control center responsible for thought and emotions; motor responses for safety, homeostatis; interprets sensory info
50.
In the spinal nerves, the anterior root is responsible for?
a)
Motor function
b)
Sensory function
c)
Emotional function
51.
In the spinal nerves, the posterior root is responsible for?
a)
Motor function
b)
Sensory function
c)
Emotional function
52.
The part of the brain stem responsible for visual and auditory reflexes that coordinate head and eye movement with things seen and heard?
a)
midbrain
b)
pons
c)
medulla oblongata
53.
The part of the brain stem responsible for relays nerve impulses between the cerebrum and the medulla; from the cerebrum to the cerebellum?
a)
midbrain
b)
pons
c)
medulla oblongata
54.
The part of the brain stem that regulates movements of the heart; controls vasoconstriction of the arteries; rate and depth of respiration?
a)
midbrain
b)
pons
c)
medulla oblongata
55.
What is the purpose of the brachial plexus (C5-T1)?
a)
Supply the skin and control movement of the head, neck, and shoulders
b)
Supply the skin and control movement of the arms, including the scapula
c)
Supply the skin, the abdominal organs, and control movement of the pelvic region and lower extremities
56.
What is the purpose of the lumbar plexus (L1-L4)?
a)
Supply the skin and control movement of the head, neck, and shoulders
b)
Supply the skin and control movement of the arms, including the scapula
c)
Supply the skin, the abdominal organs, and control movement of the pelvic region and lower extremities
57.
What is the purpose of the cervical plexus (C1-C4)?
a)
Supply the skin and control movement of the head, neck, and shoulders
b)
Supply the skin and control movement of the arms, including the scapula
c)
Supply the skin, the abdominal organs, and control movement of the pelvic region and lower extremities
58.
What is the purpose of the sacral plexus (L4-S4)?
a)
Supply the skin and control movement of the head, neck, and shoulders
b)
Supply the skin and control movement of the arms, including the scapula
c)
Serves the hamstrings and the lower leg and foot; sciatic nerve, collateral nerves
59.
Which is the largest and longest nerve in the body?
a)
Sciatic nerve
b)
spinal nerve
c)
sacral nerve
60.
What is the purpose of the coccygeal plexus (S4,S5, Coccygeal nerve)?
a)
Supply the skin and control movement of the head, neck, and shoulders
b)
Supplies the skin and muscles around the coccyx
c)
Serves the hamstrings and the lower leg and foot; sciatic nerve, collateral nerves
61.
Our tongue has which receptors?
a)
chemoreceptors
b)
thermoreceptors
c)
photoreceptors
62.
What is the route that a nerve impulse travels through the nervous system?
a)
Reflexes
b)
Neuroglia (glia cells)
c)
Neurologic pathway
63.
What is the simplest form of nervous activity and automatic, unconscious, involuntary responses to a stimulus?
a)
Reflexes
b)
Reflex arc
c)
Neurologic pathway
64.
Reflexes are also responsible for many involuntary activities such as heart rate, breathing rate, and blood pressure
a)
True
b)
False
65.
What prevents injury to the joints and muscles from excessive stretches or contractions, protects?
a)
dermatones
b)
propioception
c)
sympathetic division
66.
Exteroceptors are located?
a)
External, outside the body, record conscious sensations such as heat, cold, pain, and pressure
b)
located in the muscle, tendon, fascia; respond to the unconscious inner sense of position and movement of the body
c)
below the spinal cord
67.
Proprioceptors are located?
a)
External, outside the body, record conscious sensations such as heat, cold, pain, and pressure
b)
located in the muscle, tendon, fascia; respond to the unconscious inner sense of position and movement of the body
c)
below the spinal cord
68.
What is kinesthesia?
a)
Categorized as muscle spindles cells
b)
Named by their type, function, or location
c)
The unconscious inner sense of position and movement of the body
69.
What are muscle spindle cells?
a)
Located in the belly of the muscle; coiled around the center of the muscle fibers; alert the CNS about the length and stretch of the muscle and how far and fast the muscle is moving
b)
Sensory nerve endings located in the musculotendinous junction; measure the amount of tension produced in muscle cells as a result of the muscle’s stretching and contracting
c)
Sense angulation and pressure; Pacini’s corpuscles and Ruffini’s endings
70.
What are golgi tendon organs?
a)
Located in the belly of the muscle; specialized contractile tissue; relay info to the spinal cord; alert the CNS about the length and stretch of the muscle and how far and fast the muscle is moving
b)
Sensory nerve endings located in the musculotendinous junction; measure the amount of tension produced in muscle cells as a result of the muscle’s stretching and contracting
c)
Sense angulation and pressure; Pacini’s corpuscles and Ruffini’s endings
71.
What are joint proprioceptors?
a)
Located in the belly of the muscle; specialized contractile tissue; relay info to the spinal cord; alert the CNS about the length and stretch of the muscle and how far and fast the muscle is moving
b)
Sensory nerve endings located in the musculotendinous junction; measure the amount of tension produced in muscle cells as a result of the muscle’s stretching and contracting
c)
Sense angulation and pressure; Pacini’s corpuscles and Ruffini’s endings
72.
Match each nerve with letter in image and know what it is responsible for.
a)
Astrocytes- structurally support neurons
1.
A.
b)
Oligodendrocytes- produce myelin around axons
2.
B.
c)
Microglia- remove cell debri, nerve tissue
3.
C.
d)
Ependymal- produces cerebral spinal fluid
4.
D.
73.
Match each sensory receptor to it's definition.
a)
Respond to mechanical stimuli or tissue distortion such as touch, pressure, vibration, and stretch
1.
Mechanoreceptors
b)
Located in the skin and mouth;
detects changes in temperature
2.
Thermoreceptors
c)
Located in the retina; rods, and cones are sensitive to light and detect color
3.
Photoreceptors
d)
In the mouth and nose;
sensitive to chemical stimuli; taste /smell
4.
Chemoreceptors
e)
In nearly every tissue in the body except the brain; pain; protective function
5.
Nociceptors
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