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Questions Related to nervous and endocrine system in humans

Pons connects

  1. Brain with spinal cord

  2. Cerebrum with cerebellum

  3. Two-lobes of cerebellum

  4. Two cerebral hemispheres


Correct Option: A

The lining layer of brain ventricles is called

  1. Ependyma

  2. Endothelium

  3. Epithelium

  4. Mesothelium


Correct Option: A

In humans the brain reaches its adult size at about

  1. 1 Year

  2. 2 Year

  3. 4 Year

  4. 6 Year


Correct Option: D

Which of the following body part has more number of bone that others?

  1. Skull

  2. Chest

  3. Forelimb

  4. Pelvis


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The human skeleton is the internal framework of the body. It is composed of around 270 bones at birth – this total decreases to around 206 bones by adulthood after some bones get fused together. 

So, the correct option is ‘Skull’.

The term "grey matter" refers to

  1. neurons that are unmyelinated

  2. axons that are myelinated

  3. dendrites that are myelinated

  4. neurons that are myelinated


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
The grey matter is mainly composed of neuronal cell bodies and unmyelinated axons. In the grey matter, these axons are mainly unmyelinated, meaning they are not covered by a whitish-coloured, fatty protein called myelin. The grey matter serves to process information in the brain.

So, the correct answer is 'neurons that are unmyelinated'.

Different portions of the brain are responsible for specific functions.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Different regions of the brain are responsible for specific functions. For example, the medulla oblongata is responsible for regulating heart beat and many other involuntary actions. The Broca region is responsible for speech and language etc. So, the correct answer is option A.

The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord.
  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
The central nervous system is responsible for integrating sensory information and responding accordingly. It consists of two main components:
  1. The spinal cord serves as a conduit for signals between the brain and the rest of the body. It also controls simple musculoskeletal reflexes without input from the brain.
  2. The brain is responsible for integrating sensory information and coordinating body function, both consciously and unconsciously. 

Brains can work 24 hours a day with no rest.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Brains are a part of human beings, which controls all the functions of the body. Our brain needs rest every day, without which body functions will be hampered. So, the correct answer is option B.

The largest number of neurons are found in

  1. Brain

  2. Retina

  3. Spinal cord

  4. Tongue


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Retina forms the innermost layer of eyeball and mainly contains rods and cones, the photoreceptors, along with nerve fibres. 

Tongue is a muscular organ, composed of skeletal muscles, to help change its shape and support the movement. Main function of central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) is to integrate the sensory inputs from internal and external environment as received by sensory neurons and process and finally transmit the nerve impulses to effectors (muscles and glands). Thus, being the centre of processing information, brain has maximum number of neurons followed by spinal cord. 
Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

The appetite and satiety centres in the brain of man are located in the region of the 

  1. Cerebral hemisphere

  2. Cerebellum

  3. Medulla oblongata

  4. hypothalamus


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
The human brain is divided into three major parts they are forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain. The forebrain consists of the cerebrum, thalamus, and hypothalamus. Cerebrum forms a major part of the human brain. A deep cleft divides the cerebrum longitudinally into two halves, which are termed as the left and right cerebral hemispheres. The appetite and satiety centers in the brain of man are located in the region of the cerebral hemisphere.
So, the correct answer is cerebral hemisphere'.