OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank Chapter 26: Nervous System
Infections
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Chapter 26: Nervous System Infections
Chapter 26: Nervous System Infections
* = Correct answer
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following is the innermost membrane surrounding the brain?
A. arachnoid mater
B. dura mater
C. pia mater*
D. ventricle mater
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
2. Which term describes tingling or numbness in peripheral nerves?
A. neuralgia
B. neurological deficit
C. neuropathy*
D. neurotaxis
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
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3. Which part of a neuron releases neurotransmitters?
A. the dendrites
B. the myelin sheath
C. the synapse
D. the synaptic terminals*
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
4. Which of the following terms describes inflammation of the membranes surrounding the
brain?
A. cephalic tetanus
B. encephalitis
C. meningitis*
D. neuritis
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
5. Before enrolling in college, students are encouraged to undergo vaccination for which of the
following diseases?
A. botulism
B. candidiasis
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C. listeriosis
D. meningococcal meningitis*
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
6. Hansen’s disease is more commonly known as which of the following?
A. leprosy*
B. pneumococcal meningitis
C. poliomyelitis
D. tetanus
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
7. Which of the following is an example of a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy?
A. chronic wasting disease*
B. St. Louis encephalitis
C. tetanus
D. Zika virus
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
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8. Which term describes a nervous system infection caused by a fungus?
A. bacillary infection
B. dermatomycosis
C. neuromycosis*
D. transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
9. Human African trypanosomiasis is transmitted by which of the following?
A. contaminated water
B. mosquitoes
C. ticks
D. tsetse flies*
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
10. Schwann cells serve a function similar to that of oligodendrites, but, unlike oligodendrites,
they are located in which part of the nervous system?
A. brain
B. central nervous system
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Infections
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OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank
Chapter 26: Nervous System Infections
Chapter 26: Nervous System Infections
* = Correct answer
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following is the innermost membrane surrounding the brain?
A. arachnoid mater
B. dura mater
C. pia mater*
D. ventricle mater
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
2. Which term describes tingling or numbness in peripheral nerves?
A. neuralgia
B. neurological deficit
C. neuropathy*
D. neurotaxis
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
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3. Which part of a neuron releases neurotransmitters?
A. the dendrites
B. the myelin sheath
C. the synapse
D. the synaptic terminals*
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
4. Which of the following terms describes inflammation of the membranes surrounding the
brain?
A. cephalic tetanus
B. encephalitis
C. meningitis*
D. neuritis
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
5. Before enrolling in college, students are encouraged to undergo vaccination for which of the
following diseases?
A. botulism
B. candidiasis
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C. listeriosis
D. meningococcal meningitis*
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
6. Hansen’s disease is more commonly known as which of the following?
A. leprosy*
B. pneumococcal meningitis
C. poliomyelitis
D. tetanus
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
7. Which of the following is an example of a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy?
A. chronic wasting disease*
B. St. Louis encephalitis
C. tetanus
D. Zika virus
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
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8. Which term describes a nervous system infection caused by a fungus?
A. bacillary infection
B. dermatomycosis
C. neuromycosis*
D. transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
9. Human African trypanosomiasis is transmitted by which of the following?
A. contaminated water
B. mosquitoes
C. ticks
D. tsetse flies*
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
10. Schwann cells serve a function similar to that of oligodendrites, but, unlike oligodendrites,
they are located in which part of the nervous system?
A. brain
B. central nervous system
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