Question 1

Which type of muscles move your skeleton and are under your conscious control?

Accepted Answer

Voluntary muscles

Answer

Smooth muscles

Answer

Involuntary muscles

Answer

Cardiac muscles

Question 2

Through which structure do the electrochemical signals from your brain leave before reaching your voluntary muscles?

Accepted Answer

Spinal cord

Answer

Cerebellum

Answer

Pituitary gland

Answer

Brainstem

Question 3

Which of the following activities is considered to be controlled by involuntary muscles?

Accepted Answer

Contraction of the stomach

Answer

Walking

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Swinging your arm

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Waving your hand

Question 4

Which type of muscles controls movements in your intestines and increases blood pressure by constricting arteries?

Accepted Answer

Involuntary muscles

Answer

Smooth muscles

Answer

Cardiac muscles

Answer

Voluntary muscles

Question 5

Which part of your body sends electrochemical signals to your muscles to make them move?

Accepted Answer

Brain

Answer

Heart

Answer

Liver

Answer

Lungs

Question 6

Which part of the brain is responsible for muscle coordination?

Accepted Answer

Cerebellum

Answer

Cerebrum

Answer

Frontal lobe

Answer

Medulla oblongata

Question 7

What is the primary function of the frontal lobe of the brain?

Accepted Answer

Thinking

Answer

Speech

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Hearing

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Vision

Question 8

Which part of the brain is located directly below the cerebrum and is responsible for controlling functions like heart rate?

Accepted Answer

Medulla oblongata

Answer

Frontal lobe

Answer

Cerebellum

Answer

Parietal lobe

Question 9

Which part of the brain is responsible for the perception of heat, cold, and pressure?

Accepted Answer

Parietal lobe

Answer

Cerebellum

Answer

Occipital lobe

Answer

Temporal lobe

Question 10

What is the largest part of the brain responsible for most of the brain's work?

Accepted Answer

Cerebrum

Answer

Medulla oblongata

Answer

Cerebellum

Answer

Frontal lobe

Question 11

Which part of the brain is responsible for vision?

Accepted Answer

Occipital lobe

Answer

Frontal lobe

Answer

Temporal lobe

Answer

Parietal lobe

Question 12

Which part of the brain is responsible for hearing?

Accepted Answer

Temporal lobe

Answer

Frontal lobe

Answer

Occipital lobe

Answer

Parietal lobe

Question 13

What are neurons responsible for carrying?

Accepted Answer

electrochemical signals

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water

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oxygen

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nutrients

Question 14

What is the main part of a neuron known as?

Accepted Answer

cell body or soma

Answer

dendrites

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synapses

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axons

Question 15

What do sensory neurons transmit to the brain?

Accepted Answer

signals from the sensory organs

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signals to the muscles

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signals to the glands

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signals to the internal organs

Question 16

How are electric wires and neurons similar?

Accepted Answer

Both carry signals

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Both produce light

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Both store information

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Both generate heat

Question 17

What is the main part of a neuron that contains cytoplasm, mitochondria, a nucleus, and other organelles?

Accepted Answer

Cell body or soma

Answer

Axon

Answer

Dendrite

Answer

Synapse

Question 18

What are the irregularly shaped particles floating in the cytoplasm of a neuron responsible for assembling proteins?

Accepted Answer

Nissl bodies

Answer

Lysosomes

Answer

Golgi apparatus

Answer

Endoplasmic reticulum

Question 19

Which part of a neuron is responsible for transmitting signals away from the cell body?

Accepted Answer

Axon

Answer

Dendrite

Answer

Synapse

Answer

Cell body

Question 20

What is the function of the dendrites in a neuron?

Accepted Answer

Receive incoming signals from other neurons

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Store genetic information

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Transmit signals away from the cell body

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Regulate the cell's activities

Question 21

What is the purpose of sensory neurons in the human nervous system?

