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The vital centers for the control of visceral activities such as heart rate, breathing, blood
pressure,
swallowing, and vomiting are located in the:
1) _______
A) hypothalamus
B) pons
C) cerebrum
D) midbrain
E) medulla oblongata - answers medulla oblongata
Immediately after an action potential is propagated, which one of the following ions
rapidly
diffuses out of the cell into the tissue fluid:
2) _______
A) potassium
B) calcium
C) sodium
D) chloride
E) magnesium - answers potassium
The blood-brain barrier is effective against the passage of: 3) _______
A) nutrients such as glucose
B) metabolic waste such as urea
C) water
D) anesthetics
E) alcohol - answers metabolic waste such as urea
The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are subdivisions of the: 4)
_______
A) autonomic nervous system
B) voluntary nervous system
C) somatic nervous system
D) central nervous system
E) peripheral nervous system - answers autonomic nervous system
An action potential: 5) _______
A) involves the outflux of negative ions to depolarize the membrane
B) involves the influx of negative ions to depolarize the membrane
,C) is initiated by potassium ion movements
D) involves the outflux of positive ions to depolarize the membrane
E) is essential for nerve impulse propagation - answers is essential for nerve impulse
propagation
Cell bodies of the sensory neurons of the spinal nerves are located in: 6) _______
A) the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord
B) the thalamus
C) the hypothalamus
D) the ventral root ganglia of the spinal cord
E) sympathetic ganglia - answers the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord
The effects of the sympathetic nervous system are essentially opposite of the: 7)
_______
A) motor division
B) parasympathetic nervous system
C) sensory division
D) central nervous system
E) autonomic nervous system - answers parasympathetic nervous system
Cerebrospinal fluid circulates through all of the following except: 8) _______
A) corpus callosum
B) lateral ventricles
C) fourth ventricle
D) cerebral aqueduct
E) subarachnoid space - answers corpus callosum
Which one of the following is the correct sequence in connective tissue sheaths, going
from
outermost to innermost layer:
9) _______
A) perineurium, endoneurium, epineurium
B) epineurium, perineurium, endoneurium
C) perineurium, epineurium, endoneurium
D) epineurium, endoneurium, perineurium
E) endoneurium, epineurium, perineurium - answers epineurium, perineurium,
endoneurium
Sally has a brain injury; she knows what she wants to say but canʹt vocalize the words.
The part
of her brain that deals with the ability to speak is the:
10) ______
A) central sulcus
B) Brocaʹs area
C) primary motor area
D) longitudinal fissure
,E) gyrus - answers Brocaʹs area
Which one of the following is the correct sequence of events that follows a threshold
potential:
1. the membrane becomes depolarized
2. sodium channels open and sodium ions diffuse inward
3. the membrane becomes repolarized
4. potassium channels open and potassium ions diffuse outward while sodium is
actively
transported out of the cell
11) ______
A) 2, 1, 4, 3 B) 3, 2, 4, 1 C) 2, 1, 3, 4 D) 4, 1, 3, 2 E) 1, 2, 4, 3 - answers A) 2, 1, 4, 3
Which one of the following best describes the waxy-appearing material called myelin:
12) ______
A) a mass of white lipid material that surrounds the dendrites of a neuron
B) an outer membrane on a neuroglial cell
C) a mass of white lipid material that insulates the axon of a neuron
D) a lipid-protein (lipoprotein) cell membrane on the outside of axons
E) a mass of white lipid material that surrounds the cell body of a neur - answers a
mass of white lipid material that insulates the axon of a neuron
Which of these cells are not a type of neuroglia found in the CNS: 13) ______
A) Schwann cells
B) oligodendrocytes
C) ependymal cells
D) astrocytes
E) microglia - answers Schwann cells
Bipolar neurons are commonly: 14) ______
A) motor neurons
B) found in the eye and nose
C) more abundant in adults than in children
D) called neuroglia
E) found in ganglia - answers found in the eye and nose
Which one of the following statements about aging is most accurate: 15) ______
A) the brain reaches its maximum weight around the seventh decade of life
B) synaptic connections are too fixed to permit a great deal of learning after the age of
35
C) despite some neuronal loss, an unlimited number of neural pathways are available
and
ready to be developed; therefore, additional learning can occur throughout life
D) increased efficiency of the sympathetic nervous system enhances the ability to learn
, E) learning throughout the adult and aging years is supported primarily by glial
proliferation - answers despite some neuronal loss, an unlimited number of neural
pathways are available and
ready to be developed; therefore, additional learning can occur throughout life
Lobe that contains the primary motor area that enables voluntary control of skeletal
muscle
movements:
16) ______
A) frontal lobe
B) occipital lobe
C) parietal lobe
D) diencephalon
E) temporal lobe - answers frontal lobe
The elevated ridges of tissue on the surface of the cerebral hemispheres are known as
__________
while the shallow grooves are termed __________.
