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Nervous System Exam
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SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
Figure 7.1
Using Figure 7.1, identify the following:
1) The axon terminals are indicated by letter __________.
2) The nucleus of the neuron is indicated by letter __________.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
3) The term central nervous system refers to the:
A) brain and cranial nerves
B) spinal cord and spinal nerves
C) brain, spinal cord, and cranial nerves
D) brain and spinal cord
E) autonomic and peripheral nervous systems
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4) The peripheral nervous system consists of:
A) cranial nerves only
B) the spinal and cranial nerves
C) the brain only
D) spinal nerves only
E) the brain and spinal cord
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5) The Schwann cell forms a myelin sheath around the:
A) cell body
B) dendrites
C) nucleus
D) axon
E) nodes of Ranvier
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6) The neuron processes that normally receive incoming stimuli are called:
A) axons
B) Schwann cells
C) neurolemmas
D) dendrites
E) satellite cells
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7) The ability to respond to a stimulus is termed:
A) conductivity
B) irritability
C) depolarized
D) polarized
E) all-or-none response
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8) The gap between two communicating neurons is termed:
A) synaptic cleft
B) cell body
C) Schwann cell
D) effector
E) node of Ranvier
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9) The substance that is released at axonal endings to propagate a nervous impulse is called:
A) nerve glue
B) an action potential
C) an ion
D) a neurotransmitter
E) the sodium-potassium pump
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10) The three major parts of the brain stem are the:
A) dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater
B) basal nuclei, pineal body, and choroid plexus
C) cerebrum, cerebellum, and diencephalon
D) thalamus, epithalamus, and hypothalamus
E) midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata
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11) The elevated ridges of tissue on the surface of the cerebral hemispheres are known as __________
while the shallow grooves are termed __________.
A) receptors; effectors
B) sulci; gyri
C) tracts; ganglia
D) gyri; sulci
E) ganglia; gyri
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12) Lobe that contains the primary motor area that enables voluntary control of skeletal muscle
movements:
A) temporal lobe
B) frontal lobe
C) diencephalon
D) occipital lobe
E) parietal lobe
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13) The pituitary gland is most closely associated with the:
A) hypothalamus
B) midbrain
C) thalamus
D) medulla oblongata
E) pineal gland
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