This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 229 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 229 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is the following joint which can move full 360 degree. A) Ball and socket joint. B) Gliding joint. C) Pivot joint. D) Hinge joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and socket joint. 2. Muscle remains contracted due to overuse, lack of water, or lack of oxygen A) Strain. B) Sprain. C) Cramp. D) Pulled Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cramp. 3. What are axon terminals? A) The part of the neuron that receives neurotransmitters. B) The gaps in the myelin sheath that increase signal conduction. C) The end of the axon that releases neurotransmitters at a synapse when a nerve impulse is received. D) The covering of long axons to protect and electrically insulate them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The end of the axon that releases neurotransmitters at a synapse when a nerve impulse is received. 4. Accumulation of excess cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) inside the ventricles of the brain, swelling around the brain that can cause brain damage if untreated A) Cerebrovascular accident. B) Hydrocephalus. C) Cataract. D) Hyperopia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydrocephalus. 5. Which of the following meninges is the toughest? A) Dura. B) Pia. C) Arachnoid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dura. 6. Dax is racing his go-kart. He knows that there is a dry stream bed that is just up the road. In order to get to the other side he can slowly go down one side of the bed and up the other, or he can jump it. Dax decides to jump the stream bed. Which of the following words has the best connection to what is going on above? A) Motor neuron. B) Dendrite. C) Axon. D) Conclusion. E) Neurochemical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conclusion. 7. How many layers of meninges protect the brain? A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 8. The Peripheral Nervous System made up of: A) Nerves that branch out from the spinal cord. B) Dendrites and axons. C) Stimulus and response. D) Brainstem, cerebellum, and skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerves that branch out from the spinal cord. 9. The fontal lobe of the brain controls ..... A) Visual processing. B) Movement and balance. C) Reasoning, planning. D) Auditory, memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reasoning, planning. 10. Which system houses the brain and spinal cord? A) Central. B) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central. 11. What are the chemicals that transmit a signal across a synapse from one neuron to another? A) Neurotransmitters. B) Termini. C) Thresholds. D) Impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurotransmitters. 12. It supplies motor impulses to the skeletal muscles because these nerves permit conscious control of the skeletal muscles and sometimes called the voluntary nervous system. A) Somatic Nervous System. B) Autonomic nervous system. C) Automatic nervous system. D) Domatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic Nervous System. 13. Pain receptors are stimulated by ..... A) Temperature change. B) Tissue damage. C) Light energy. D) Pressure or movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tissue damage. 14. This type of neuron transmit signals toward CNS. A) Motor. B) Sensory. C) Interneurons. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory. 15. Nerve cells create electrical signals called ..... in the cell body. A) Conclusion. B) Nerve impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nerve impulses. 16. What is the function of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)? A) To provide oxygen to the brain. B) To serve as a cushion and protect the brain and spinal cord. C) To produce red blood cells. D) To initiate nerve impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To serve as a cushion and protect the brain and spinal cord. 17. The speed of neural conduction between neurons will result in difficulties in speaking, vision, and balance if the ..... insulating the axons is damaged or removed A) Myelin sheath. B) Central Nervous System. C) Axons. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myelin sheath. 18. What's another name for taste? A) Gustation. B) Olfaction. C) Vision. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gustation. 19. Meningitis is the tern to describe inflammation of the ..... A) Brain. B) Meninges. C) Both the brain and meninges. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meninges. 20. The Hippocampus is located in the center of your brain. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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