Nervous System Multiple Choice Questions and Answers for Practice

Q: The motor cortex is part of which part of the nervous system?

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Q: Patients with damage to Wernickes area have difficulty

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Q: Our understanding of mental illness has been most advanced by discoveries involving

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Q: The establishment and expression of emotions involves the

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Q: Cerebrospinal fluid can be described as all of the following except

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Nervous System MCQ Questions for Practice

16. The motor cortex is part of which part of the nervous system?

cerebrum
cerebellum
spinal cord
midbrain

17. Patients with damage to Wernickes area have difficulty

coordinating limb movement.
generating speech.
recognizing faces.
understanding language.

18. Our understanding of mental illness has been most advanced by discoveries involving

degree of convolutions in the brains surface.
evolution of the telencephalon.
sequence of developmental specialization.
chemicals involved in brain communications.

19. The establishment and expression of emotions involves the

frontal lobes and limbic system.
frontal lobes and parietal lobes.
parietal lobes and limbic system.
frontal and occipital lobes.

20. Cerebrospinal fluid can be described as all of the following except

functioning in transport of nutrients and hormones through the brain.
a product of the filtration of blood by the brain.
formed from layers of connective tissue.
functioning to cushion the brain.

21. The blood-brain barrier

is formed by tight junctions.
is formed by oligodendrocytes.
tightly regulates the intracellular environment of the CNS.
uses chemical signals to communicate with the spinal cord.

22. Which of the following is correct about the telencephalon region of the brain?

It develops as the neural tube differentiates.
It develops from the midbrain.
It is the brain region most like that of ancestral vertebrates.
It gives rise to the cerebrum.

23. Which of the following describes the functional controls of Wernickes area?

It is active when speech is heard and comprehended.
It is active during the generation of speech.
It coordinates the response to olfactory sensation.
It is active when you are reading silently.

24. Melatonin is a hormone produced in the pineal gland. It can be used to treat symptoms of sleep disorders and seasonal affective disorder because

it is normally produced only in the light.
it increases production of serotonin.
it increases production of tryptophan.
its peak production is normally at night.

25. The divisions of the nervous system that have antagonistic actions, or opposing actions are

motor and sensory.
sympathetic and parasympathetic.
presynaptic and postsynaptic.
forebrain and hindbrain.

26. What controls the heart rate?

neocortex
medulla
thalamus
pituitary

27. What do Wernickes and Brocas regions of the brain affect?

olfaction
vision
speech
memory

28. The sympathetic division of the autonomic portion of the PNS does all of the following except

relaxing bronchi in lungs.
inhibiting bladder emptying.
stimulating glucose release.
stimulating the salivary glands.

29. Which of the following activities would be associated with the parasympathetic division of the nervoussystem?

rest and digestion
release of both acetylcholine and epinephrine
increased metabolic rate
fight-or-flight response

30. Bipolar disorder differs from schizophrenia in that

schizophrenia results in hallucinations.
schizophrenia results in both manic and depressive states.
schizophrenia results in decreased dopamine.
bipolar disorder involves both genes and environment.

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Nervous System Multiple Choice Questions and Answers for Practice

Nervous System MCQ Questions for Practice

16. The motor cortex is part of which part of the nervous system?

17. Patients with damage to Wernickes area have difficulty

18. Our understanding of mental illness has been most advanced by discoveries involving

19. The establishment and expression of emotions involves the

20. Cerebrospinal fluid can be described as all of the following except

21. The blood-brain barrier

22. Which of the following is correct about the telencephalon region of the brain?

23. Which of the following describes the functional controls of Wernickes area?

24. Melatonin is a hormone produced in the pineal gland. It can be used to treat symptoms of sleep disorders and seasonal affective disorder because

25. The divisions of the nervous system that have antagonistic actions, or opposing actions are

26. What controls the heart rate?

27. What do Wernickes and Brocas regions of the brain affect?

28. The sympathetic division of the autonomic portion of the PNS does all of the following except

29. Which of the following activities would be associated with the parasympathetic division of the nervoussystem?

30. Bipolar disorder differs from schizophrenia in that

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