This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 278 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 278 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How are neurotransmitters different from the impulses that travel along the bodies of nerve cells? A) The impulses are electrical; neurotransmitters are chemical. B) The impulses travel at a faster rate than neurotransmitters. C) The impulses send signals from the body to the brain;neurotransmitters send signals from the brain to the body. D) The impulses occur constantly; neurotransmitters are released only occasionally. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The impulses are electrical; neurotransmitters are chemical. 2. Support cells in the nervous system are collectively called ..... A) Microglia. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Neuroglia. D) Ganglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neuroglia. 3. Glasgow Coma Scale is used to determine the LOC of the patient, All of the following faculty are measured, EXCEPT? A) Eye Opening. B) Verbal Response. C) Motor Response. D) Memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Memory. 4. Quick response to a stimulus is called A) Rapid action. B) Reflex action. C) Reaction. D) Automatic action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflex action. 5. Which of the following areas deals with emotion? A) Limbic system. B) Thalamus. C) Cerebellum. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limbic system. 6. What nerve has motor fibers to control tongue movements and send impulses from the tongue? A) Hypoglossal. B) Glossopharyngeal. C) Accessory. D) Optic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypoglossal. 7. Which muscles are controlled by the autonomic nervous system (ANS) (A.A. 55)? A) Skeletal muscle. B) Heart muscle. C) Skeletal muscle. D) Triceps muscle. E) Calf muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heart muscle. 8. The 3 layers of meninges from superficial to deep are A) Dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater. B) Pia mater, arachnoid mater, dura mater. C) Arachnoid mater, pia mater, dura mater. D) Dura mater, pia mater, arachnoid mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater. 9. High-fiving a friend A) Somatic nervous system. B) Autonomic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic nervous system. 10. Turn/o A) Development; nourishment. B) Brain. C) Head. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Development; nourishment. 11. In neurons, neurotransmitters are released at the: A) Axons. B) Cell bodies. C) Dendrites. D) Receptor sites. E) Synaptic vesicles. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Synaptic vesicles. 12. Nerves A) PNS. B) CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PNS. 13. What are the steps of the nerve impulse? A) Electrical-Chemical-Electrical. B) Electrical-Electrical-Chemical. C) Chemical-Electrical-Chemical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electrical-Chemical-Electrical. 14. This structure is an enlarged continuation of the spinal cord, it is the most inferior part of the brain. All ascending and descending fibers connecting the brain and spinal cord pass through here. A) Midbrain. B) Corpus Callosum. C) Spinal cord elongated. D) Diencephalon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord elongated. 15. Anything that causes you to respond is ..... A) A response. B) A stimuli. C) A reaction. D) An interpretation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A stimuli. 16. This type of muscle tissue is found only in the heart A) Skeletal. B) Cardiac. C) Smooth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cardiac. 17. Alzheimer's Disease is the gradual shrinking of neurons in which part of the brain? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Corpus Callosum. D) Brain Stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 18. A rapid change in electrical potential across a nerve cell membrane, transmitting signals A) Action potential. B) Resting potential. C) Motion potential. D) Reaction potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action potential. 19. The system that contains the cranial nerves and spinal nerves? A) CNS. B) PNS. C) DNR. D) ABC. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PNS. 20. Called the "fight or flight" system. A) Autonomic nervous system. B) Parasympathetic nervous system. C) Sympathetic nervous system. D) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sympathetic nervous system. ← 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