This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 183 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 183 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When sound waves vibrate the tympanic membrane what structure of the ear is moved next: A) The vestibule. B) The cochlea. C) The semicircular canals. D) The malleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The malleus. 2. What nerve is mostly motor fibers that activate the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles? A) Vestibulocochlear. B) Accessory. C) Vagus. D) Facial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accessory. 3. Function of nervous system is ..... A) Digestion only. B) Circulation only. C) Control and coordination of the body. D) Breathing only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Control and coordination of the body. 4. What part of the cerebrum controls vision? A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Temporal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occipital. 5. Found at the base of the precentral gyrus. a specialized cortical area that is very involved in out ability to speak. A) Epithalamus. B) Broca's area. C) Gray matter. D) Axon terminals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broca's area. 6. The part of the cell that is external to the myelin sheath of neurons in the PNS and plays an important role in the regeneration of damaged neurons: A) Nissl Substance. B) No problem. C) Neurilemma. D) White matter. E) Gray matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurilemma. 7. What happens during depolarization? A) Sodium ions remain at rest while potassium ions flow into the cell. B) Sodium ions flow into the cell, making it more negatively charged. C) Potassium ions flow into the cell, making it more negatively charged. D) Sodium ions flow into the cell, making it more positively charged. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sodium ions flow into the cell, making it more positively charged. 8. Which one does not use the brainstem? A) Pons. B) Midbrain. C) Medulla. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 9. David is experiencing symptoms that include an inability to move and respiratory distress. His doctor is concerned that he may have which disorder? A) Multiple sclerosis. B) Poliomyelitis. C) Spinal Cord injury. D) West Nile virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal Cord injury. 10. The function of sneezing is to expel mucus containing foreign particles from the nasal cavity. A person sneezes when foreign particles pass through the nasal hair which triggers the release of chemical that activates body system causing sneezing. What body part is activated? A) Circulatory system. B) Digestive system. C) Nervous system. D) Excretory system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nervous system. 11. Somatic nervous system controls the voluntary muscles A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. ..... is responsible for conducting nerve impulses away from the body. A) Dendrite. B) Axon. C) Conclusion. D) Schwann. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 13. General sensory input, such as pain, touch, and temperature are carried to the A) Primary motor area. B) Association areas. C) Primary somatic sensory area. D) Prefrontal area. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Primary somatic sensory area. 14. Our hearing, smelling and tasting occurs primarily in which lobe of the brain? A) Occipital. B) Parietal. C) Temporal. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal. 15. The electrical signal jumps from myelin sheath $\rightarrow$ myelin sheath. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Action potentials normally travel along an axon A) In either direction, depending on the needs of the animal. B) Away from the cell body. C) Toward the cell body. D) Away from the synapse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Away from the cell body. 17. Which item contains the structures that are not from the neural crest cells? A) Rachnoid, Digastic muscle. Odontoblast. B) Pia matter, ganglion satellite cells, Ependymal cells. C) Sympathetic ganglion. Schwann cells, medulla of adrenal gland. D) Incus, stylopharyngeus muscle, ciliary muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pia matter, ganglion satellite cells, Ependymal cells. 18. What do you do when you taste BACON? A) Run and yell down your street ¨godzilla is attacking¨. B) Say yum and eat it. C) Say sausage is better canadian. D) This one is the correct answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Say yum and eat it. 19. The neuroglial cells that connect the neuron to the blood vessel to control the chemical environment of the neurons/brain are called A) Astrocyte. B) Ependymal. C) Oligodendrocyte/schwann cell. D) Microglial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astrocyte. 20. Which part of the brain helps in balancing your body and coordinating all your muscles? A) Cerebrum. B) Brain stem. C) Cerebellum. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. ← 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