Chapter 49 Review: Nervous Systems

  1. Nervous system matching exercise


  2. The cerebral cortex covers which part of the nervous system?
    1. cerebrum
    2. cerebellum
    3. spinal cord
    4. midbrain
    5. medulla
  3. Which type of cell induce the formation of a blood-brain barrier in the CNS?
    1. ependymal cells
    2. oligodendrocytes
    3. microglia
    4. astrocytes
    5. cerebrospinal cells
  4. A band of axons called the ________ provides communication between the right and left cerebral cortices.
    1. corpus callosum
    2. corpus luteum
    3. basal nuclei
    4. inter nuclei
    5. thalamus
  5. The ________ division of the PNS promotes a return to "rest and digest" state from an encounter with stress.
    1. sympathetic
    2. parasympathetic
    3. unsympathetic
    4. metasympathetic
    5. hyposympathetic
  6. The brain contains four ________ which are hollow and filled with cerebrospinal fluid.
    1. atria
    2. ventricles
    3. nerves
    4. nerve cords
    5. ganglia
  7. In vertebrate, a cluster of nerve cells outside the central nervous system is referred to as
    1. nerve cord.
    2. nucleus.
    3. association area.
    4. ganglia.
    5. nerves,
  8. In the knee-jerk reflex, sensory neurons in the quadriceps muscle send a signal of the tap to
    1. interneuron.
    2. motor neuron.
    3. spinal cord.
    4. brain.
    5. hamstring muscle.