Nervous System Quiz
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Which organ takes information to and from your brain?
A. Voluntary Muscles
B. Involuntary Muscles
C. Spinal Cord
D. Vertebrae
Which area of the brain is involved in our ability to speak?
A. Somatic area
B. Sulci’s area
C. Primary area
D. Broca’s area
True or False: If any part of the brain is removed, all of a person’s functions will be affected.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
The main organ of the nervous system.
A. spinal cord
B. nerves
C. neuron
D. brain
The division of the PNS that controls voluntary muscle movements
A. sympathetic
B. autonomic
C. somatic
D. sciatic
A rare disease in the US that leads to paralysis is known as:
A. West Nile Virus
B. Enephalitis
C. Poliomyelitis
D. Multiple sclerosis
The largest and most complex organization of nerve tissue in the body is the _____.
A. Spinal cord
B. Sensory nerve
C. Brain
D. Peripheral nerve
Cardiac muscles
A. Somatic
B. Autonomic
What is the control center of the nervous system?
A. Spinal Cord
B. Liver
C. Brain
D. Heart
Which part of the brain sends sensory messages to different parts of the cortex?
A. Brain Stem
B. Thalamus
C. Cerebellum
D. Cerebrum
3 things all neurons have in common:
A. Transmit electrical impulses away from the cell body to other cells, process input and decide what to do about it, are always positively charged.
B. They are slower in a myelin sheath, trigger less frequently than action potentials, open in response to physical stretching of the membrane.
C. They pick up stimuli, branch off from the brain and spine, people lose 13% of them every year.
D. Longest lived cells in your body, irreplaceable, huge appetites.
E. Neurons are red, violets are blue, I like health class, and so do you.
Thinking and voluntary muscles are controlled by the _________ lobe of the cerebrum.
A. occipital
B. parietal
C. frontal
D. temporal
Which part of the nervous system is primarily involved in the fight or flight response?
A. Parasympathetic nervous system
B. Sympathetic nervous system
C. Cerebral cortex
D. Somatic nervous system
Which area below could cause you to speak different words than what you were thinking, if damaged?
A. Wernicke’s area
B. Broca’s area
C. Alucard’s area
D. Integra’s area
Which part of the brain covers the limbic system?
A. Hippocampus
B. Thalamus
C. Hypothalamus
D. Cerebrum
