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1. The structural and functional unit of nervous system is:
Explanation: Neurons receive, process, and transmit nerve impulses.
2. The central nervous system consists of:
Explanation: CNS includes the brain and spinal cord only.
3. The peripheral nervous system mainly includes:
Explanation: PNS connects CNS with the body through cranial and spinal nerves.
4. The autonomic nervous system regulates primarily:
Explanation: ANS controls smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands.
5. The two main divisions of autonomic nervous system are:
Explanation: These divisions often produce opposing effects on organs.
6. The short branched processes of a neuron are:
Explanation: Dendrites receive signals and carry them toward the cell body.
7. The long process of neuron that conducts impulse away from cell body is:
Explanation: The axon usually carries signals away from the soma.
8. Myelin sheath around axon in PNS is formed by:
Explanation: Schwann cells wrap around axons in PNS to form myelin.
9. Neurons carrying impulses from receptors to CNS are:
Explanation: Sensory or afferent neurons bring information to CNS.
10. Neurons carrying impulses from CNS to effectors are:
Explanation: Motor or efferent neurons connect CNS to muscles or glands.
11. Interneurons are mainly present in:
Explanation: Interneurons connect neurons within CNS pathways.
12. Neuroglia primarily help by:
Explanation: They provide support, insulation, and maintenance for neural tissue.
13. A reflex arc generally includes receptor, sensory neuron, CNS, motor neuron, and:
Explanation: The effector responds to the incoming motor signal.
14. Which statement is correct?
Explanation: This is the broad functional division between CNS and PNS.
15. A neuron with one axon and several dendrites is functionally common in:
Explanation: Multipolar neurons are common in CNS motor pathways.
16. Grey matter differs from white matter mainly because grey matter has more:
Explanation: Grey matter contains more cell bodies and unmyelinated regions.
17. White matter appears white because of abundant:
Explanation: The lipid-rich myelin sheath gives white matter its pale appearance.
18. A nerve is best defined as a bundle of:
Explanation: Nerves are bundles of axons wrapped in connective tissue.
19. Which pair is correctly matched?
Explanation: Schwann cells myelinate peripheral axons.
20. The correct direction for a simple sensory pathway is:
Explanation: Sensory input begins at receptor and travels into CNS.
21. Revision Booster 1. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. The structural and functional unit of nervous system is:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. Neurons receive, process, and transmit nerve impulses.
22. Revision Booster 2. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. The central nervous system consists of:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. CNS includes the brain and spinal cord only.
23. Revision Booster 3. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. The peripheral nervous system mainly includes:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. PNS connects CNS with the body through cranial and spinal nerves.
24. Revision Booster 4. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. The autonomic nervous system regulates primarily:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. ANS controls smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands.
25. Revision Booster 5. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. The two main divisions of autonomic nervous system are:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. These divisions often produce opposing effects on organs.
26. The resting membrane of a neuron is polarized because:
Explanation: Resting membrane potential reflects charge separation across membrane.
27. During depolarisation, sodium ions generally move:
Explanation: Opening of sodium channels causes inward movement of Na+.
28. Repolarisation of neuron membrane is mainly associated with:
Explanation: K+ efflux helps restore resting polarity.
29. Saltatory conduction occurs in:
Explanation: Impulses jump between nodes of Ranvier in myelinated fibres.
30. Nodes of Ranvier are gaps in:
Explanation: They allow faster impulse propagation in myelinated fibres.
31. Impulse conduction is faster in myelinated fibres because:
Explanation: This node-to-node transmission is saltatory conduction.
32. The junction between two neurons is called:
Explanation: Synapse is where neuronal communication occurs.
33. In a chemical synapse, transmission occurs mainly through:
Explanation: Chemical messengers are released into synaptic cleft.
34. The tiny gap between two neurons at a synapse is:
Explanation: The neurotransmitter diffuses across this cleft.
35. A neurotransmitter is released from:
Explanation: Vesicles in the presynaptic ending release neurotransmitter.
36. Which statement is correct?
Explanation: Presynaptic release and postsynaptic receptors give directional transmission.
37. The wave of depolarisation travelling along axon is called:
Explanation: An action potential is the electrical signal propagated along the neuron.
38. A nerve impulse is generated only when a stimulus reaches:
Explanation: Subthreshold stimuli do not produce a propagated action potential.
39. The all-or-none rule means that an action potential is:
Explanation: Action potentials are not graded in magnitude once threshold is achieved.
40. A reflex action is typically:
Explanation: Reflexes protect the body through fast automatic responses.
41. Most simple spinal reflexes are integrated in:
Explanation: Spinal cord acts as integration centre for many quick reflexes.
42. In a reflex arc, the first neuron after receptor is usually:
Explanation: The receptor transmits to sensory neuron first.
