This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 149 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 149 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They always carry messages from brain or spinal cord to the organs A) Motor nerves. B) Sensory nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor nerves. 2. What is a voluntary muscle? A) A muscle you cannot control. B) A muscle you can control. C) A short muscle. D) A muscle in your knee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A muscle you can control. 3. A nueron is a specialized ..... A) Nervous sell. B) Nervous seal. C) Nerve cell. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerve cell. 4. Which is the innermost meninx? A) Dura mater. B) Arachnoid mater. C) Pia mater. D) Cranial mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pia mater. 5. Spaces between Schwann cells that is not myelinated A) Nerve. B) Nodes of ranvier. C) Somatic reflex. D) Neurotransmitters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nodes of ranvier. 6. Area of gray matter (butterfly) on the back posterior of the spinal cord A) Dorsal Horn. B) Ventral Horn. C) Anterior Column. D) Posterior Column. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dorsal Horn. 7. There are over 850 muscles. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Which is the control center of the central nervous system? A) Brain. B) Pith. C) Nerve fibers. D) Both points 1 and 2 are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both points 1 and 2 are correct. 9. Which of the following is not the basic function of the nervous system? A) Detects and senses stimuli. B) Responds to sensory stimulation. C) Sends signal rapidly between body parts. D) Produces fluids such as plasma and intestinal fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Produces fluids such as plasma and intestinal fluid. 10. What direction foes the electrical signal travel through the neuron? A) From dendrites, through the cell body, down the Axon, and out Axon terminals. B) From Axon terminals, down the Axon, & out of the dendrites. C) Any direction up or down the cell. D) From the Axon, to the Dendrites, and out the Axon terminals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From dendrites, through the cell body, down the Axon, and out Axon terminals. 11. About how many neurons do we have in our body? A) A dozen. B) Hundreds. C) Thousands. D) Billions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Billions. 12. The main type of cell which produce CSF A) Astrocyte. B) Basket cell. C) Ependymal cell. D) Schwann cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ependymal cell. 13. Which part of the neuron is a long fiber that SENDS information to other cells? A) Dendrite. B) Terminal. C) Cell body. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axon. 14. A nerve impulse is also known as ..... in a neuron. A) Passive potential. B) Action potential. C) Basic potential. D) Negative potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Action potential. 15. Hypoxia is ..... A) The shortage of blood to the brain caused by a stroke. B) The shortage of oxygen to the brain caused by a heart Attack. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The shortage of oxygen to the brain caused by a heart Attack. 16. Protect neuron cell bodies A) Schwann cells. B) Microglia. C) Satellite cells. D) Ependymal Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Satellite cells. 17. What is in The Central and Peripheral nervous system A) Your heart. B) Just the spinal cord. C) Just the brain. D) Brain and spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain and spinal cord. 18. Stalk like structure that relays impulses between brain and other parts of the body. A) Spinal cord. B) Conclusion. C) Voluntary. D) Motor neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord. 19. Which division of the autonomic nervous system dominates in times of relaxation? A) Parasympathetic. B) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasympathetic. 20. Movements that you choose to control A) Cramp. B) Voluntary. C) Strain. D) Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voluntary. ← 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