This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 1005 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 1005 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The CNS and PNS are connected. A) True. B) False-separated by bones. C) False-separated by CSF. D) False-separated by muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. In a neuron, short, branching cytoplasmic extensions that receive information and carry it to the cell body are called ..... A) Dendrites. B) Axons. C) Cell bodies. D) Axon hillock. E) A myelin sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrites. 3. The suffix-cele means: A) Hernia. B) Abscess. C) Tumor. D) Disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hernia. 4. What is the purpose of the rib cage? A) Helps us think. B) Carries blood through the body. C) Protects our brain. D) Protects our vital organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protects our vital organs. 5. Below L2, the vertebral canal is occupied by a bundle of spinal nerve roots called A) Phylum terminal. B) A horse's tail. C) Medullary cone. D) Descending tracts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A horse's tail. 6. Many function of the PNS? A) Communication between body and heart. B) Communication between CNS and the rest of the body. C) Communication between the brain and heart. D) Conducts information in the brain and moves it to the muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Communication between CNS and the rest of the body. 7. Spinal cord is a thick bundle of nerves connecting the brain to the rest of body A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Abnormal pressure within the eye is called ..... A) Farsightedness. B) Myopia. C) Glaucoma. D) Cataracts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glaucoma. 9. What structure is # 3? A) Frontal Lobe. B) Temporal Lobe. C) Occipital Lobe. D) Parietal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parietal Lobe. 10. The lobe that receives auditory information and has a memory center deep inside A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Temporal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal. 11. What lobe of the brain controls vision? A) Frontal. B) Occipital. C) Temporal. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occipital. 12. Abnormal transmission of messages between the neurons in the brain. A) Alzheimer's. B) Epilepsy. C) Diabetes. D) Parkinson's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epilepsy. 13. Regulates body's fight or flight mechanism A) Somatic Nervous System. B) Autonomic Nervous System. C) Sympathetic System. D) Parasympathetic System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sympathetic System. 14. Which is the protein that, at rest, is covering the active sites of the actin? A) Trompomyosin. B) Myosin. C) Troponin. D) Acetylcholine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trompomyosin. 15. COMPLETE:The ..... microscopy has a high level of detail of the specimen being looked at, the images will be ..... due to the electrons being smaller than the particles of light. A) Light, detailed. B) Transmission, flat. C) Electron, colourless. D) Fluorescent, bright. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electron, colourless. 16. The cranium ..... the brain A) Encloses. B) Opens. C) Tightens. D) Widens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Encloses. 17. Neurons come in the same shape and sizes. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. What is the order of meninges from superficial to deep? A) Dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater. B) Pia mater, arachnoid mater, dura mater. C) Arachnoid mater, dura mater, pia mater. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater. 19. Which part of our brain do we rely on for problem solving? A) Parietal. B) Temporal. C) Occipital. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frontal. 20. A thick cord of nerve tissue that extends from the brain stem is called A) Ribcage. B) Vertebral column. C) Spinal cord. D) Vertebra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesNervous System Quiz 1Nervous System Quiz 2Nervous System Quiz 3Nervous System Quiz 4Nervous System Quiz 5Nervous System Quiz 6Nervous System Quiz 7Nervous System Quiz 8Nervous System Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books