43. Why are chemical synapses slower than electrical conduction along axon?
Explanation: Synaptic delay arises from chemical transmission steps.
44. Which pair is correctly matched?
Explanation: The other combinations are incorrect.
45. Which statement is correct?
Explanation: Saltatory conduction depends on these exposed axonal regions.
46. Revision Booster 1. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. The resting membrane of a neuron is polarized because:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. Resting membrane potential reflects charge separation across membrane.
47. Revision Booster 2. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. During depolarisation, sodium ions generally move:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. Opening of sodium channels causes inward movement of Na+.
48. Revision Booster 3. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. Repolarisation of neuron membrane is mainly associated with:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. K+ efflux helps restore resting polarity.
49. Revision Booster 4. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. Saltatory conduction occurs in:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. Impulses jump between nodes of Ranvier in myelinated fibres.
50. Revision Booster 5. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. Nodes of Ranvier are gaps in:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. They allow faster impulse propagation in myelinated fibres.
51. The forebrain includes the:
Explanation: Cerebrum is the major part of the forebrain.
52. The hindbrain includes cerebellum, pons, and:
Explanation: These three parts together form the hindbrain.
53. Thalamus mainly acts as a relay station for:
Explanation: Thalamus relays many sensory signals to the cerebral cortex.
54. Hypothalamus is important in regulation of:
Explanation: Hypothalamus integrates many autonomic and endocrine functions.
55. The seat of intelligence, memory, and voluntary control is mainly:
Explanation: Higher mental functions are associated with cerebrum.
56. Cerebellum chiefly helps in:
Explanation: Cerebellum coordinates muscle activity and maintains posture.
57. Medulla oblongata controls important involuntary functions like:
Explanation: Vital autonomic centres are present in medulla.
58. The brain is covered by protective membranes called:
Explanation: Three meninges surround and protect CNS.
59. Cerebrospinal fluid mainly helps in:
Explanation: CSF cushions CNS and helps maintain its chemical environment.
60. Reflex arcs are often integrated through the:
Explanation: Spinal cord mediates many rapid reflexes.
61. Humans normally have spinal nerves in pairs numbering:
Explanation: There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves in humans.
62. Humans possess cranial nerves in pairs numbering:
Explanation: There are 12 pairs of cranial nerves.
63. In the spinal cord, grey matter lies generally:
Explanation: The spinal cord shows an inner H-shaped grey matter core.
64. Which pair is correctly matched?
Explanation: The other structures perform different functions.
65. Sympathetic stimulation typically prepares body for:
Explanation: Sympathetic division mobilizes body during stress.
66. Parasympathetic division generally promotes:
Explanation: Parasympathetic activity conserves energy and supports routine body functions.
67. Which part of brainstem contains respiratory centres essential for life?
Explanation: Vital autonomic centres for breathing are located in medulla.
68. The structure connecting the two cerebral hemispheres is:
Explanation: It allows communication between right and left cerebral hemispheres.
69. Voluntary movements are initiated mainly by:
Explanation: The motor areas of cerebrum initiate voluntary actions.
70. Which statement is correct?
Explanation: This distinguishes cerebellar coordination from cerebral higher function.
71. Revision Booster 1. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. The forebrain includes the:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. Cerebrum is the major part of the forebrain.
72. Revision Booster 2. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. The hindbrain includes cerebellum, pons, and:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. These three parts together form the hindbrain.
73. Revision Booster 3. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. Thalamus mainly acts as a relay station for:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. Thalamus relays many sensory signals to the cerebral cortex.
74. Revision Booster 4. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. Hypothalamus is important in regulation of:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. Hypothalamus integrates many autonomic and endocrine functions.
75. Revision Booster 5. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. The seat of intelligence, memory, and voluntary control is mainly:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. Higher mental functions are associated with cerebrum.
76. The light-sensitive layer of eye is:
Explanation: Retina contains photoreceptor cells that detect light.
77. The transparent bulging front part of the eyeball is:
Explanation: Cornea allows entry and refraction of light.
78. The coloured part of the eye controlling pupil size is:
Explanation: Iris regulates the amount of light entering the eye.
79. Accommodation of eye depends mainly on changes in shape of:
Explanation: Ciliary muscles alter lens curvature during accommodation.
80. Rods are mainly responsible for:
Explanation: Rods are more sensitive to light but do not detect colour well.
81. Cones are mainly responsible for:
Explanation: Cones function best in bright light and perceive colours.
82. The yellow spot or fovea is rich in:
Explanation: Fovea provides maximum visual acuity due to cone abundance.
83. The blind spot is the point where:
Explanation: No photoreceptors occur at optic disc, creating blind spot.
84. Aqueous humour is present between:
Explanation: Aqueous humour fills the anterior chamber region.
