This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 14 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The brain interprets the increased frequency of nerve signals as a ..... stimulus. A) More intense. B) Less intense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More intense. 2. Your skull helps protect your brain. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. This is the lobe of the cerebrum that controls the sense of touch. A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Temporal. D) Insula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parietal. 4. What is the correct order of message transmission? A) Interneuron-motor-sensory. B) Motor-sensory-interneuron. C) Sensory-interneuron-motor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory-interneuron-motor. 5. The major function of your nervous system shown by #2 is: A) Accomodation. B) Integration. C) Regulation. D) Motor input. E) Adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Integration. 6. Specialized structures which carry information between your body and the central nervous system A) Nerves. B) Brain. C) Vertebrae. D) Sense organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerves. 7. Which is the job of the astrocytes A) Get rid of bacteria. B) Form a barrier around the brain and spinal cord. C) Go between neurons and capillaries. D) Form myelin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Go between neurons and capillaries. 8. Which major part of the brain controls balance and equilibrium? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Diencephalon. D) Brain Stem tagsB.LS1.3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 9. The second largest region of the brain; located at the back of skull A) Cerebellum. B) Brain stem. C) Thalamus. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 10. What are terminal end fibers? A) Root like processes that receive the impulse and conduct them to the cell body. B) Branching fibers at the end of the axon. C) Substances that make it possible for messages to cross from the synapse of a neuron to the target receptor. D) The space between 2 neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Branching fibers at the end of the axon. 11. A pro gamer has a reaction time of 0.15 s. While taking a computer reaction time test, a friend talks loudly to the gamer acting as a distraction. The gamer's new reaction time will likely be ..... A) Slower. B) Faster. C) The same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slower. 12. How many muscles are present in our body? A) 200. B) 300. C) 206. D) 600. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 600. 13. The gap or space between two neurons is the: ..... A) Axon. B) Dendrite. C) Conclusion. D) Interneuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conclusion. 14. Period after an action potential when the axon is unresponsive to another action potential-time between action potentials A) Convergence. B) Divergence. C) Refractory period. D) Excitatory response. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refractory period. 15. The brain is the part of our ..... A) Nervous system. B) Skeletal system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nervous system. 16. Which nervous system increases breathing rate for the "fight or flight" response? A) Sympathetic Nervous System. B) Parasympathetic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic Nervous System. 17. The pyramid is found in which part of the brain? A) Cerebrum. B) Diencephalon. C) Midbrain. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medulla oblongata. 18. Controls automatic functions like breathing, heart rate, body temperature, wake and sleep cycles, etc. A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Basal ganglia. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medulla oblongata. 19. The human nervous system is composed of which two parts? A) Central nervous system; somatic nervous system. B) Central nervous system; peripheral nervous system. C) Autonomic nervous system; somatic nervous system. D) Sympathetic nervous system; somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central nervous system; peripheral nervous system. 20. -pathy A) Surgical repair. B) Disease. C) Surgical removal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disease. ← 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