What is the main function of the spinal cord?
A. It interprets, organizes, and stores information.
B. It carries nutrients to the central nervous system and helps to remove wastes.
C. It acts as a shock absorber for the vertebrae.
D. It carries messages to and from the brain and the nerves that go to the muscles and glands.
Answer: D. It carries messages to and from the brain and the nerves that go to the muscles and glands.
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Nerve cells tell muscles what to do by using _______________.
A. electrical impulses
B. plasma
C. the spinal cord
D. vertebra
Answer: A. electrical impulses
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Which of the following items are risk factors for stroke?
A. Smoking
B. Heart disease
C. Diabetes
D. All of the above
Answer : All the above
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When you have a toothache, you feel pain because _______________.
A. there is a cavity in your tooth
B. tiny bits of food are left between your teeth
C. bacteria digest the food left between your teeth and produce an acid
D. the cavity reaches the nerves and the nerves send a message to the brain
Answer: D.the cavity reaches the nerves and the nerves send a message to the brain
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What is the medical term for sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve?
A.neuralgia
B.syncope
C.dysphasia
Answer: A.neuralgia
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Which part of the brain stem connects with the spinal cord?
A. Midbrain
B. Medulla oblongata
C. Pons
Correct Answer
Answer: B. Medulla oblongata .
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Any part of the body that produces a response to stimuli.
A. effector
B. neuron
C. receptor
Answer: A. effector
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What can be done to help prevent brain damage from a stroke?
A. Give the patient drugs to break up clots within the first 3 hours.
B. Give the patient drugs to break up clots within 24 hours.
C. Have the patient begin physical therapy immediately.
D. No treatment will reduce the chance of brain damage once a stroke has occurred.
Answer: A . Give the patient drugs to break up clots within the first 3 hours.
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Of all of the senses, which is the olfactory bulb responsible for controlling?
A. sight
B. smell
C. hearing
D. touch
Answer: B. smell
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What is the root word for "pain"
A.esthes
B.alges
C.ment
D.myel
Answer: B.alges
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Which division of the nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord?
A.Sympathetic system
B. Central nervous system
C. Autonomic nervious system
D. Peripheral nervous system
Answer: B. Central nervous system
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What are the three (3) main parts of the nervous system?
A. cerebellum, cerebrum, medulla
B. brain, spinal cord, nerves
C. cochlea, nerves, vestibule
Answer: B.brain, spinal cord, nerves
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If the respiratory muscles are affected by myasthenia gravis, the disease can be fatal?
A. True
B. False
Answer: A. True
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What part of the brain controls the balance and coordinates the body movements?
A.cerebrum
B.cerebellum
C.sensory neuron
Answer: B. cerebellum
300
Which term refers to inflammation of the membranes?
A. -pathy
B. Mening/o
C. -plegia
Answer: B. Mening/o
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What is the fatty tissue that covers axons and speeds up impulses as they travel from cell to cell?
A. Dendrite
B. Neurotransmitter
C. Myelin sheath
D. Synapse
Answer : C. Myelin Sheath
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The brain stem is composed of _______________.
A.the spinal cord, axon, vertebra
B.the medulla, pons and middlebrain tissue
C.brain buds and flowers
Answer: B.the medulla, pons and middlebrain tissue
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What are some diseases and disorders of the nervous system?
A. Myasthenia Gravis
B. Cerebrovascular Accidents
C. Multiple Sclerosis
D. All of the above
Answer: D All of the above
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The right hemisphere of the brain controls which side of the body?
A.middle
B.left
C.right
Answer: B.left
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Describes a group of conditions in which a young child cannot develop normal social relationships________
A. dyslexia
B. epilepsy
C. autism
D. dementia
Answer: C. autism
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The basic element of the nervous system is the nerve cell, also known as the _______. ?
A. neuron
B. Axons
C. Dendrites
D. Cytoplasm
Answer: B. neuron
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What are the three (3) main parts of the nervous system?
A. cerebellum, cerebrum, medulla
B. brain, spinal cord, nerves
C. cochlea, nerves, vestibule
Answer: B.brain, spinal cord, nerves
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What disease is when stroke occurs when there is a loss of blood flow, and in turn oxygen, to the brain ?
A. Myasthenia gravis
B. A cerebrovascular
C. Multiple sclerosis
D. respiratory system
Answer : B. A cerebrovascular
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Which age group is the most likely to suffer a cerebrovascular accident?
A.toddlers
B.infants
C.seniors
D.young adults
Answer: C. seniors
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The prefix for "difficulty, painful, abnormal is _______
A. -cele
B. Dys-
C. Cephal-
D. Neur-