Chapter 10: Nervous System: Nervous Tissue and Brain
Herlihy: The Human Body in Health and Illness, 6th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which branching structures carry information toward the cell body of a neuron?
a. Synapses
b. Axons
c. Dendrites
d. Nodes of Ranvier
ANS: C
2. What is the name of the enzyme that destroys acetylcholine?
a. Dopamine
b. ACh
c. Acetylcholinesterase
d. Norepinephrine
ANS: C
3. What term describes the hopping of the action potential (nerve impulse) along the axon from
one node (of Ranvier) to the next?
a. Myelination
b. Depolarization
c. Saltatory conduction
d. Repolarization
ANS: C
4. The neurotrANSmitters such as acetylcholine (ACh) are stored within the
a. tips of the dendrites.
b. cell body.
c. postsynaptic receptors.
d. axon terminals.
ANS: D
5. What is the name of the space between the axon of one neuron and the dendrite of a second
neuron?
a. Vesicle
b. Cell body
c. Synapse
d. Node of Ranvier
ANS: C
6. The frontal, temporal, occipital, and parietal lobes form the
a. brain stem.
b. cerebrum.
c. cerebellum.
, d. reticular formation.
ANS: B
7. The primary somatosensory area and the primary motor area are separated by
a. Broca’s area.
b. the central sulcus.
c. the pia mater.
d. the longitudinal fissure.
ANS: B
8. There are four major areas of the brain: the cerebrum, diencephalon, brain stem, and
a. hypothalamus.
b. medulla oblongata.
c. limbic system.
d. cerebellum.
ANS: D
9. Which word best describes the precentral gyrus?
a. Olfactory
b. Visual
c. Motor
d. Language
ANS: C
10. The midbrain, pons, and medNllaRoS
uU bI ngGatT
loN aBar.
eC feM
reO rred to as the
a. diencephalons.
b. brain stem.
c. limbic system.
d. emotional brain.
ANS: B
11`. The pituitary gland sits beneath the
a. medulla oblongata.
b. brain stem.
c. hypothalamus.
d. cerebellum.
ANS: C
, 12. Which of the following best describes the arachnoid mater?
a. Limbic system
b. Meninges
c. Blood–brain barrier
d. Cranium
ANS: B
13. The corpus callosum
a. connects the right and left hemispheres.
b. connects the hypothalamus to the posterior pituitary gland.
c. lines the cerebral ventricles.
d. connects the brain stem to the cerebellum.
ANS: A
14. Excessive opioids (narcotics) depress the medulla oblongata and therefore cause
a. Parkinson’s disease.
b. blindness.
c. respiratory depression.
d. hypertension.
ANS: C
15. Endorphins are
a. natural morphine-like substances that can reduce anxiety and induce a sense of
well-being.
b. energy sources much like ATP.
c. secreted by the choroid plexus and circulated within the subarachnoid space.
d. waste products generated by depolarizing neurons.
ANS: A
16. The surface of the cerebrum is folded into elevations that resemble speed bumps; these speed
bumps are called
a. fissures.
b. sulci.
c. foramen.
d. convolutions, or gyri.
ANS: D
17. The depression between the convolutions of the cerebrum is called a
a. pons.
b. gyrus.
c. sulcus.
d. corpus callosum.
ANS: C
18. The medulla oblongata descends as the
a. diencephalons.
b. hypothalamus.
c. cerebellum.
d. spinal cord.
Herlihy: The Human Body in Health and Illness, 6th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which branching structures carry information toward the cell body of a neuron?
a. Synapses
b. Axons
c. Dendrites
d. Nodes of Ranvier
ANS: C
2. What is the name of the enzyme that destroys acetylcholine?
a. Dopamine
b. ACh
c. Acetylcholinesterase
d. Norepinephrine
ANS: C
3. What term describes the hopping of the action potential (nerve impulse) along the axon from
one node (of Ranvier) to the next?
a. Myelination
b. Depolarization
c. Saltatory conduction
d. Repolarization
ANS: C
4. The neurotrANSmitters such as acetylcholine (ACh) are stored within the
a. tips of the dendrites.
b. cell body.
c. postsynaptic receptors.
d. axon terminals.
ANS: D
5. What is the name of the space between the axon of one neuron and the dendrite of a second
neuron?
a. Vesicle
b. Cell body
c. Synapse
d. Node of Ranvier
ANS: C
6. The frontal, temporal, occipital, and parietal lobes form the
a. brain stem.
b. cerebrum.
c. cerebellum.
, d. reticular formation.
ANS: B
7. The primary somatosensory area and the primary motor area are separated by
a. Broca’s area.
b. the central sulcus.
c. the pia mater.
d. the longitudinal fissure.
ANS: B
8. There are four major areas of the brain: the cerebrum, diencephalon, brain stem, and
a. hypothalamus.
b. medulla oblongata.
c. limbic system.
d. cerebellum.
ANS: D
9. Which word best describes the precentral gyrus?
a. Olfactory
b. Visual
c. Motor
d. Language
ANS: C
10. The midbrain, pons, and medNllaRoS
uU bI ngGatT
loN aBar.
eC feM
reO rred to as the
a. diencephalons.
b. brain stem.
c. limbic system.
d. emotional brain.
ANS: B
11`. The pituitary gland sits beneath the
a. medulla oblongata.
b. brain stem.
c. hypothalamus.
d. cerebellum.
ANS: C
, 12. Which of the following best describes the arachnoid mater?
a. Limbic system
b. Meninges
c. Blood–brain barrier
d. Cranium
ANS: B
13. The corpus callosum
a. connects the right and left hemispheres.
b. connects the hypothalamus to the posterior pituitary gland.
c. lines the cerebral ventricles.
d. connects the brain stem to the cerebellum.
ANS: A
14. Excessive opioids (narcotics) depress the medulla oblongata and therefore cause
a. Parkinson’s disease.
b. blindness.
c. respiratory depression.
d. hypertension.
ANS: C
15. Endorphins are
a. natural morphine-like substances that can reduce anxiety and induce a sense of
well-being.
b. energy sources much like ATP.
c. secreted by the choroid plexus and circulated within the subarachnoid space.
d. waste products generated by depolarizing neurons.
ANS: A
16. The surface of the cerebrum is folded into elevations that resemble speed bumps; these speed
bumps are called
a. fissures.
b. sulci.
c. foramen.
d. convolutions, or gyri.
ANS: D
17. The depression between the convolutions of the cerebrum is called a
a. pons.
b. gyrus.
c. sulcus.
d. corpus callosum.
ANS: C
18. The medulla oblongata descends as the
a. diencephalons.
b. hypothalamus.
c. cerebellum.
d. spinal cord.
