health: chpt. 16 test

Question 0

T/F: A severe contusion can cause sweeping of the brain or a coma

Answer 0

True

Question 1

True/False: They cerebellum is the sight of the most conscious and intellectual activity

Answer 1

False

Question 2

T/F: The pituitary gland regulates and controls the activities of the other endocrine glands

Answer 2

True

Question 3

T/F: Insulin decreases blood sugar levels

Answer 3

True

Question 4

T/F: Hormones are carried to different parts of the boys through the blood stream

Answer 4

True

Question 5

T/F: The cerebrum is concerned mainly with maintaining posture balance and muscle movement

Answer 5

False

Question 6

T/F: The Parasympathetic system opposes the actions of the sympathetic by slowing down its body functions

Answer 6

True

Question 7

T/F: Endocrine glands secretes substances into ducts to different parts of your body

Answer 7

False

Question 8

T/F: The adrenal glands are located below the larynx in the front of the neck

Answer 8

False

Question 9

T/F: In humans the left hemisphere of the cerebrum has different functions than right

Answer 9

True

Question 10

The nerve cells that carry signals from the CNS to the muscles

Answer 10

Motor neurons

Question 11

The part of the brain mainly responsible for speaking/language

Answer 11

Left side

Question 12

Part of the peripheral nervous system that prepares body for fight or flight

Answer 12

Sympathetic nervous system

Question 13

What is a degenerative nerve disorder that destroys your myelin sheath

Answer 13

Parkinson’s disease

Question 14

Quadropledia results from…

Answer 14

Lower body spinal damage

Question 15

Sex hormones are produced in what part of the pituitary gland

Answer 15

Intermediate lobe

Question 16

The gland that produces a hormone to maintain blood volume and pressure

Answer 16

Adrenal glands

Question 17

Goiter is an enlargement of the…

Answer 17

Thyroid gland

Question 18

The gland that releases emergency hormones into the blood to increase heart actions and respiration

Answer 18

Adrenal glands

Question 19

Endocrine disorder in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin

Answer 19

Diabetes

Question 20

A disorder of the nervous system that is characterized by recurrent seizures—sudden episodes of uncontrolled electrical activity to the brain

Answer 20

Epilepsy

Question 21

Ovaries and testie

Answer 21

Gonads

Question 22

Chemical substances produced by ductless glands that regulate the activities of different body cells

Answer 22

Hormones

Question 23

Nerve cells

Answer 23

Neurons

Question 24

A group of non-progressive neurological disorders that are the result of damage to the burn before birth, during birth, in the newborn period, or in early childhood

Answer 24

Cerebral Palsy

Question 25

Structures that produce parathyroid hormones, which regulate the body’s calcium and phosphorous balance

Answer 25

Parathyroid gland

Question 26

Spontaneous response of the body to a stimulus

Answer 26

Reflex

Question 27

Gland that serves two systems—the digestive and endocrine

Answer 27

Pancreas

Question 28

3 inch long stalk of nerve cells and fibers that connects the spinal cord to the rest of the brain

Answer 28

Brain stem

Question 29

Produces hormones that regulate metabolism—the use of nutrients by the body’s cells—body heat production, and bone growth

Answer 29

Thyroid gland