UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE

NÚCLEO DE BOLÍVAR
UNIDAD DE CURSOS BÁSICOS
DPTO. SOCIO-HUMANÍSTICO

Written test # 2 (25 %)

Part I. Multiple choice exercises. Select the answer you think is correct according to the reading. (0.5 pt. each)

1. We have …………….. cells as we get older.

a. several b. more c. fewer d. a few.

2. Brain ……….. use up a lot of energy.

a. neurons b. cells c. information d. messages.

3. The amount of ……………. available to the brain is important.

a. cells b. weight c. neurons d. oxygen.

4. Each part of the brain controls a separate part of the …………..

a. neurons b. body c. cells d. lobes.

5. The brain loses ……………… cells a day.

a. one thousand b. one hundred trillion c. one hundred million d. one hundred.

6. Each neuron is linked by …………….. to thousands of other neurons.

a. lobes b. synapses c. cells d. nerves

7. Every …………..the brain receives more than 100 million nerve messages.

a. day b. week c. month d. second

8. People can feel no ………… when their brains are operated.

a. weight b. pain c. control d. messages

9. The brain is divided into several …………

a. blood vessels b. neurons c. lobes d. parts

10. The right side of the brain controls the ………. of the body.

a. right side b. right hand c. left hand d. left side

11. A left-handed person has a dominant ………..

a. left brain b. left body c. right brain d. right body.

12. The right brain controls art, music and ………

a. language b. logic c. color d. memory.

13. Gray and white matters are two regions of the ………..

a. brain b. spinal cord c. neurons d. CNS.

14. How many parts are there to the nervous system?

a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4.

15. Peripheral means having to do with …….

a. the body b. the synapses c. the outer part d. messages.

16. The central nervous system is made up of the brain and …………

a. everything else b. the periphery c. the spinal cord d. the synapse.

17. All other nerves besides the central nervous system are in the ……..

a. brain b. spinal cord c. synapse d. peripheral nervous system.

18. The gap message jump is called ………

a. peripheral b. a thread c. a synapse d. nervous.

19. The peripheral system looks ………

a. like the CNS b. grey c. like the spinal cord d. like thread.

20. The end or terminal nerve fibers are connected to ……….

a. gaps b. the spinal cord c. muscles d. nothing.