The Nervous System

Which of the following stimuli allow us to see?

• heat

• light

• chemical

• pressure

What category of type will be found in the nose to allow animal to smell

• mechanoreceptors

• photoreceptors

• propriceptors

• olfactory receptors

Which type of nerve is found in the face in close proximity to the lower premolars and canines?

• auditory

• optic

• mandibular

• radial

Which of the following describes the function of a receptor?

• takes messages to the CNS

• takes messages to PNS

• detects stimuli

• interprets electrical information received from sensory neurons

The purpose of motor neurons is to

• take messages to the CNS

• take messages to effectors

• interpret information from receptors

• connect relay neurons to sensory neurons

Although a deaf person cannot sense sound they are able to feel a musical beat because of _______________ receptors in the skin.

• mechanoreceptors

• pain

• vibration

• photoreceptors

What type of receptors are very important to an ice skater as they move and change body position on the ice?

• proprioceptors

• chemoreceptors

• photoreceptors

• pain receptors

The cell body is branched off of the axon in what type of neuron?

• relay

• motor

• sensory

• efferent

Messages are transmitted along the neuron as

• chemical signals

• mechanical messages

• electrical impulses

• electrical impulses and chemical messages

During the pandemic it is communicated by the MOH that person infected with the COVID virus may lose their sense of taste and smell.

This means that the infection affects which system?

• Respiratory

• Circulatory

• Nervous

• Digestive