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Master Your Brain: A Biology Quiz

Test your knowledge of the fascinating world of biology with our engaging quiz! This quiz contains 21 multiple-choice questions covering essential topics such as neuroanatomy, neurotransmitters, and the nervous system's functions.

Challenge yourself and discover how well you understand the intricacies of the human brain!

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Damage to the Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area of the brain can cause

Short-term memory loss

Difficulties in producing and understanding speech

Loss of hearing

All of the above

The two major divisions of the nervous system are the

Brain and spinal cord

Central and somatic nervous systems

Sympathetic and parasympathetic systems

Central and peripheral nervous systems

After a freak accident involving a falling piano, Dr. Williams informs you that you have sustained damage to your limbic system. Which of the following functions will be most affected?

Emotion

Intelligence

Vision

Perception

Acetylcholine and dopamine, which help control movement, are examples of:

Axons

Glands

Neurotransmitters

Chromosomes

Multiple Sclerosis is a disease in which the immune system mistakenly destroys some of the myelin sheath wrapped around nerve cell fibers. Which nerve cell fibers are being attacked by this process? a. Synapses c. Dendrites

Synapses

Dendrites

Axons

Mitochondria

You are able to pull your hand quickly away from hot water before pain is felt because:

Movement of the hand is a reflex that involved intervention of the spinal cord only

Movement of the hand does not require intervention by the central nervous system

The brain reacts quickly to prevent severe injury

The autonomic division of the peripheral nervous system intervenes to speed contraction of the muscles in the hand

Chemical messengers produced by endocrine glands are called

Agonists

Hormones

Neurotransmitters

Enzymes

David experienced difficulty keeping his balance after receiving a blow to the back of his head. It is likely that he injured his:

Medulla

Hypothalamus

Thalamus

Cerebellum

The main function of the peripheral nervous system is to:

Relay messages between the brain’s right and left hemispheres

Transmit information from the central nervous system to other parts of the body

Speed up respiration and heart rate to increase alertness

Produce growth hormones

Researchers learn about the brain by studying:

Images of the brain created by computers

People with head injuries

The effects of electrical stimulation on the brain

All of the above

Basic building blocks of heredity

Chromosomes

Cell body

Genes

Axon

The part of the neuron that produces the energy

Cell body

Mitochondria

Dendrites

Synapse

Part of the nervous system that consists of the brain and spinal cord

Peripheral nervous system

Autonomic nervous system

Parasympathetic nervous system

Central nervous system

The large mass of the forebrain, consisting of two hemispheres

Cerebrum

Corpus callosum

Limbic system

Cerebellum

Small fibers branching out from the axon

Dendrite

Synapse

Axon terminals

Myelin sheath

What part of the neuron is number 2?

Myelin sheath

Axon

Axon terminal

Synapse

What part of the neuron is number 5?

Dendrite

Axon terminal

Synapse

Axon

What part of the neuron is number 1?

Axon

Axon terminal

Myelin sheath

Dendrite

What part of the neuron is number 3?

Nucleus

Cell body

Synapse

Neuron

What part of the neuron is number 4?

Axon

Axon terminal

Myelin sheath

Rubber

What part of the neuron is number 6?

Dendrite

Axon terminal

Synapse

Gap

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