This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 261 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 261 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the word "diverging" mean? A) To spread apart. B) To come together. C) Parallel. D) Perpendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To spread apart. 2. Tactile and pressure receptors are known as A) Mechanoreceptors. B) Chemoreceptors. C) Photoreceptors. D) Thermoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mechanoreceptors. 3. This joint helps the bowler in the game of cricket A) Hinge joint. B) Pivot joint. C) Ball and socket joint. D) Slightly movable joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball and socket joint. 4. The boy's response to danger is to pull on the bicycle brakes. Which type of effector causes this response? A) Gland. B) Muscle. C) Conclusion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscle. 5. What do thermoreceptors respond to> A) Heat. B) Touch. C) Chemicals. D) Pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heat. 6. The large wrinkled part of the brain is known as the ..... A) Cerebral Cortex. B) Motor Strip. C) Corpus Cortex. D) Parietal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebral Cortex. 7. Through which apertures/structures is CSF reabsorbed into circulation? A) Cerebral Aqueduct. B) Lateral Apertures. C) Median Aperture. D) Arachnoid Granulations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arachnoid Granulations. 8. Esthes/o, esthesi/o A) Nervous sensation. B) Brain. C) Extreme. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nervous sensation. 9. ..... is a sensory motor nerve that, with its branches, supplies impulses to the fingers. A) Digital nerve. B) Radial nerve. C) Median nerve. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Digital nerve. 10. Which of the following descriptions is wrong? A) Cerebral edema is the accumulation of excess fluid within the brain parenchyma. B) Neural tube defects are associated with failure to close or inappropriate reopening of the developing neural tube. C) Rapid displacement of the head and brain can tear axons (diffuse axonal injury). D) Regional ischemia is the most common type of ischemia stroke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Regional ischemia is the most common type of ischemia stroke. 11. What controls involuntary movement? A) Somatic System. B) Autonomic System. C) Central. D) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic System. 12. What is an independent variable? A) Variable that is changed to test. B) Variable that you measure. C) Variable that stays the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Variable that is changed to test. 13. Sputum A) Phlegm. B) Coughing up blood. C) Sick and tired. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phlegm. 14. The electric potential in the area of the cell membrane increases to the threshold level, corresponding to which distance? A) Resting state. B) Depolarization. C) Repolarization. D) Hyperpolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Depolarization. 15. Where are the Pons located? A) The bottom of the brain (pink). B) The bottom of the brain (orange). C) The bottom of the brain (grey). D) The top/back of the brain (red). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The bottom of the brain (orange). 16. Convulsion A) Sudden, involuntary contraction of a group of muscles. B) Peripheral nervous system. C) Conveying toward a center. D) Physician who studies and treats diseases of the mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sudden, involuntary contraction of a group of muscles. 17. At a neuron-neuron chemical synapse the AP causes ..... to open A) Voltage gated Ca. B) Voltage gated Na. C) Voltage gated K. D) Mechanically gated Na. E) Ligand gated Na. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voltage gated Ca. 18. These are shallow grooves that separate the elevations of the cerebrum. A) Fissures. B) Convolutions. C) Gyri. D) Sulci. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sulci. 19. If we lined up all the neurons in our body how long would it be? A) Around 1000 km. B) Around 945 km. C) Around 956 km. D) Around 965 km. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Around 965 km. 20. I use my hands to touch hard and ..... objects. A) Quiet. B) Colours. C) Soft. D) Bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soft. ← 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