This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 250 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 250 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Saltatory conduction of a nerve impulse is seen in: A) Large myelinated fibers. B) Large unmyelinated fibers. C) Small myelinated fibers. D) All fibers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Large myelinated fibers. 2. Learning, problem solving, and decision making takes place in the A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Callous body. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 3. Which of the following is a neurological disorder? A) Alzheimer's disease. B) Diabetes. C) Flu. D) Broken bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alzheimer's disease. 4. A type of cell found in the nervous system that is specialized to transmit electrical impulses. A) Skin cell. B) Bone. C) Glands. D) Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neuron. 5. Which division of the nervous system is responsible for delivering sensory input from the outside world to the brain? A) Sensory Division of the Somatic Nervous System. B) Sensory Division of the Peripheral Nervous System. C) Sensory Division of the Parasympathetic Division. D) The Motor Division of the Autonomic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory Division of the Peripheral Nervous System. 6. Part of the digestive system that takes food into the body. It begins the process of digestion. A) Esophagus. B) Mouth. C) Stomach. D) Large Intestine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mouth. 7. The ..... is the topmost part of the brainstem, the connection central between the brain and the spinal cord. A) Pons. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Midbrain. D) Temporal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Midbrain. 8. What structure resets the potential of a neuron after an action potential has finished? A) Glucose Carrier Protein. B) Sodium Potassium Pump. C) Electron Transport Loop. D) Sodium Glucose Cotransporter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sodium Potassium Pump. 9. Visual processing and interpretation, combines visual images with sensory experience A) Occipital lobe. B) Frontal lobe. C) Temporal lobe. D) Parietal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Occipital lobe. 10. The Na/K pump is important in establishing a concentration gradient in which two phases? A) Resting potential; depolarization. B) Depolarization; repolarization. C) Repolarization; hyperpolarization. D) Hyperpolarization; resting potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperpolarization; resting potential. 11. What area is responsible for fear? A) Amygdala. B) Broca's. C) Wernicke's. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amygdala. 12. Which part of the brain is responsible for balance, coordination and posture? A) Axons. B) Brain stem. C) Cerebrum. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 13. The somatic nervous system comprises of: A) Sensory neurons. B) Relay neurons. C) Motor neurons. D) Sensory and motor neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory and motor neurons. 14. The ..... ear contains the external auditory canal and ceruminous glands. A) Outer. B) Middle. C) Inner. D) Auditory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Outer. 15. The ..... produces bile, which is stored in the ..... until it goes into the small intestine to aid in chemical digestion. A) Pancreas, gallbladder. B) Liver, gallbladder. C) Pancreas, duodenum. D) Liver, duodenum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liver, gallbladder. 16. Pons Functions A) Breathing, heart rat, internal organs. B) Voluntary movement, expressive language, and managing higher level executive functions. C) Processes auditory info and encodes memory. D) Swallowing, coughing, sneezing, and vomiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Breathing, heart rat, internal organs. 17. What lobe of the cerebrum is responsible for visual processing? A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Temporal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occipital. 18. Which of the below structures acts to convert sound waves to vibrations? A) Cochlea. B) Pinna/auricle. C) Tympanic membrane. D) Vestibulocochlear nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cochlea. 19. Which neuroglial cells are star-shaped and brace and anchor neurons to their nutrient supply? A) Oligodendrocytes. B) Astrocytes. C) Microglia. D) Ependymal cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Astrocytes. 20. A man suffers a head injury during a basketball game. For several days afterward, he can't remember his social media passwords. This memory loss results from damage to the man's A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. ← 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