This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 141 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 141 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. During transmission across a typical chemical synapse, A) Neurotransmitters cause the release of vesicles. B) Action potentials make the vesicles fuse to each other. C) Vesicles diffuse to and fuse to the postsynaptic membrane. D) Neurotransmitters bind to receptors on the postsynaptic cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurotransmitters bind to receptors on the postsynaptic cell. 2. A CVA is a stroke. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. What is the function of the skeletal system? A) To send signals from the brain to the body. B) To eliminate waste in the body. C) To provide structural support for the body. D) To transport gases throughout the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To provide structural support for the body. 4. Separates the two hemispheres A) Longitudinal fissure. B) Transverse fissure. C) Callous body. D) Hippocampus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Longitudinal fissure. 5. Which activities of the body are controlled by the autonomic nervous system? A) "Involuntary". B) "Voluntary. C) All of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Involuntary". 6. What separates neurons from each other? A) Impulse. B) Axon. C) Dendrite. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conclusion. 7. This region of the brain is the largest, having two hemispheres. A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Hypothalamus. D) Sulci. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 8. Interbrain, sits atop the brain stem and is enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres. Has three major structures:the thalamus, hypothalamus, and the epithalamus. A) Axon terminals. B) Cerebral cortex. C) Diencephalon. D) Parietal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diencephalon. 9. Sodium channels opening and allowing sodium ions to diffuse inward results in A) Depolarization of the membrane. B) Repolarization of the membrane. C) Hyperpolarization of the membrane. D) Refractory period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Depolarization of the membrane. 10. Thalamus A) Relay station for incoming and ongoing nerve impulses. B) Considered the brain of the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relay station for incoming and ongoing nerve impulses. 11. Which of the following is the correct sequences from outermost to innermost layers of the meninges: A) Pia matter, dura matter, arachnoid mater. B) Pia mater, archnoid mater, dura mater. C) Arahnoid mater, dura mater, pia mater. D) Dura mater, pia mater, arachnoid mater. E) Dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater. 12. What is the region of the cell body from which the axon originates? A) Axion hillock. B) Dendrite. C) Neurofibril. D) Axon terminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axion hillock. 13. Which part of the neuron receives information? A) Soma. B) Dendrite. C) Axon. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrite. 14. Every neuron has a cell body, axon, and many dendrites A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 15. The building unit of the nervous system is a type of cells called. A) Neuron. B) Animal cell. C) Brain. D) Block. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuron. 16. Select the correct part A) Cornea. B) Lens. C) Pupil. D) Retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Retina. 17. Compact bone A) Tough hard bone that can heal itself when broken. B) Compact bone marrow. C) Red blood cells. D) Tubes that carry blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tough hard bone that can heal itself when broken. 18. The brain stem controls ..... A) Involuntary reactions, such as breathing and heartrate. B) Voluntary reactions, such as walking and talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Involuntary reactions, such as breathing and heartrate. 19. What does the Autonomic nervous system do? A) Make you think about processes in your body. B) Makes sure processes in your body work automatically EX:Breathing. C) Sends information through peripheral system. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Makes sure processes in your body work automatically EX:Breathing. 20. Which of the following is not involved in responses of brain injury? A) Astrogliosis. B) Microgliosis. C) Demyelination. D) All of above is involved. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of above is involved. ← 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