This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 1023 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 1023 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one of the following describes saltatory conduction: A) Occurs only if the myelin sheath is continuous. B) Occurs only if the nodes of Ranvier are lacking. C) Occurs only in the absence of axon hillocks. D) Is faster than conduction on an unmyelinated fiber. E) ) is slower than conduction on an unmyelinated fiber. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is faster than conduction on an unmyelinated fiber. 2. Read the following and decide where it would fit in the overlapping functions: "duck under a branch" A) Sensory input. B) Integration. C) Motor output. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Integration. 3. We have better smell than most mammals A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. This is a part of the limbic system and is involved with long term memories A) Hippocampus. B) Pons. C) Midbrain. D) Amygdala. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hippocampus. 5. Which is not one of the basic functions of the nervous system? A) Detecting a change/stimulus. B) Rapidly sending signals from one part to another. C) Determining a response. D) Producing major body fluids. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Producing major body fluids. 6. Which type of cell forms the cerebrospinal fluid A) Ependymal. B) Neurolemmocyte. C) Oligodendrocyte. D) Astrocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ependymal. 7. Which joint type does not move? A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge joint. C) Pivot joint. D) Fixed joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fixed joint. 8. What are the three main functions of the human nervous system? A) Recall information, process information and coordinate a response to information. B) Receive information, process information and coordinate the retrieval of information. C) Receive information, provide information and coordinate a response to information. D) Receive information, process information and coordinate a response to information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Receive information, process information and coordinate a response to information. 9. A normal Babinski reflex response for babies is when their toes: A) Fan out. B) Curl in. C) Wiggle. D) Use the big toe to point at something cool. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fan out. 10. Type of neurotransmitter that increase membrane permeability, increasing chance for threshold to be achieved A) Excitatory. B) Inhibitory. C) Informational. D) Threshold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excitatory. 11. Covers SNC and SNP systems? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. They carry stimulus from sense organs to brain or spinal cord A) Motor nerves. B) Sensory nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory nerves. 13. They are the main unit of the nervous system: A) Nucleus. B) Neurons. C) Sensory nerves. D) Organelles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurons. 14. Located on the brainstem A) Pons. B) Cerebrum. C) Thalamus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pons. 15. What will happen if all the sensory nerves stop working in any human's body? A) Messages will not reach to the brain or spinal cord. B) Brain is not able to process the received information. C) Nothing will happen as motor nerves will perform the functions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Messages will not reach to the brain or spinal cord. 16. Which lobe of the cerebrum is responsible for processing sensory information like touch, pain, temperature and pressure? A) Frontal. B) Temporal. C) Parietal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parietal. 17. Which of the following represents an involuntary action? A) Walking. B) Talking. C) Chewing. D) Digesting food. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Digesting food. 18. Hyperpolarization is when the membrane potential is ..... that-70mV A) Less. B) More. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Less. 19. Which part of the peripheral nervous system allows us to consciously control our skeletal muscles? A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic. 20. The division of the peripheral nervous system that regulates motor functions of the skeletal muscles is the A) Somatic nervous system. B) Autonomic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic nervous system. ← 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