17) ______
A) sulci; gyri
B) tracts; ganglia
C) ganglia; gyri
D) gyri; sulci
E) receptors; effectors - answers gyri; sulci
An action potential is caused by an influx of these ions into the cell: 18) ______
A) both potassium and sodium
B) potassium
C) sodium
D) magnesium
E) calcium - answers sodium
The function of the olfactory nerve concerns: 19) ______
A) smell
B) chewing
C) vision
D) eye movement
E) hearing - answers smell
The gap between two communicating neurons is termed: 20) ______
A) node of Ranvier
B) synaptic cleft
C) effector
D) cell body
E) Schwann cell - answers synaptic cleft
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The vital centers for the control of visceral activities such as heart rate, breathing, blood
pressure,
swallowing, and vomiting are located in the:
1) _______
A) hypothalamus
B) pons
C) cerebrum
D) midbrain
E) medulla oblongata - answers medulla oblongata
Immediately after an action potential is propagated, which one of the following ions
rapidly
diffuses out of the cell into the tissue fluid:
2) _______
A) potassium
B) calcium
C) sodium
D) chloride
E) magnesium - answers potassium
The blood-brain barrier is effective against the passage of: 3) _______
A) nutrients such as glucose
B) metabolic waste such as urea
C) water
D) anesthetics
E) alcohol - answers metabolic waste such as urea
The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are subdivisions of the: 4)
_______
A) autonomic nervous system
B) voluntary nervous system
C) somatic nervous system
D) central nervous system
E) peripheral nervous system - answers autonomic nervous system
An action potential: 5) _______
A) involves the outflux of negative ions to depolarize the membrane
B) involves the influx of negative ions to depolarize the membrane
,C) is initiated by potassium ion movements
D) involves the outflux of positive ions to depolarize the membrane
E) is essential for nerve impulse propagation - answers is essential for nerve impulse
propagation
Cell bodies of the sensory neurons of the spinal nerves are located in: 6) _______
A) the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord
B) the thalamus
C) the hypothalamus
D) the ventral root ganglia of the spinal cord
E) sympathetic ganglia - answers the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord
The effects of the sympathetic nervous system are essentially opposite of the: 7)
_______
A) motor division
B) parasympathetic nervous system
C) sensory division
D) central nervous system
E) autonomic nervous system - answers parasympathetic nervous system
Cerebrospinal fluid circulates through all of the following except: 8) _______
A) corpus callosum
B) lateral ventricles
C) fourth ventricle
D) cerebral aqueduct
E) subarachnoid space - answers corpus callosum
Which one of the following is the correct sequence in connective tissue sheaths, going
from
outermost to innermost layer:
9) _______
A) perineurium, endoneurium, epineurium
B) epineurium, perineurium, endoneurium
C) perineurium, epineurium, endoneurium
D) epineurium, endoneurium, perineurium
E) endoneurium, epineurium, perineurium - answers epineurium, perineurium,
endoneurium
Sally has a brain injury; she knows what she wants to say but canʹt vocalize the words.
The part
of her brain that deals with the ability to speak is the:
10) ______
A) central sulcus
B) Brocaʹs area
C) primary motor area
D) longitudinal fissure
,E) gyrus - answers Brocaʹs area
Which one of the following is the correct sequence of events that follows a threshold
potential:
1. the membrane becomes depolarized
2. sodium channels open and sodium ions diffuse inward
3. the membrane becomes repolarized
4. potassium channels open and potassium ions diffuse outward while sodium is
actively
transported out of the cell
11) ______
A) 2, 1, 4, 3 B) 3, 2, 4, 1 C) 2, 1, 3, 4 D) 4, 1, 3, 2 E) 1, 2, 4, 3 - answers A) 2, 1, 4, 3
Which one of the following best describes the waxy-appearing material called myelin:
12) ______
A) a mass of white lipid material that surrounds the dendrites of a neuron
B) an outer membrane on a neuroglial cell
C) a mass of white lipid material that insulates the axon of a neuron
D) a lipid-protein (lipoprotein) cell membrane on the outside of axons
E) a mass of white lipid material that surrounds the cell body of a neur - answers a
mass of white lipid material that insulates the axon of a neuron
Which of these cells are not a type of neuroglia found in the CNS: 13) ______
A) Schwann cells
B) oligodendrocytes
C) ependymal cells
D) astrocytes
E) microglia - answers Schwann cells
Bipolar neurons are commonly: 14) ______
A) motor neurons
B) found in the eye and nose
C) more abundant in adults than in children
D) called neuroglia
E) found in ganglia - answers found in the eye and nose
Which one of the following statements about aging is most accurate: 15) ______
A) the brain reaches its maximum weight around the seventh decade of life
B) synaptic connections are too fixed to permit a great deal of learning after the age of
35
C) despite some neuronal loss, an unlimited number of neural pathways are available
and
ready to be developed; therefore, additional learning can occur throughout life
D) increased efficiency of the sympathetic nervous system enhances the ability to learn
, E) learning throughout the adult and aging years is supported primarily by glial
proliferation - answers despite some neuronal loss, an unlimited number of neural
pathways are available and
ready to be developed; therefore, additional learning can occur throughout life
Lobe that contains the primary motor area that enables voluntary control of skeletal
muscle
movements:
16) ______
A) frontal lobe
B) occipital lobe
C) parietal lobe
D) diencephalon
E) temporal lobe - answers frontal lobe
The elevated ridges of tissue on the surface of the cerebral hemispheres are known as
__________
while the shallow grooves are termed __________.
17) ______
A) sulci; gyri
B) tracts; ganglia
C) ganglia; gyri
D) gyri; sulci
E) receptors; effectors - answers gyri; sulci
An action potential is caused by an influx of these ions into the cell: 18) ______
A) both potassium and sodium
B) potassium
C) sodium
D) magnesium
E) calcium - answers sodium
The function of the olfactory nerve concerns: 19) ______
A) smell
B) chewing
C) vision
D) eye movement
E) hearing - answers smell
The gap between two communicating neurons is termed: 20) ______
A) node of Ranvier
B) synaptic cleft
C) effector
D) cell body
E) Schwann cell - answers synaptic cleft
