Central Nervous System Quiz
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What is “homeostasis”?
A. The body’s ability to react to a stimuli.
B. The body’s ability to keep everything inside it in balance.
What is meningitis?
A. inflammation of brain
B. inflammation of protective wrapping of the CNS
C. damage to cerebral blood vessels
D. leakage of cerebrospinal fluid
Sally has a brain injury; she knows what she wants to say but can’t vocalize the words. The part of her brain that deals with the ability to say words properly is the ________.
A. medulla
B. amygdala
C. central sulcus
D. Broca’s area
What are the grooves in the brain called?
A. Gyri
B. Sulci
C. Lobes
D. Fissures
In which lobe of the cerebrum is auditory input interpreted?
A. frontal
B. temporal
C. parietal
D. occipital
A soccer ball comes flying toward you. You throw up your hands to be avoid being hit in the face. Which is the stimuli?
A. The ball coming towards you.
B. Throwing up your hands to stop the ball.
The ______ horns of the spinal corn house interneurons that receive information from sensory neurons.
A. anterior / ventral
B. dorsal / posterior
What part of the brain controls you movement, sense of touch, taste, and temperature?
A. temporal lobe
B. occipital lobe
C. parietal lobe
D. cerebellum
E. frontal Lobe
which part of the brain carries out mental processes such as learning and remembering?
A. brain stem
B. cerebrum
C. cerebellum
Part of the brain stem, serves as a pathway for nerve impulses. It also helps to regulate rate/depth of breathing.
A. midbrain
B. pons
C. medulla oblongata
D. hippocampus
Which is the stimuli and which is the response?
Sweating
Heat from the sun
A. Sweating is the stimuli, heat is the response
B. Heat is the stimuli, sweating is the response
What is “stimuli”?
A. A major organ in the brain that is a part of the nervous system.
B. What your body does to a change or a signal.
C. A change or a signal your body receives.
What is the main function of the temporal lobe?
A. Speech, thinking, touch
B. Speech, taste, reading
C. Hearing, smell
D. sight
T/F: The basal nuclei of the cerebrum regulate voluntary motor activities by modifying instructions sent to skeletal muscles by the primary motor cortex
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
What is a slight brain injury where, typically, little permanent brain damage occurs
A. contusion
B. concussion
C. intracranial hemorrhage
D. cerebral edema
Nerve responsible for sense of smell
A. optic
B. olfactory
C. hypoglossal
D. vagus
The frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes make up the_______
A. brain stem.
B. cerebrum.
C. cerebellum.
The nervous system lets your body know what is going on around you and______________
A. changes what is bad for your body.
B. maintains the conditions inside your body such as your temperature.
What are different “halves” of your brain called?
A. cerebellum
B. cerebrum
C. hemispheres
D. brain stem
Connective tissues which protect the brain and spinal cord are called the __________.
A. vertebrae
B. cranium
C. meninges
D. spinal nerves
Which part of the brain controls all involuntary actions?
A. brain stem
B. cerebrum
C. cerebellum
Which part of the cerebral cortex allows us to consciously move skeletal muscles?
A. Broca’s Area
B. Primary Motor Area
C. Anterior Association Area
D. Primary Sensory Somatic Area
What is an example of homeostasis?
A. Your feet pulling away when being tickled.
B. Your stomach growling when your body needs nutrients.
C. Your hair growing really long in the summer.
Which cerebral hemisphere controls the left side of the body?
A. right
B. left
C. both
D. neither
What is the term for the fiber tract that connects and allows communication between the right cerebral hemisphere and the left cerebral hemisphere?
A. basal nuclei
B. diencephalon
C. corpus callosum
D. cerebrellum
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