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Nervous System Review

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1 ?

a)

Cell body

b)

Nucleus

c)

Axon

d)

Dendrite

e)

Schwann cell

2.

2 ?

a)

Cell body

b)

Nucleus

c)

Axon

d)

Dendrite

e)

Schwann cell

3.

3 ?

a)

Cell body

b)

Nucleus

c)

Axon

d)

Dendrite

e)

Schwann cell

4.

4 ?

a)

Axon hillock

b)

Nucleus

c)

Axon

d)

Dendrite

e)

Schwann cell

5.

5 ?

a)

Axon hillock

b)

Node of Ranvier

c)

Axon

d)

Dendrite

e)

Schwann cell

6.

6 ?

a)

Axon hillock

b)

Node of Ranvier

c)

Axon

d)

Myelin Sheath

e)

Schwann cell

7.

7 ?

a)

Myelin sheath

b)

Node of Ranvier

c)

Axon

d)

Dendrite

e)

Schwann cell

8.

8 ?

a)

Myelin sheath

b)

Node of Ranvier

c)

Axon terminal

d)

Dendrite

e)

Schwann cell

9.

What are cells that transmit impulses?

a)

Neurons

b)

Neuroglia

c)

Glia cells

d)

Schwann Cells

10.

What part of the neuron transmits impulses towards the cell body?

a)

Nodes of Ranvier

b)

Axon

c)

Axon terminal

d)

Dendrites

11.

What part of the neuron transmits impulses away from the cell body?

a)

Nodes of Ranvier

b)

Axon

c)

Axon terminal

d)

Dendrites

12.

What connects the cell body to the axon in a neuron?

a)

Axon hillock

b)

Dendrites

c)

Schwann Cells

d)

Myelin sheath

13.

Which structure of a neuron is responsible for releasing neurotransmitters?

a)

Axon terminal

b)

Dendrites

c)

Schwann Cells

d)

Myelin sheath

14.

What are the gaps between Schwann cells that help transmit impulses?

a)

Axon terminal

b)

Synaptic cleft

c)

Myelin sheath

d)

Nodes of Ranvier

15.

Myelinated neurons in the brain make up

a)

White matter

b)

Grey matter

16.

What is the type of conduction that occurs when the impulse jumps along the nodes of Ranvier in myelinated neurons?

a)

Saltatory

b)

Excretory

c)

Excitatory

d)

Sweetatory

17.

posterior median sulcus

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

18.

posterior funiculus

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

19.

What is 2

(a)  

20.

What is 7

(a)  

21.

What is 8

(a)  

22.

What is 9

(a)  

23.

What is 11

(a)  

24.

What is 12

(a)  

25.

What is #1?

a)

Frontal Lobe

b)

Parietal Lobe

c)

Cerebellum

d)

Occipital Lobe

26.

What is #2?

a)

Frontal Lobe

b)

Temporal Lobe

c)

Medulla Oblongata

d)

Occipital Lobe

27.

What is #3?

a)

Frontal Lobe

b)

Parietal Lobe

c)

Temporal Lobe

d)

Occipital Lobe

28.

What is #6?

a)

Occipital Lobe

b)

Corpus Callosum

c)

Medulla Oblongata

d)

Cerebellum

29.

What is #2?

a)

Cerebellum

b)

Pons

c)

Corpus Callosum

d)

Thalamus

30.

What is #5?

a)

Cerebellum

b)

Medulla Oblongata

c)

Midbrain

d)

Thalamus

31.

What is #9?

a)

Thalamus

b)

Pons

c)

Midbrain

d)

Cerebellum

32.

What is #13?

a)

Hypothalamus

b)

Pons

c)

Midbrain

d)

Thalamus

33.

Functions include initiating voluntary movement, personality, and higher cognitive functions such as decision-making and judgment.

a)

Frontal lobe

b)

Parietal lobe

c)

Occipital lobe

d)

Temporal lobe

34.

What is the largest area of the brain that controls everything conscious (the 4 lobes of the brain)?

a)
Cerebellum
b)
Cerebrum
c)
Diencephalon
d)
Brain Stem
35.

