Medical Quiz

Nervous System and Special Senses Quiz

The area of the brain stem that plays a role in consciousness and the awake/sleep cycle is the:

A. pineal gland

B. reticular activating system

C. thalmus

D. cerebellum

Select your answer:
         


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A. covering exposed surfaces

B. lining internal passageways

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D. contracting to produce movement


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Neurotransmitters are ______________ that travel across the ______________ to another cell.

A. electrical signals; receptors

B. electrical signals; synapse

C. chemicals; receptors

D. chemicals; synapse