Nervous System MCQ

Pathological conditions that cause albuminuria include ________.

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Correct Answer: Eating too much protein.

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Parkinsonism is characterized by the loss of _____

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Correct Answer: Dopaminergic innervation

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The complete termination of metabolic processes is called _______________ death.

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Correct Answer: Death

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Bidirectional, instantaneous synaptic transmission is typical of __________.

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Correct Answer: Electrical synapses

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The nucleus basalis is a key part of the brains system for ____.

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Correct Answer: Attention

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A/an ______ is administered to temporarily relieve anxiety and to reduce tension.

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Correct Answer: Anxiolytic drug

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Normally, sodium and potassium leakage channels differ because ___________________.

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Correct Answer: Sodium ions diffuse through leakage channels into the cell, but potassium ions diffuse through leakage channels out of the cell

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The _______________ division of the ans functions mainly under ordinary, restful conditions.

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Correct Answer: Parasympathetic

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A nerve is a group of ________ bundled together

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Correct Answer: Axons

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The ________ convey(s) information about head position with respect to gravity.

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Correct Answer: Utricle and saccule

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The cochlea, semicircular canals, and vestibular sacs make up the _____ ear.

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Correct Answer: Inner

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Penfield mapped locations of body parts on area s1 by _____.

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Correct Answer: Stimulating S1 areas in humans, and asking where they felt body sensations

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In a(n) ________ synapse, current flows directly between cells.

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Correct Answer: Electrical

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In ________, one neuron synapses on several postsynaptic neurons.

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Correct Answer: Divergence

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The tract that carries sensations from muscle spindles to the cns is the __________.

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Correct Answer: Spinocerebellar

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During the _______________, the neuron cannot generate another action potential.

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Correct Answer: Na+, absolute refractory

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A remarkable fact about cells is that _____.

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Correct Answer: Cells are very different but have similar properties

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Bones are composed mostly of __________.

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Correct Answer: Calcium

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The motor neurons of the sympathetic nervous system project from the _______ to the _______.

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Correct Answer: Gray matter of the thoracic and lumbar spinal cord; sympathetic ganglia

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The _____ is the main means for transmitting messages between the brain and the body.

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Correct Answer: Spinal cord

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Somatic is to autonomic as ______ is to ______.

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Correct Answer: Voluntary ;involuntary

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Autonomic nervous system fibers are involved in all of the following except __________.

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Correct Answer: Maintaining the tonicity of the muscles of the neck.

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In a neuron, during the depolarization phase that may trigger an action potential _____.

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Correct Answer: Some voltage-gated sodium channels are open

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If the membrane potential of a neuron decreases, the membrane potential _____.

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Correct Answer: Becomes less negative.

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Each peripheral nerve provides ________ innervation to peripheral structures.

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Correct Answer: Motor and sensory

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The peripheral nervous system consists of _____ and motor neurons.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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The heart muscle is a ________ effector.

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Correct Answer: Visceral

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The concentrations of ions are very different inside and outside a nerve cell due to _____.

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Correct Answer: Sodium-potassium pumps

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When a ligand ____________, an ipsp will be produced.

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Correct Answer: Opens a potassium channel

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A neuron sends a signal toward another neuron along its _____.

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Correct Answer: Axon

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________ open or close in response to binding specific molecules.

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Correct Answer: Chemically gated channels

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________ neurons form the afferent division of the pns.

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Correct Answer: Sensory neurons

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All somatic motor neurons produce __________.

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Correct Answer: Only acetylcholine

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Function in the endocrine system much like ____ in the nervous system.

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Correct Answer: Hormones;Neurotransmitters

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In neurons, efferent is to ______ as afferent is to ______.

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Correct Answer: Motor; sensory

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Match the term to its correct description: gaba __________.

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Correct Answer: Generally inhibitory; found throughout CNS

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In the surgery of skull base, the ____ procedure is what is done to the lesion.

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Correct Answer: Definitive

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__________neurons are rare neurons, but are located in the retina and in the olfactory mucosa.

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Correct Answer: Bipolar

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For example, a single touch sensory ____________ can cover a large area of skin.. .

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Correct Answer: Neuron

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Cells that gather information and control body functions are ________.

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Correct Answer: Nerve cell

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There are _____ pairs of cranial nerves and _____ pairs of spinal nerves.

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Correct Answer: 12;31

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The _______ branch of the nervous system is under involuntary, unconscious control.

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Correct Answer: Autonomic Nervous System

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The efferent division of the peripheral nervous system innervates ________ cells.

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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The excitable cells of the nervous system are called ____________ .

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Correct Answer: Neurons

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The ________ method can be used to identify the neural inputs to a brain region.

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Correct Answer: Retrograde labeling

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