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Nervous System Unit Test

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a Neuron?

a)

A integumentary cell.

b)

A transmitter to transmit messages to cells .

c)

A vessel that brings oxygen-rich blood from your heart to all of your body's cells.

d)

A gland.

2.

What are the two divisions of the nervous system?

a)

Peripheral and Autonomic nervous systems

b)

Central and Peripheral nervous systems

c)

Central and Somatic nervous systems

d)

Sympathetic and Parasympathetic nervous systems

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.

Which part of the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) controls involuntary actions?

a)

Autonomic Nervous System

b)

Somatic Nervous System

c)

Organic Nervous System

d)

Reflexive Nervous System

5.

What kind of neuron carries information from our eyes to our brain?

a)

Motor neuron

b)

Sensory neuron

c)

Nerve

d)

Spinal neuron

6.

These neuron processes transmit information from the sensory organs to the central nervous system.

a)

Efferent

b)

Afferent

7.
Which neurons carry messages from the brain to the body?
a)

Sensory neuron

b)

Motor neuron

c)

Interneuron

d)

Afferent neuron

8.

Which part of the nervous system is responsible for the 'fight or flight' response?

a)

Central Nervous System

b)

Somatic Nervous System

c)

Autonomic Nervous System

d)

Parasympathetic Nervous System

9.

Sympathetic and Parasympathetic responses are part of the ____ nervous system.

a)

Somatic

b)

Autonomic

c)

Peripheral

d)

Central

10.

Which system allows the body to conserve energy and is responsible for digestion and urination?

a)

Sympathetic

b)

Limbic

c)

Parasympathetic

d)

Periphreal

11.

The _____ part of the autonomic nervous system is active during resting and digesting.

a)

Sympathetic

b)

Parasympathetic

c)

Peripheral

d)

Central

12.

What does the axon carry?

a)

Impulses away from the cell body.

b)

Impulses to the cell body.

c)

Oxygen to the cell body.

d)

Oxygen away from the cell body.

13.

What does the letter "A" represent for the neuron pictured?

a)
Axon
b)
Dendrite
c)
Axon Terminal
d)
Cell Body
14.

What part of the neuron is "C"?

a)
Cell Body
b)
Dendrite
c)
Axon Terminal
d)
Myelin Sheath
15.

What part of the neuron is "D"?

a)
Dendrite
b)
Axon
c)
Myelin Sheath
d)
Node of Ranvier
16.

What part of the neuron is 4?

a)

Dendrite

b)

Axon terminal 

c)

Soma (Cell body)

d)

Myelin sheath

17.

What part of the neuron is 5?

a)

Soma (Cell body)

b)

Dendrite

c)

Axon terminal

d)

Myelin sheath

18.
What part of the neuron carries the impulse toward the nerve cell body?
a)

Soma

b)
Dendrites
c)
Myelin Sheath
d)
Axon
19.

The speed of neural conduction between neurons will result in difficulties in speaking, vision, and balance if the ________________ insulating the axons is damaged or removed.

a)

axon

b)

myelin sheath

c)

dendrite

d)

some (cell body)

20.

Which numbers on the graph represents the Resting Potential?

a)
1 and 2
b)
1 and 5
c)
2 and 3
d)
3 and 4
21.
-70 mV is the measure of a
a)
Threshold Potential
b)
Action Potential
c)
Resting Potential
d)
End Point Potential
22.

At which stage does Depolarization occur?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

5

23.
What number on the graph represents the Repolarization phase?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
24.

Which one of the following is the correct sequence of stages for an action potential impulse?

1. The cell membrane becomes depolarized.

2. Sodium channels open and sodium ions diffuse in to the cell.

3. The cell membrane becomes repolarized.

4. Potassium channels open and potassium ions diffuse out of the cell.

a)

3, 2, 4, 1

b)

2, 1, 4, 3

c)

2, 1, 3, 4

d)

1, 2, 4, 3

e)

4, 1, 3, 2

25.
For a neuron with a resting membrane potential at -70mv, an increase in the movement of sodium ions into the neuron's cytoplasm would result in:
a)

The depolarization of the neuron.

b)

The repolarization of the neuron.

c)

The replacement of potassium ions with sodium ions.

d)

The replacement of potassium ions with calcium ions.

26.

In order to help maintain membrane potential 3 sodium ions can move out of the cell, while 2 potassium ions can enter the cell for each sodium-potassium pump. If you wanted to move 6 potassium ions into the cell, how many pumps would you need?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

6

27.
What is number 2?
a)
Cerebrum
b)
Cerebellum
c)

Brain stem

d)

Spinal cord

28.
What is number 6?
a)
Cerebrum
b)
Cerebellum
c)

Brain stem

d)

Spinal cord

29.
What is the part highlighted in red?
a)
Cerebrum
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Brain Stem
d)
Diencephalon
30.

Identify the lobe of the brain that is highlighted.  

a)

Frontal

b)

Temporal

c)

Occipital

d)

Parietal

31.
Identify the lobe of the brain that is highlighted.  
a)

Frontal

b)

Temporal

c)

Occipital

d)

Parietal

32.

What structure is yellow in this picture. It controls movement of information from brain to rest of body.

a)

Cerebrum

b)

Cerebellum

c)

Brain Stem

33.

What is the largest part of the brain?

a)

Brain stem

b)

Cerebellum

c)

Cerebrum

d)

Pons

34.
White matter is ________ and Grey matter is ________
a)

myelinated; phosphorylated.

b)

unmyelinated; myelinated.

c)

myelinated; unmyelinated.

d)

phosphorylated; myelinated.

35.

Which structure are the right and left hemispheres of the brain connected by?

a)

Associated fibers

b)

Cerebellum

c)

Corpus callosum

d)

Cerebrum

36.
What part is responsible for visual processing?
a)

Frontal lobe

b)

Parietal lobe

c)

Temporal lobe

d)

Occipital lobe

37.

What does Medulla Oblongata control?

a)

Vision and Speech

b)

Hearing

c)

Heart rate and Blood pressure

d)

Respiration

38.

Which brain structure is responsible for fear and anxiety?

a)

Hippocampus

b)

Pons

c)

Midbrain

d)

Amygdala

39.

Which brain structure changes short-term memory to long-term memory?

a)

Hippocampus

b)

Pons

c)

Midbrain

d)

Amygdala

40.

What is known as the "little brain", is attached to the rear of the brain stem, and functions to help you maintain coordination and balance?

a)

Cerebrum

b)

Cerebellum

c)

Corpus callosum

d)

Hypothalamus