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Nervous System Functions and Divisions

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

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1.

Which is NOT a function of the nervous system?

a)

providing sensation for the internal and external environments

b)

directing activities that continue for a long period of time

c)

integrating sensory information

d)

coordinating voluntary and involuntary activities

2.

The CNS is..

a)

afferent and efferent divisions

b)

somatic and visceral division

c)

the brain and spinal cord

d)

automatic and somatic division

3.

The efferent division of the peripheral nervous system is split into

a)

automatic and somatic

b)

cranial nerves and spinal nerves

c)

greater and lesser

d)

sympathetic and parasympathetic

4.

voluntary control of skeletal muscles is provided by the ____ nervous system

a)

sympathetic

b)

parasympathetic

c)

somatic

d)

automatic

5.

which is NOT a function of nueroglia

a)

support

b)

info process.

c)

secretion of cerebrospinal fluid

d)

phagocytosis

6.

The dendrites of a nueron

a)

store genetic info

b)

produce energy via ATP

c)

receive incoming signals

d)

send signals

7.

The motor neurons of the efferent division of the PNS carry

a)

instructions from the PNS to the brain and spinal cord

b)

sensory info to the CNS from the PNS

c)

motor commands from muscles and glands to the CNS

d)

instructions from the CNS to the muscles

8.

At the site of an action potential, the membrane contains a

a)

excess of negative ions on both sides

b)

equal amount of positive and negative on both sides

c)

equal amounts of positive on both sides

d)

excess of positive on the inside and negative ions on the outside

9.

opening the sodium channels in the membrane of a neuron

a)

depolarization

b)

hyperpolarization

c)

repolarization

d)

none of the above

10.

The sodium potassium exchange pump

a)

transports sodium ions into the cell during depolarization

b)

transports potassium ions out of a the cell during repolarization

c)

moves sodium and potassium in the direction of their chemical gradients

d)

requires ATP to function and moves both sodium and potassium ions against concentration gradient

11.

synapse is a..

a)

a gap between neurons where electrical signals are transmitted between neurons

b)

a gap where chemical signals are transmitted between neurons

c)

a gap between different lobes of the brain

d)

a gap between the spinal cord and the brain

12.

at cholinergic synapses calcium ions entering the synaptic knob trigger exocytosis of the vesicles and cause the release of

a)

noradrenaline

b)

nitric oxide and carbon monoxide

c)

acetycholine

d)

astrocytes

13.

the spinal cord serves as the major passageway for..

a)

motor impulses to the brain and sensory impulse from the brain

b)

automatic sensory responses that involve complex reflex patterns

c)

conscious thoughts, sensations, and intellectual functions

d)

sensory impulses to the brain and motor impulses from the brain

14.

the major region of the brain responsible for conscious thought processes, sensations, intellectual, memory, and complex motor patterns.

a)

cerebellum

b)

medulla

c)

pons

d)

cerebrum

15.

the brain stem consists of

a)

midbrain, pons, and medulla oblogata

b)

cerebellum, medulla, and pons

c)

thalamus, hypothalamus, and medulla

d)

spinal cord, cerebellum, and medulla

16.

major centers control automatic control of breathing, blood pressure, heart rate.. etc.

a)

medulla oblongata

b)

pons

c)

midbrain

d)

diencephalon

17.

the cerebellum does what

a)

maintains balance

b)

interprets language

c)

is responsible for short term memory

d)

control behavior and emotion

18.

damage to the broca's area

a)

lack of balance

b)

short term memory loss

c)

inability to speak/write

d)

uncontrabble emotions

19.

A family member brings his Dad to see his doctor due to their uncontrolable emptions, constantly hungry and cold. What is effected?

a)

occiputal lobe

b)

temporal lobe

c)

hypothalamus

d)

motor cortex

20.

Dory, as in the movie, suffers from short-term memory. What part of the brain is affected?

a)

cerebellum

b)

parietal lobe

c)

epithalamus

d)

frontal lobe

21.

a patient loses their smell, what nerves were damaged?

a)

optic

b)

facail

c)

oculamotor

d)

olfactory

22.

if a patient has difficulty with their vision wich is damaged

a)

vagus

b)

acessory

c)

facail

d)

optic

23.

in a reflex arc, a stiumlus initates a nerce impulse wich travels along

a)

sensory neuron to the CNS which senses a impulse via a motor nueron to the effector

b)

sensory neuron to the PNS, which sends impulses to the effector

c)

motor neuron to the CNS to an effector via sensory nueron

d)

sensory neuron to the effector which stimulates the CNS to send an impulse to the CNS

24.

The functions of the parasympathetic division center on

a)

rise in heart rate

b)

dilation of respitory passageway

c)

relax, food process, energy absorb

d)

store lipids from adipose tissue

25.

fight or flight

a)

sympathethic nervous system

b)

rise in heart rate

c)

realse stored lipids

d)

all of above

26.

damage to which cranail nerve would lead to death

a)

abducen

b)

glossopharngeal

c)

facail

d)

vagus

27.

the visual cortex is located

a)

frontal

b)

parietal

c)

cerebellum

d)

occipital

28.

neurons that carry sensory to the CNS

a)

polorization neurons

b)

afferent

c)

efferent

d)

neurolglia

29.

carry info from the CNS to tissues

a)

sensory

b)

afferent

c)

efferent

d)

neuroglia

30.

a action potentail that skips from node to node

a)

pololrization propigation

b)

cont. prop.

c)

prog. prop.

d)

saltory prop.

31.

cells that create myelin sheath

a)

olgiodendrocytes

b)

ependymal

c)

microglia

d)

astrocytes

32.

star-shaped cells that maintain blood/brain barrier

a)

astrocytes

b)

microglia

c)

ependymal cells

d)

ganglion cells

33.

carry visual info to the brain

a)

optic formina

b)

optic chiasm

c)

hypoglassal

d)

carvical plexus

34.

at a ___ several neurons meet a singular nueron

a)

divergence

b)

hypervenegenve

c)

convergenence

d)

hemivergence

35.

the touch strip of the brain that connects the two spheres

a)

cerebellum

b)

corpus callasum

c)

dienceplasm

d)

cental sulcus