This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 15 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Brain is made of a large mass of A) Muscular Tissue. B) Neurons. C) Red Blood Cells. D) While Blood Cells. E) Glands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurons. 2. The brain dysfunction where blood supply to a region (or regions) of the brain is blocked and vital brain tissue dies, as by a blood clot or a ruptured blood vessel, is called ..... A) Huntington's disease. B) Multiple sclerosis. C) Parkinson's disease. D) Stroke, or cerebrovascular accident (CVA). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stroke, or cerebrovascular accident (CVA). 3. The name of the cell that conducts electric impulses through the nervous system A) Nerve. B) Neuron. C) Schwann Cell. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neuron. 4. Which part of the brain is resposnible for controlling the range of emotions such as pleasure, pain and anger? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Hypothalamus. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 5. Also known as the anvil; middle of the three auditory bones of the middle ear A) Malleus. B) Tympanic membrane. C) Stapes. D) Incus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Incus. 6. If the dorsal root of a spinal nerve carries sensory information what would the ventral root carry? A) Sensory. B) Integration. C) Motor. D) Tactile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor. 7. The largest part of the brain is the ..... A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain stem. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 8. Have one axon and many dendrites ..... very common in brain and spinal cord ..... is what structural classification A) Multipolar neuron. B) Bipolar neuron. C) Unipolar/Pseudounipolar neuron. D) Anaxonic neuron:. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multipolar neuron. 9. The ..... found in and around the arachnoid mater that absorbs shock A) Liquid. B) Solid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liquid. 10. Grey matter consists mainly of axons. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. Structure that contains photoreceptors such as rods and cones. A) Choroid. B) Retina. C) Sclera. D) Iris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Retina. 12. During the Falling action potential (repolarization) and the undershoot, what channels are opening? A) Sodium. B) Potassium. C) Calcium. D) Both sodium and potassium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Potassium. 13. What type of neurons send signals from the brain to other parts of the body? A) Sensory neurons. B) Motor neurons. C) Action neurons. D) Passive neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor neurons. 14. The connective tissues that attach skeletal muscles to bones are called ..... A) Joints. B) Ligaments. C) Tendons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendons. 15. Which of the following neurotransmitters is responsible for the majority of parasympathetic nerve activity in the body? A) Norepinephrine. B) Acetylcholine. C) Dopamine. D) Serotonin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acetylcholine. 16. Sensory neuron is also called A) Afferent neuron. B) Connector neuron. C) Efferent Neuron. D) Interneuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Afferent neuron. 17. Receive stimuli from receptors sites in the sensory organs and carry impulses to the spinal cord and brain A) Motor (Efferent neuron). B) Sensory (Afferent neuron). C) Associative (interneurons). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory (Afferent neuron). 18. The human nervous system can be most generally broken down into the following two major parts: A) The autonomic and somatic nervous systems. B) The central and peripheral nervous systems. C) The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. D) The brain and spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The central and peripheral nervous systems. 19. What is the largest part of the brain? A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Brain stem. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 20. What are the three types of neurons in the nervous system? A) Motor, Sensory, and Pleuron. B) Motor, Memory, and Interneuron. C) Noter, Sensory, Interneuron. D) Motor, Sensory, and Interneuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor, Sensory, and Interneuron. ← 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