MBB1 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Central Nervous System and Peripheral Nervous System (CNS & PNS) - Answer What
are the two main subdivisions of the human Nervous System?
Autonomic and Somatic - Answer What are the two main subdivisions of the human
Peripheral Nervous System?
Brain and Spinal Cord - Answer What two things comprise the human Central Nervous
System?
Sympathetic and Parasympathetic - Answer What are the two main subdivisions of the
Autonomic Nervous System?
To arouse the body and prepare it for activity (ie to fight or flee) - Answer What is the
function of the sympathetic nervous system?
To calm the body and prepare it for restoration of energy - Answer What is the function
of the parasympathetic nervous system?
Connects central systems to voluntary muscles - Answer What is the role of the somatic
nervous system?
PNS - Answer Are cranial nerves part of the CNS or PNS?
To form a protective sheath around the nervous system. - Answer What is the function
of the meninges?
3 - Answer How many layers in the meninges of the CNS?
2 - Answer How many layers in the meninges of the PNS?
Dura mater, Arachnoid mater and Pia mater. - Answer What are the layers of the
meninges in the CNS called?
Dura mater and Pia mater. They are fused together. - Answer What are the layers of the
meninges in the PNS called?
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Central Nervous System and Peripheral Nervous System (CNS & PNS) - Answer What
are the two main subdivisions of the human Nervous System?
Autonomic and Somatic - Answer What are the two main subdivisions of the human
Peripheral Nervous System?
Brain and Spinal Cord - Answer What two things comprise the human Central Nervous
System?
Sympathetic and Parasympathetic - Answer What are the two main subdivisions of the
Autonomic Nervous System?
To arouse the body and prepare it for activity (ie to fight or flee) - Answer What is the
function of the sympathetic nervous system?
To calm the body and prepare it for restoration of energy - Answer What is the function
of the parasympathetic nervous system?
Connects central systems to voluntary muscles - Answer What is the role of the somatic
nervous system?
PNS - Answer Are cranial nerves part of the CNS or PNS?
To form a protective sheath around the nervous system. - Answer What is the function
of the meninges?
3 - Answer How many layers in the meninges of the CNS?
2 - Answer How many layers in the meninges of the PNS?
Dura mater, Arachnoid mater and Pia mater. - Answer What are the layers of the
meninges in the CNS called?
Dura mater and Pia mater. They are fused together. - Answer What are the layers of the
meninges in the PNS called?
