The cells that response to changes in their environment and signal these changes into nervous system are called ___________?

Related Mcqs:

1. The nervous system is divided into two major divisions, the central nervous system and the ___________ nervous system.

   A. Sympathetic
   B. Peripheral
   C. Autonomic
   D. Parasympathetic

2. The nervous coordination involves specialized cells that are linked together directly or via central nervous system to from a network. These are:

   A. Receptors
   B. Neurons
   C. Effectors
   D. All of these

3. Which THREE of the following are true regarding habituation and dishabituation?
   1:Habituation involves a gradual reduction in the magnitude of the response to repeated presentation of the response of a stimulus
   2:In dishabituation, the response returns when a salient extraneous stimulus is presented just before a trial with the habituated stimulus
   3:Habituation is caused by sensory-motor fatigue
   4:Habituation occurs as a consequence of the repeated presentation of a single event

   A. 1,2 & 3
   B. 2,3 & 4
   C. 1,2 & 4
   D. 4

4. The peripheral nervous system is made up of extensions from the central nervous system known as _____________?

   A. nerves
   B. ganglia
   C. tracts
   D. dendrites

5. The skeletal nervous system is a component of the _____________ nervous system?

   A. peripheral
   B. autonomic
   C. central
   D. sympathetic

6. The type of the nervous system that transmits signals between the central nervous system and the rest of the body is:

   A. diffused nervous system
   B. Peripheral nervous system
   C. Sensory nervous system
   D. Motor nervous system

7. The somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system comprise the:

   A. peripheral nervous system
   B. central nervous system
   C. afferent nervous system
   D. vascular nervous system

8. Specialized cells of nervous system carry ___________?

   A. Messages
   B. Reflexes
   C. Both (A. and (B.
   D. None of the (A. and (B.

9. Specialized cells of nervous system carry ____________?

   A. messages
   B. reflexes
   C. both a and b
   D. none of these

10. The cells in higher animals and in humans that make about half of the nervous system is:

    A. Neurons
    B. Neuroglia
    C. Neuroglia
    D. Neurula