This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 1015 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 1015 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The energy needed to perform a muscle contraction comes directly from: A) ATP. B) Oxygen. C) Glucose. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ATP. 2. Messages carried by nerve cells are called ..... A) Axon. B) Conclusion. C) Impulses. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurons. 3. Voluntary nervous system A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic. 4. Branching structure of a neuron that receives messages (attached to the cell body) A) Nerve. B) Neuron. C) Dendrites. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrites. 5. Controls the "rest and digest" response A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic. 6. Type of neuron that typically stimulates muscles or glands to cause a response A) Interneuron. B) Sensory. C) Interstitial. D) Motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor. 7. The time after one action potential before a second action potential can be conducted. A) Resting potential. B) Depolarization. C) Action potential. D) Repolarization. E) Refractory period. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Refractory period. 8. What receptor detects pain? A) Thermoreceptor. B) Mechanoreceptor. C) Proprioceptor. D) Nocioreceptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nocioreceptor. 9. Trudi knows that there are more than one type of nerve cell in the body. One of these types helps her to see the things that are around her. What is the BEST choice for the part that transfers information to let her see things? A) Central nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. C) Neuron. D) Sensory neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory neuron. 10. ..... occurs in the cell body A) Integration. B) Motor Output. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Integration. 11. The emotional part of the brain is mostly controlled by which structure? A) Thalamus. B) Hypothalamus. C) Epithalamus. D) Hyperthalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothalamus. 12. Numbed by the dentist when getting a cavity filled in your lower jaw A) Trochlear. B) Trigeminal. C) Facial. D) Vagus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trigeminal. 13. What protects the spinal cord from injury? A) Vertebral column. B) Tightly wound nerve bundles. C) The skull. D) Strong genetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebral column. 14. Your brain uses 20% of your overall blood supply. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. What is a thermoreceptor? A) Responds to body position. B) Responds to changes in temperature. C) Responds to physical forces including touch and pressure. D) Responds to squirrels running outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Responds to changes in temperature. 16. The transparent structure behind the pupil that changes shape to help focus images on the retina. A) Ciliary body. B) Lens. C) Aqueous humor. D) Choroid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lens. 17. Stimulation of skeletal muscles A) Autonomic Reflexes. B) Reflexes. C) Saltatory Conduction. D) Somatic Reflexes. E) Neurilemma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatic Reflexes. 18. During sympathetic stimulation, the digestive secretion will be inhibited as the energy can be conserved to survive in the danger reaction A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Which hemisphere controls tasks such as creativity and art A) The Right Hemisphere. B) The Left Hemisphere. C) The Cerebellum. D) The Brain Stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Right Hemisphere. 20. Motor A) Impulses are sent to the CNS; detect changes inside and outside the body. B) Occurs within CNS, processes incoming sensory input (decision making). C) Impulses are sent from CNS to effectors (muscle glands) to cause a response. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impulses are sent from CNS to effectors (muscle glands) to cause a response. ← 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