Accepted Answer

To carry stimuli to the spinal cord and brain

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To send signals from the brain to the muscles

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To form large cablelike structures called nerves

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To branch out and travel through the body

Question 22

What is the function of motor neurons in the human nervous system?

Accepted Answer

To send signals from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles

Answer

To branch out and travel through the body

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To form large cablelike structures called nerves

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To carry stimuli to the spinal cord and brain

Question 23

What is the central nervous system composed of?

Accepted Answer

The brain and spinal cord

Answer

Peripheral nerves

Answer

Motor neurons

Answer

Sensory neurons

Question 24

What is the function of the peripheral nervous system?

Accepted Answer

To carry impulses to various parts of the body

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To send signals from the brain to the muscles

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To carry stimuli to the spinal cord and brain

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To form large cablelike structures called nerves

Question 25

What is the function of the central nervous system in the human body?

Accepted Answer

To process and respond to incoming signals from sensory neurons

Answer

To send signals from the brain to the muscles

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To take in sensory information

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To branch out and travel through the body

Question 26

What are the two main components of the human nervous system?

Accepted Answer

The central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system

Answer

The dendrites and the axons

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The motor neurons and sensory neurons

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The brain and the spinal cord

Question 27

What are the 3 principal functions of the nervous system?

Accepted Answer

Sensory input, integration, and motor output

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Muscle growth, coordination, and balance

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Vision, hearing, and taste

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Digestion, respiration, and circulation

Question 28

What are the two main parts of the nervous system?

Accepted Answer

Central nervous system and peripheral nervous system

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Cardiovascular system and digestive system

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Endocrine system and respiratory system

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Muscular system and skeletal system

Question 29

Which division of the peripheral nervous system is responsible for skeletal muscle movement and keeping your heart beating and lungs breathing?

Accepted Answer

The motor division

Answer

The central nervous system

Answer

The autonomic division

Answer

The sensory division

Question 30

Which division of the peripheral nervous system is responsible for transmitting information from the body to the central nervous system?

Accepted Answer

The sensory division

Answer

The cranial nerves division

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The motor division

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The autonomic division

Question 31

Which cell types are NOT part of the nervous system? neutrophils and macrophages

Accepted Answer

neutrophils and macrophages

Answer

dendritic cells and T cells

Answer

neurons and astrocytes

Answer

microglia and oligodendrocytes

Question 32

All neurons in your body have the same structure and function.

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

Question 33

What percentage of calories that you take in every day are consumed by your brain's activity?

Accepted Answer

25

Answer

10

Answer

75

Answer

1

Question 34

Which is the correct description for interneurons?

Accepted Answer

These are the most abundant multipolar cells in the Central Nervous System that conduct impulses between sensory and motor neurons.

Answer

These unipolar cells transmit impulses from the body to the Central Nervous System.

Answer

These are rare with only two processes and can sometimes be found in the retina.

Answer

These multipolar cells conduct impulses from the Central Nervous System to the rest of the body.

Question 35

What cells bundle together, forming a nerve? (one word, 6 letters, lowercase, no punctuation or spaces.)

Accepted Answer

neuron

Question 36

What kind of neuron might send an impulse from your brain to the muscle in your leg to make it move when something hurts?

Accepted Answer

Motor

Answer

Inter

Answer

Endothelial

Answer

Sensory

Question 37

What kind of neuron might send a signal from your eyes to your brain to warn you of a threat?

Accepted Answer

Sensory

Answer

Motor

Answer

Endothelial

Answer

Inter

Question 38

In what order does an impulse travel to make you respond to stimuli?

Accepted Answer

sensory neuron, spinal cord, brain, spinal cord, motor neuron, muscle

Answer

motor neuron, spinal cord, brain, spinal cord, sensory neuron, muscle

Answer

brain, spinal cord, interneurons, muscle

Answer

endothelial cell, brain, sensory neuron, motor neuron, muscle

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