This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 275 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 275 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The 3 parts of the brain are A) Cerebrum, brain and brain stem. B) Cerebellum, sensory and motor nerves. C) Cerebrum, cerebellum and brain stem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum, cerebellum and brain stem. 2. Lens A) Clear tissue that covers the eye. B) Opening of the eye. C) Focuses the light. D) Regulates amount of light. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Focuses the light. 3. Which of these receptors is NOT located in the dermis or epidermis of the skin? A) Mechanoreceptors. B) Thermoreceptors. C) Nocireceptors. D) Proprioceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proprioceptors. 4. Which is the sense organ of touch? A) Eyes. B) Ears. C) Nose. D) Mouth. E) Skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Skin. 5. What is the functional unit of the nervous system? A) Axon. B) Neuron. C) Cell body. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neuron. 6. What type of tissue functions to move the bones? A) Muscle tissue. B) Heart tissue. C) Cardiac tissue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muscle tissue. 7. Which glial cell is responsible for creating the myelin sheath? A) Schwann cells. B) Soma cells. C) Satellite cells. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schwann cells. 8. Your stomach digesting food is an example of what kind of movement? A) Involuntary. B) Voluntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Involuntary. 9. Which type of perception is only found in a few animals? What type of perception is found only in a few animals? A) Thermoreception. B) Mechanoreception. C) Electroreception. D) Chemoreception. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electroreception. 10. What is internal stimulus due to? A) The environment. B) Space. C) Within the organism. D) I don't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Within the organism. 11. Quadriplegia A) Paralysis of four (extremities). B) Paralysis of half the body. C) Paralysis on one side. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paralysis of four (extremities). 12. These cells have the same function as oligodendrocytes, but are packed within the myelin. A) Dendrites. B) Astrocytes. C) Microglia. D) Schwann Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Schwann Cells. 13. What part of the brain stem main functions are involuntary? (i.e. breathing, hear rate, digestion, coughing, sneezing, and vomiting) A) Pons. B) Spinal cord elongated. C) Midbrain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord elongated. 14. What part of the body makes up the Peripheral Nervous System? A) Nerves. B) Brain, Spine. C) Brain, Spine, Nerves. D) Spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerves. 15. Which of the following are functions of the medulla oblongata? A) Controls breathing and relays motor signals to cerebellum. B) Controls heart beat and reflexes such as coughing, sneezing, etc. C) Coordinates complex motor activities. D) Helps control breathing and eye scanning reflexes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Controls heart beat and reflexes such as coughing, sneezing, etc. 16. Glial cell type in the PNS that provides the myelin insulation for axons in nerves. A) Schwann Cell. B) Nerve. C) Brain. D) Unipolar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schwann Cell. 17. Resting membrane potential ( potential energy of unstimulated neurons) is ..... A) -50 mV. B) -55 mV. C) -67 mV. D) -70 mV. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -70 mV. 18. Which of the following is NOT a symptom of epilepsy? A) Recurrent seizures. B) Memory loss. C) Abnormal electrical activity in the brain. D) Difficulty with daily activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Memory loss. 19. The locomotor system is made up of ..... A) The muscles. B) Our bones. C) The Muscular and Skeletal systems. D) Joints and tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Muscular and Skeletal systems. 20. Nerve associated with sense of smell A) Facial. B) Optic. C) Olfactory. D) Abducting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Olfactory. ← 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