ATI TEAS 7 : SCIENCES EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the nervous system? - Correct Answers -complex system that controls and
affects every part of the body in daily life functions and in constant drive to maintain
homeostasis
What is the function of the nervous system? - Correct Answers -gather information from
the internal and external environment and communicate any necessary changes to
other systems of the body
What is a neuron? - Correct Answers -cell of the nervous system
What is a nerve? - Correct Answers -bundle of nerve fibers
What do Haversian canals contain? - Correct Answers -blood vessels and nerves
haversian canals are connected by what? - Correct Answers -perforating (Volkmann's)
canals
What part of the bone contains bone marrow? - Correct Answers -spongy bone
What is an epiphyseal plate? - Correct Answers -where bone elongation happens, aka
growth plate
What hormones do the ovaries produce? - Correct Answers -estrogen and progesterone
Where is vasopressin released from? - Correct Answers -posterior pituitary gland
Where is prolactin produced? - Correct Answers -anterior pituitary gland
What does a nerve do? - Correct Answers -transmits electrical impulses towards and
away from the brain and spinal cord
What are the divisions of the nervous system? - Correct Answers -central nervous
system and peripheral nervous system
What is the central nervous system? - Correct Answers -brain and spinal cord
, What is the peripheral nervous system? - Correct Answers -the sensory and motor
neurons that connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body
Sensory neurons are also called what? - Correct Answers -afferent neurons
What do afferent neurons do? - Correct Answers -Transmit sensory signals from
receptors to the central nervous system
What is an efferent neuron? - Correct Answers -Neuron that conducts impulses away
from the CNS towards the muscles
What is the somatic nervous system? - Correct Answers -the division of the peripheral
nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles
What is the autonomic nervous system? - Correct Answers -the part of the nervous
system responsible for control of the bodily functions not consciously directed, such as
breathing, the heartbeat, and digestive processes.
Is the somatic nervous system voluntary or involuntary? - Correct Answers -voluntary
Is the autonomic nervous system voluntary or involuntary? - Correct Answers -
involuntary
What part of a neuron receives nerve impulses? - Correct Answers -dendrite
What part of a neuron releases neurotransmitters? - Correct Answers -axon terminal
What is a synapse? - Correct Answers -space between neurons
What is the chemical messenger between neurons? - Correct Answers -
neurotransmitter
Digestion and heart rate are controlled by what nervous system? - Correct Answers -
autonomic system (involuntary)
What is the contractile unit of a muscle fiber? - Correct Answers -sarcomere
What are the striations in a muscle fiber? - Correct Answers -A-bands and I-bands
What is the job of gametes? - Correct Answers -To pass on genetic material to the next
generation
What are male gametes? - Correct Answers -Sperm
What are female gametes? - Correct Answers -ova
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the nervous system? - Correct Answers -complex system that controls and
affects every part of the body in daily life functions and in constant drive to maintain
homeostasis
What is the function of the nervous system? - Correct Answers -gather information from
the internal and external environment and communicate any necessary changes to
other systems of the body
What is a neuron? - Correct Answers -cell of the nervous system
What is a nerve? - Correct Answers -bundle of nerve fibers
What do Haversian canals contain? - Correct Answers -blood vessels and nerves
haversian canals are connected by what? - Correct Answers -perforating (Volkmann's)
canals
What part of the bone contains bone marrow? - Correct Answers -spongy bone
What is an epiphyseal plate? - Correct Answers -where bone elongation happens, aka
growth plate
What hormones do the ovaries produce? - Correct Answers -estrogen and progesterone
Where is vasopressin released from? - Correct Answers -posterior pituitary gland
Where is prolactin produced? - Correct Answers -anterior pituitary gland
What does a nerve do? - Correct Answers -transmits electrical impulses towards and
away from the brain and spinal cord
What are the divisions of the nervous system? - Correct Answers -central nervous
system and peripheral nervous system
What is the central nervous system? - Correct Answers -brain and spinal cord
, What is the peripheral nervous system? - Correct Answers -the sensory and motor
neurons that connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body
Sensory neurons are also called what? - Correct Answers -afferent neurons
What do afferent neurons do? - Correct Answers -Transmit sensory signals from
receptors to the central nervous system
What is an efferent neuron? - Correct Answers -Neuron that conducts impulses away
from the CNS towards the muscles
What is the somatic nervous system? - Correct Answers -the division of the peripheral
nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles
What is the autonomic nervous system? - Correct Answers -the part of the nervous
system responsible for control of the bodily functions not consciously directed, such as
breathing, the heartbeat, and digestive processes.
Is the somatic nervous system voluntary or involuntary? - Correct Answers -voluntary
Is the autonomic nervous system voluntary or involuntary? - Correct Answers -
involuntary
What part of a neuron receives nerve impulses? - Correct Answers -dendrite
What part of a neuron releases neurotransmitters? - Correct Answers -axon terminal
What is a synapse? - Correct Answers -space between neurons
What is the chemical messenger between neurons? - Correct Answers -
neurotransmitter
Digestion and heart rate are controlled by what nervous system? - Correct Answers -
autonomic system (involuntary)
What is the contractile unit of a muscle fiber? - Correct Answers -sarcomere
What are the striations in a muscle fiber? - Correct Answers -A-bands and I-bands
What is the job of gametes? - Correct Answers -To pass on genetic material to the next
generation
What are male gametes? - Correct Answers -Sperm
What are female gametes? - Correct Answers -ova
