BIO 290 Week 5 WileyPLUS Quiz

Complete the Week 5 WileyPLUS Quiz

Question 1

The brain and spinal cord are found in which division of the nervous system?

Autonomic nervous system

Central nervous system

Peripheral nervous system

Somatic nervous system

Question 2

What type of information is transmitted from the periphery to the central nervous system?

Integrative

Motor

Sensory

Visual

Question 3

Which of the following cell types is not found in the central nervous system?

Oligodendrocyte

Satellite cells

Microglia

Astrocytes

Question 4

What cell type in the central nervous system (CNS) participates in the formation of the blood-brain barrier (BBB)?

Astrocytes

Microglia

Oligodendrocytes

Schwann cells

Question 5

What glial cell in the peripheral nervous system surrounds neuronal cell bodies?

Astrocytes

Microglia

Satellite cells

Schwann cell

Question 6

Which of the following would need to be stimulated in order to send sensory information to the central nervous system?

Receptor

Effector

Interneuron

Ventral horn

Question 7

What is the name given to the numerous extensions that project from the cell body of a neuron that function to receive stimuli from the surrounding environment?

Dendrite

Axon

Soma

Schwann cell

Question 8

Repolarization occurs when:

There is no movement of sodium and potassium ions

There is movement of sodium across the cell membrane and into the cell

There is movement of potassium across the cell membrane and out of the cell

There is an influx of both sodium and potassium across the cell membrane

Question 9

What term can be used to describe the capability of the nervous system to change based on experience?

Plasticity

Polarity

Regeneration

Transmission

Question 10

The largest region of the brain that governs all higher functions (memory, reasoning, and some aspects of personality) consists of two hemispheres connected by the corpus callosum is called:

Cerebellum

Medulla oblongata

Cerebrum

Diencephalon

Question 11

Which of the following is not a correct division of the brain stem?

Hypothalamus

Medulla oblongata

Pons

Midbrain

Question 12

Memory and learning are found in what lobe?

Frontal

Occipital

Parietal

Temporal

Question 13

What term describes a collection of neuronal cell bodies in the CNS?

Ganglia

Nuclei

Receptor

Effector

Question 14

Which of the following is the speech comprehension area of the brain?

Wernicke’s area

Broca’s area

Primary somatosensory cortex

Insula

Question 15

Which of the following is not a correct function of the cerebellum?

Coordinates muscle contraction

Helps maintain balance

Helps maintain posture

Regulates the respiratory rate