This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 101 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 101 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The sympathetic nervous system causes a "resting and digesting" state A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Which of the following controls the body functions you never think about, like breathing or heart rate? A) Autonomic Nervous System. B) Somatic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic Nervous System. 3. A portion of the brainstem that relays information concerning vision, hearing, motor activity, sleep and wake cycles, alertness, and temperature awareness. A) Midbrain. B) Pons. C) Medulla oblongata. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Midbrain. 4. Which layer of the meninges is the one that contains the cerebrospinal fluid? A) Dura mater. B) Arachnoid mater. C) Piamater. D) Subarachnoid space. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subarachnoid space. 5. ..... ions start inside the cell and then move out of the cell to cause repolarization of a neuron A) Chlorine. B) Proteins. C) Sodium. D) Potassium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Potassium. 6. Carry messages from the brain or the spinalcord to the muscles and glands telling them what and how much to do A) All. B) Nothing. C) Mixed nerves. D) Motor nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor nerves. 7. The process of bone formation is called: A) Ossification. B) Hematopoiesis. C) Chondrogenesis. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ossification. 8. Cones on your retina help see A) Color. B) Black and white. C) Images in low light. D) Images in bright light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Color. 9. Rounded bulge on underside of brainstem A) Central Sulcus. B) Pons. C) Diencephalon. D) Cerebral Cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pons. 10. How many ringed shape bones vertabral column have? A) 39. B) 35. C) 33. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 33. 11. Damage to the spinal tissue can lead to: A) Paralysis. B) Motor neuron disease. C) IF. D) A sore back. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paralysis. 12. Which structure connects the Brain to the Peripheral Nervous System, while also directing some of the body's reflexes? A) Spinal Cord. B) Esophagus. C) Pharynx. D) Larynx. E) Trachea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal Cord. 13. What is the function of the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)? A) Carry messages to the CNS. B) Process and relay information. C) To support our subconscious. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carry messages to the CNS. 14. What type PNS controls jumping, walking, talking? A) Autonomic. B) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic. 15. What is the outer most most covering of the CNS? A) Pia mater. B) Arachnoid mater. C) Dura mater. D) Mater mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dura mater. 16. Which of the following is a pigment that colors the skin? A) Vitamin D. B) Melanin. C) Chlorophyll. D) Follicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Melanin. 17. The outermost layer of the brain, responsible for thinking, memory, and senses, is the: A) Cerebellum. B) Medulla. C) Brain stem. D) Cerebrum tagsMS-LS1.8. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum tagsMS-LS1.8. 18. The ear has 2 main functions. They are hearing and: A) Balance. B) Draining excess fluid. C) Managing pressure when in elevated areas. D) Creating cerumen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Balance. 19. Occipital lobe? A) Controls sensory reception. B) Controls auditory. C) Controls eyesight. D) Controls breathing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Controls eyesight. 20. A type of receptor that detects heat and changes in temperature, located mainly in the skin and muscles A) Chemo-receptors. B) Photo-receptors. C) Mechano-receptors. D) Thermo-receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thermo-receptors. ← 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