85. Vitreous humour fills the space between:
Explanation: Vitreous humour is the jelly-like posterior chamber fluid.
86. In myopia, image is formed:
Explanation: Myopia or short-sightedness focuses distant objects before the retina.
87. Myopia is corrected using:
Explanation: A diverging lens helps shift focus back onto retina.
88. Hypermetropia is corrected with:
Explanation: A converging lens helps focus near objects on the retina.
89. In hypermetropia, image of nearby object forms:
Explanation: Long-sightedness causes near objects to focus behind retina.
90. Pupil constricts in bright light mainly to:
Explanation: Iris muscles control pupil size to regulate incoming light.
91. The image formed on retina is typically:
Explanation: The brain interprets the retinal image appropriately.
92. Which pair is correctly matched?
Explanation: Rods support dim-light vision, while cones dominate colour and sharpness.
93. Impulses from retina reach brain through:
Explanation: Retinal receptors transmit signals via optic nerve to visual centres.
94. Accommodation becomes difficult in old age mainly because lens:
Explanation: Reduced lens flexibility contributes to presbyopia.
95. Which statement is correct?
Explanation: Fovea has dense cones and gives maximum visual acuity and colour discrimination.
96. Revision Booster 1. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. The light-sensitive layer of eye is:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. Retina contains photoreceptor cells that detect light.
97. Revision Booster 2. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. The transparent bulging front part of the eyeball is:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. Cornea allows entry and refraction of light.
98. Revision Booster 3. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. The coloured part of the eye controlling pupil size is:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. Iris regulates the amount of light entering the eye.
99. Revision Booster 4. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. Accommodation of eye depends mainly on changes in shape of:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. Ciliary muscles alter lens curvature during accommodation.
100. Revision Booster 5. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. Rods are mainly responsible for:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. Rods are more sensitive to light but do not detect colour well.
101. The sensory organ for hearing and balance is:
Explanation: The ear detects sound and helps maintain equilibrium.
102. The tiny bones of middle ear are collectively called:
Explanation: Malleus, incus, and stapes are the three ear ossicles.
103. The membrane that separates external ear from middle ear is:
Explanation: The eardrum vibrates in response to sound waves.
104. The sequence of ear ossicles from outside inward is:
Explanation: This is the standard order for sound transmission.
105. The cochlea is mainly responsible for:
Explanation: Cochlea transduces sound vibrations into nerve impulses.
106. Semicircular canals are mainly concerned with:
Explanation: They detect rotational movements of the head.
107. Utriculus and sacculus are involved mainly in:
Explanation: These vestibular structures sense position and linear acceleration.
108. The receptor organ for hearing located in cochlea is:
Explanation: It contains sensory hair cells that detect sound vibrations.
109. The scala media of cochlea contains:
Explanation: The cochlear chambers contain characteristic fluids important for hearing.
110. Auditory impulses reach brain mainly through:
Explanation: Hair cells stimulate the auditory nerve fibres.
111. Which part is not involved in maintaining equilibrium?
Explanation: Cochlea is dedicated primarily to hearing, not balance.
112. Withdrawal of hand from a hot object is an example of:
Explanation: This is a rapid protective spinal reflex.
113. In a spinal reflex, the impulse finally reaches a muscle through:
Explanation: Motor neuron carries command from CNS to effector muscle.
114. The stapes transmits vibrations to:
Explanation: The stapes footplate pushes on the oval window of the inner ear.
115. Which pair is correctly matched?
Explanation: Semicircular canals detect rotational movement and support balance.
116. A defect in semicircular canals would most directly affect:
Explanation: These canals are essential for dynamic equilibrium.
117. Which statement is correct?
Explanation: Both organs transform specific stimuli into neural signals.
118. The smallest bone in human body is:
Explanation: Stapes is the innermost and smallest ossicle.
119. Which statement is correct?
Explanation: This correctly separates hearing receptors from equilibrium receptors.
120. The best summary of this chapter is:
Explanation: The chapter integrates control pathways with receptor organs and response coordination.
121. Revision Booster 1. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. The sensory organ for hearing and balance is:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. The ear detects sound and helps maintain equilibrium.
122. Revision Booster 2. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. The tiny bones of middle ear are collectively called:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. Malleus, incus, and stapes are the three ear ossicles.
123. Revision Booster 3. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. The membrane that separates external ear from middle ear is:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. The eardrum vibrates in response to sound waves.
124. Revision Booster 4. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. The sequence of ear ossicles from outside inward is:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. This is the standard order for sound transmission.
125. Revision Booster 5. Recheck this Neural Control and Coordination concept with a fresh option order. The cochlea is mainly responsible for:
Explanation: Quick recall: this booster targets the same NEET concept in a new drill slot so the idea sticks under timed conditions. Cochlea transduces sound vibrations into nerve impulses.