Nervous/Endocrine System

The following has tubes or ducts that lead to a particular body part

• Exocrine glands

• Endocrine glands

• Pituitary gland

• Thyroid Gland

Which is also called a efferent neuron?

• motor neuron

• sensory neuron

• single neuron

• afferent neuron

Paralysis affecting one side of the body?

• Hemiplegia

• paraplegia

• tetraplagia

• quadraplegia

Which of the following tissues initiates, controls and coordinates the body's adaptation to its surroundings?

• Cardiac

• Connective

• Nervous

• Muscle

Which means the capacity of muscles to receive and reacts to stimuli

• irritability

• contractility

• elasticity

• extensibility

Which is the chemical that sends a nerve signal across a synapse?

• axon

• dendrite

• neurotransmitter

• interneuron

The following carries impulses from the brain to the effectors (the muscles or glands they control)

• afferent nerves

• interneurons

• motor neurons

• sensory neurons

Name the largest and most numerous glial cells

• Schwan cells

• oligodendrocytes

• ependymal cells

• astrocytes

Which of the following is a protective fibrous connective tissue sheath covering the brain and spinal cord (the outer layer of the meninges)

• arachnoid space

• dura matter

• pia matter

• pons

All are part of the brain stem EXCEPT?

• hypothalamus

• medulla oblongota

• midbrain

• pons