This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 267 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 267 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The function of the cerebellum is A) Coordination of voluntary movements such as posture, balance, coordination, and speech. B) High-level brain functions it is responsible for intelligence, language, memory and consciousness. C) To help regulate breathing, heart and blood vessel function, digestion, sneezing, and swallowing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coordination of voluntary movements such as posture, balance, coordination, and speech. 2. Is your skin part of your senses? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. This part of the neuron stores then releases neurotransmitters into the synapse A) Axon. B) Myelin sheath. C) Axon terminal. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon terminal. 4. Approximately how many taste buds does an average human have on their tongue? A) 100. B) 1, 000. C) 10, 000. D) 100, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10, 000. 5. What is the function of the occipital lobe? A) Language comprehension. B) Visual memories. C) Consequence and reward center. D) Visual processing center. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Visual processing center. 6. Degenerative disorder of motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem A) ASL. B) IF. C) SLA. D) SAL. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) IF. 7. Some of your actions involve your spinal cord but not your brain. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Which is the organ protected by the skull; the coordinator of the nervous system? A) Heart. B) Brain. C) Lung. D) Eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain. 9. Which of the following is not a part of peripheral nervous system? A) Cranial nerve. B) Ganglion. C) Spinal nerve. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spinal cord. 10. If you are doing your math homework, which brain hemisphere are you using the most? A) Right Hemisphere. B) Left Hemisphere. C) Cerebellum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left Hemisphere. 11. Which of the following is the function of the somatic nervous system? A) Controls the cardiac muscles and smooth muscles as well as internal organs. B) Stimulates skeletal muscles for movement. C) Makes the connections between the eyes and the brain. D) Stimulates the ears for better hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stimulates skeletal muscles for movement. 12. What is the main job of the spinal cord? A) To control voluntary movements. B) To transmit messages between the brain and the rest of the body. C) To connect sensory organs to the muscles. D) To process information from the sense organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To transmit messages between the brain and the rest of the body. 13. The part of the nervous system that carries impulses to your legs so you can walk is A) Autonomic. B) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic. 14. INVOLUNTARY muscle control A) Cerebrum. B) Medulla. C) Cerebellum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medulla. 15. Midbrain, pons and medulla oblongata; brain regions connecting "higher" brain regions and spinal cord A) Limbic. B) Brain stem. C) Midbrain. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain stem. 16. The spinal canal is filled with ..... fluid A) Newtonian fluid. B) Ideal plastic fluid. C) Cerebrospinal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrospinal. 17. Respiratory centre is situated at which part of the brain A) Medulla. B) Pons. C) Cerebellum. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medulla. 18. Dendrite A) Part of a neuron that carries messages to the cell body. B) Part of a neuron that carries messages away from the cell body. C) Found only in the brain. D) Found only in the spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Part of a neuron that carries messages to the cell body. 19. Which portion of the brain is responsible for involuntary activities such as posture, breathing, and heart rate? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain stem. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain stem. 20. Also called Sensory Nerves. A) Efferent nerves. B) Afferent nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Afferent nerves. ← 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