This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 142 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 142 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Motor nerves send and receive messages from the brain to A) Get our body muscles to move. B) Identify different senses. C) Make us clap our hands. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Get our body muscles to move. 2. What are the nerve cells called? A) Neurons. B) Cerebrum. C) Brain. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurons. 3. What is the inner most meningeal layer of the brain? A) Arachnoid. B) Dura mater. C) Pia mater. D) Ventricles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pia mater. 4. The vagus nerve is cranial nerve ..... It is involved in sensation in the chest and abdomen, and it controls the cardiac muscles (parasympathetic division) A) 3 (III). B) 4 (IV). C) 10 (X). D) 12 (XII). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10 (X). 5. A nerve cell is known as a/an: A) Axon. B) Dendrite. C) Myelin Sheath. D) Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neuron. 6. The generic name for "Tegretol\textregistered" is: A) Phenytoin. B) Carbamazepine. C) Valproic acid. D) Primidone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbamazepine. 7. What is the difference between white and grey matter? A) White matter is myelinated axons, gray matter is unmyelinated axons. B) White matter is unmyelinated axons, and grey matter is myelinated axons. C) White matter is sensory axons, and grey matter is motor axons. D) White matter is motor axons, and grey matter is sensory axons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) White matter is myelinated axons, gray matter is unmyelinated axons. 8. The parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system A) Utilizes norepinephrine as a postganglionic neurotransmitter. B) Has a relatively short preganglionic neuron. C) Utilizes acetylcholine as a preganglionic neurotransmitter. D) Includes the adrenal medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Utilizes acetylcholine as a preganglionic neurotransmitter. 9. How many pairs of cranial nerves do we have? A) 18. B) 12. C) 30. D) 24. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12. 10. What Does Peripheral Nervous System Consistes? A) Nerves. B) Blood. C) Oxygen. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerves. 11. Summoned him/her A) Body. B) Point of contact. C) Faint. D) Sensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Body. 12. What part of the nervous system is used to run away from something scary? A) Sympathetic. B) Somatic. C) Parasympathetic. D) Sensory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic. 13. Unipolar, bring impulses from somatic sensory receptors or visceral sensory receptors to CNS is an example of what Functional Classification of Neurons A) Sensory/Afferent Neurons:. B) Motor/Efferent Neuroses. C) Interneuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory/Afferent Neurons:. 14. Nerves connect your spinal cord to your feet. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. The peripheral nervous system (PNS) consists of all nerve tissue located A) In the brain and spinal cord. B) In the brain only. C) In the spinal cord only. D) Outside of the brain and spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Outside of the brain and spinal cord. 16. The smaller lung with 2 lobes A) Left Lung. B) Right Lung. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left Lung. 17. What principle could dominoes represent? A) Cell body. B) Neuron. C) Conclusion. D) Action potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Action potential. 18. The junction at which the end of the axon of a neuron meets the end of a dendrite or the cell body of another neuron A) Conclusion. B) Neurotransmitter. C) Threshold. D) Nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conclusion. 19. What is the function of neuron repolarization? A) It allows the AP to be sent down the axon. B) It allows the neuron to be in resting state until a signal needs to be sent. C) It allows the neuron to be reset to its resting state after an AP is sent. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It allows the neuron to be reset to its resting state after an AP is sent. 20. These are the 3 lobes of the cerebrum that cover the insula. A) Frontal, Parietal, Temporal. B) Parietal, Temporal, Occipital. C) Parietal, Occipital, Frontal. D) Temporal, Occipital, Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal, Parietal, Temporal. ← 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