This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 185 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 185 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What part of the brain controls our senses (taste, touch, smell, sight, sound)? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Spinal cord. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 2. Release of adrenaline occurs in which part of the nervous system? A) Parasympathetic. B) Sympathetic. C) Somatic. D) Central. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic. 3. "Fight or flight" describes what division of the nervous system? A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic. 4. Which organ is responsible for your sense of BALANCE? A) Olfactory receptors. B) Eustachian tube. C) Cochlea. D) Golgi tendon organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eustachian tube. 5. The bushy, branching extensions of a neuron that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body A) Axon. B) Soma. C) Neurotransmitter. D) Dendrite. E) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dendrite. 6. A boxer was hit and knocked him down. The part of the boxer's brain that experienced impaired function during a fall was most likely ..... A) Middle brain. B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebellum. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 7. The main connection between the right and left hemisphere of the cerebrum is the A) Basal nuclei. B) Limbic system. C) Callous body. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Callous body. 8. What are the three main parts of the brainstem? A) Spinal cord, hippocampus, amygdala. B) Midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata. C) Frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe. D) Cerebellum, thalamus, hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata. 9. Interneurons aslo called A) Myelin sheath. B) Association neurons. C) Gray matter. D) Neuroglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Association neurons. 10. Conductivity A) Ability to respond to a stimulus and convert it to a nerve impulse. B) Ability to transmit the impulse to other neurons, muscles, or glands. C) Process of delivering message to muscles and glands. D) Process of delivering a message from sensory organs to the central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ability to transmit the impulse to other neurons, muscles, or glands. 11. A ..... is an automatic reaction to a stimulus that involves the movement of an impulse from a sensory receptor along the sensory nerve to the spinal cord. A) Reflex. B) Nerves. C) Brain. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reflex. 12. Keep the eyes moist by spreading tears and mucus A) Eyelashes. B) Eyelids. C) Eyebrows. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eyelids. 13. It's nucleus is difficult to see because of overlying granules A) Basophil. B) Eosinophil. C) Neutrophil. D) Lymphocytes. E) Monocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basophil. 14. The space between a presynaptic and post synaptic neuron A) Nodes of Ranvier. B) Axon Hillock. C) Synaptic cleft. D) Terninal bouton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synaptic cleft. 15. Which term matches the following definition. Definition:The organ system that that senses, process and responses the information it gets in that order. A) Nervous System. B) Homeostasis. C) Neurons. D) Immune System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nervous System. 16. Pressure is maintained on two sides of ear drum by A) Auditory ossicles. B) Membrane labyrinth. C) Eustachian tube. D) Cochlea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eustachian tube. 17. Which division of the nervous system is made up of the brain and spinal cord? A) Autonomic. B) CNS. C) PNS. D) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CNS. 18. Which of the following are the two sections of the nervous system A) Peripheral and Central. B) Peripheral and Autonomi. C) Central and Automatic. D) Somatic and Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peripheral and Central. 19. What is the name for the bundle of nerves that runs through your backbone? A) Brain. B) Peripheral nerves. C) Spinal cord. D) Reflexes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord. 20. How do you test the Trochlear Nerve? A) Sniff Test. B) Snellen Eye Chart. C) Look down the nose. D) Facial Symmetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Look down the nose. ← 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