This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 285 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 285 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which division of the autonomic nervous system is responsible for the 'rest and digest' response? A) Parasympathetic Nervous System. B) Somatic Nervous System. C) Sympathetic Nervous System. D) Visceral Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasympathetic Nervous System. 2. Spatial neglect syndrome is usually caused by damage to the A) Right, frontal lobe. B) Right, parietal lobe. C) Left, frontal lobe. D) Left, parietal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right, parietal lobe. 3. What is the Pia Mater? A) A type of cerebrospinal fluid. B) The middle layer of the meninges. C) A thick fibrous layer. D) A thin fibrous layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A thin fibrous layer. 4. What are the cells of the nervous system that provide protection and maintain homeostasis for neurons, but do not generate action potentials? A) White blood cells. B) Neurons. C) Glial cells. D) Myocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glial cells. 5. What cells form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers in the PNS? A) Satellite cells. B) Ependymal cells. C) Schwann cells. D) Microglial cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schwann cells. 6. Billions of CNS interneurons are grouped in complex patterns called neuronal A) Networks. B) Complexes. C) Pools. D) Meshes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pools. 7. Which Cranial Nerve is called the Facial Nerve? A) VII. B) VIII. C) IX. D) X. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) VII. 8. Most of the gray matter of the cerebrum is found in the ..... A) Cerebral cortex. B) Reticular formation. C) Cerebellar cortex. D) Callous body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebral cortex. 9. The neurons that carry signals between the different parts of the central nervous system are the ..... neurons. A) Sensory. B) Inter . C) Motor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inter . 10. Vagus A) Balance, 1/3 of taste, swallowing. B) Gag, Speech. C) Head and shoulder movement. D) Tongue movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gag, Speech. 11. This lobe is responsible for smell and sound. A) Occipital Lobe. B) Frontal Lobe. C) Temporal Lobe. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal Lobe. 12. What takes the messages from the spinal cord to muscles? A) Blood. B) Nerves. C) Brain. D) A cell phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nerves. 13. This part of the adult brain responsible for coordinating muscle activity by comparing sensory and motor information: A) Hypothalamus. B) Diencephalon. C) Cerebellum. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 14. The frontal lobe controls A) Memory, behavior, thinking. B) Memory, touch, movement. C) Language, personality, thinking, memory. D) Movement, emotion, speech, smell, and personality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Movement, emotion, speech, smell, and personality. 15. Which one is an example of an involuntary function? A) Typing. B) Dancing. C) Digestion. D) Walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Digestion. 16. During which stage of an action potential does sodium rush into the cell? A) Depolarization. B) Hyperpolarization. C) Resting potential. D) Repolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Depolarization. 17. The nervous system is formed by A) The brain and the central nervous system. B) The spinal cord and the brain. C) The cerebrum, cerebellum and spinal cord. D) The central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. 18. I can see with my ..... A) Eyes. B) Nose. C) Tongue. D) Skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eyes. 19. The sympathetic nervous system can be activated by physical stress, for instance, the threat of an attack by a predator. