This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 220 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 220 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The best way to understand a nerve impulse is to look at a neuron at rest A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. What statement best describes the resting state of a neuron? A) Neurons are polarized with more sodium ions outside the cell and more potassium ions inside the cell. B) Neurons are repolarizing as potassium ions diffuse out of the cell. C) Neurons are propagating the action potential. D) Neurons are restoring the ionic conditions utilizing the sodium-potassium pump. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurons are polarized with more sodium ions outside the cell and more potassium ions inside the cell. 3. During repolarization K ions ..... the neuron which causes the membrane potential to ..... A) Enter, decrease. B) Enter, increase. C) Exit, decrease. D) Exit, increase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exit, decrease. 4. Type of neuron that carries messages from the body to the brain/spinal cord: A) Afferent/sensory. B) Efferent/motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Afferent/sensory. 5. Which neurone transmits impulses from the receptor to the CNS? A) Motor Neurone. B) Sensory Neurone. C) Interneurone. D) Glial cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory Neurone. 6. Which nervous system dilates pupils? A) Sympathetic Nervous System. B) Parasympathetic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic Nervous System. 7. What is the function of interneurons? A) They carry impulses toward the CNS. B) They carry impulses away from the CNS. C) They connect afferent and efferent neurons. D) They regulate the speed of impulse transmission. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They connect afferent and efferent neurons. 8. Controls hearing, and language comprehension A) Frontal Lobe. B) Temporal Lobe. C) Occipital Lobe. D) Parietal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temporal Lobe. 9. Give and example of a stimulus. A) You hear screaming. B) A loud noise like thunder. C) Feeling a spider crawling on your back. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 10. What does every food chain start with? (Even if it's not drawn or written there!) A) Producers. B) Sun. C) Consumer. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sun. 11. The receiving part of a neuron. A) Dendrite. B) Axon terminal. C) Axon. D) Axon terminal vesicles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrite. 12. Reabsorption of CSF occurs from the ..... into the dural sinuses. A) Pia mater. B) Jugular vein. C) Arachnoid granulations. D) Arachnoid mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arachnoid granulations. 13. Which structure controls balance A) Eyes. B) Tongue. C) Nose. D) Ear canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ear canal. 14. Synapses are categorised into how many types: A) 2-pre and post synaptic. B) 2-electrical and chemical. C) 3-electrical, chemical, mechanical. D) 2-chemical, mechanical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2-electrical and chemical. 15. Which pathogen can be cured by antibiotics? A) Virus. B) Bacteria. C) Protist. D) Fungi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria. 16. All of the following are parts of the brain except? A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebellum. D) Brain Stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 17. ....on the tongue sense chemicals in food. A) Taste buds. B) Nerve. C) Vibrations. D) Tongue spots. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taste buds. 18. What part of the brain is responsible for emotion? A) Hippocampus. B) Amygdala. C) Auditory cortex. D) Parietal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amygdala. 19. The somatic division of the nervous system regulates events that are under ..... control and the autonomic division regulates events that are under ..... control. A) Involuntary, voluntary. B) Voluntary, involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voluntary, involuntary. 20. Which of the following IS NOT one of the 4 lobes of the brain? A) Frontal. B) Temporal. C) Parietal. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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