The temporal lobe controls

a)

learning, memory, thinking

b)

speech, memory, smell and hearing

c)

Speech, feelings and hearing

d)

learning, behavior, and feelings

36.

The cerebellum controls

a)

breathing, coordination and balance

b)

balance, coordination and temperature

c)

coordination, balance and muscle control

d)

heart rate and coordination

37.

Which part of the brain processes visual information?

a)

Temporal lobe

b)

Occipital lobe

c)

Frontal lobe

d)

Parietal lobe

38.

This is a picture of the brain and spinal cord make up what?

a)
peripheral nervous sysyem
b)
central nervous system
c)
respiratory system
d)
circulatory system
39.

This is a picture of all the nerves coming off the spinal cord make up what?

a)
peripheral nervous sysyem
b)
central nervous system
c)
respiratory system
d)
circulatory system
40.
Which of the following areas of the brain acts as a relay station for incoming sensory information?
a)
hypothalamus
b)
thalamus
c)
amygdala
d)
cingulate cortex
41.
The thick band of neural fibers that literally means “hard body” which allows the left and right hemispheres to communicate is known as the ________.
a)
cortex
b)
motor cortex
c)
corpus callosum
d)
thalamus
42.
Life sustaining functions such as heartbeat, breathing, and swallowing are controlled by which structure?
a)
pons
b)
cerebellum
c)
hypothalamus
d)
medulla
43.
Which of the following brain structures is responsible for keeping you from falling out of your chair during this quiz? It also instrumental in learned reflexes, skills, and habits becoming automatic.
a)
pons
b)
medulla
c)
cerebellum
d)
hypothalamus
44.

Which brain part helps regulate body temp., controls water balance, and regulates metabolism?

a)

Cerebellum

b)

Thalamus

c)

Occipital Lobe

d)

Hypothalamus

45.

Cranial Nerve 5

a)

Abducens

b)

Glossopharyngeal

c)

Trigeminal

d)

Trochelar

46.

Which cranial nerves test touch sensation on the forehead, cheek, and jaw?

a)

vagus

b)

trigeminal

c)

acoustic

d)

Facial

47.

Which cranial nerve is tested by a shoulder shrug?

a)

vagus

b)

accessory

c)

acoustic

d)

abucens

48.

Which cranial nerve controls involuntary function of vital organs?

a)

vagus

b)

accessory

c)

glossopharyngeal

d)

abucens

49.

Cranial Nerve 9

a)

Accessory

b)

Glossopharyngeal

c)

Olfactory

d)

Hypoglossal

50.

Trochlear

a)

Sensory

b)

Motor

c)

Both

51.

What reflex instructs the eyes to have a hard blink movement?

a)

Pupillary Reflex

b)

Consensual Reflex

c)

Corneal Reflex

d)

Accommodation Reflex

52.

Which reflex has the eyes become un-yoked (crossed)?

a)

Accommodation Reflex

b)

Corneal Reflex

c)

Convergence Reflex

d)

Pupillary Reflex

53.

Which reflex has the feet go into plantar flexion?

a)

Plantar Reflex

b)

Biceps Reflex

c)

Stretch Reflex

d)

Achilles Reflex

54.

A clinical evaluation for areflexia

a)

0

b)

1

c)

2

d)

3

55.

Clinical evaluation for hyporeflexia

a)

0

b)

1

c)

2

d)

3

56.

What test is evaluating the Babinski Reflex?

a)

plantar reflex

b)

ankle reflex

c)

stretch reflex

d)

biceps reflex

57.

Somatic nerves innervate

a)

skeletal muscle

b)

cardiac muscle

c)

nervous muscle

d)

smooth muscle

58.
If I step on a nail...what type of neurons take the response to my muscles?
a)
motor
b)
interneurons
c)
sensory
d)
not neurons, muscle tissue sends the response
59.
The major role of the interneuron (association neuron) is to ________.
a)
carry information from the central nervous system to muscles and/or the viscera
b)
form a lipid-protein (lipoprotein) cell membrane on the outside of axons
c)
transmit nerve impulses from the skin and organs to the central nervous system   
d)
connect motor and sensory neurons in their pathways
60.

Sensory neurons are also called ____________ neurons

a)

Afferent

b)

Efferent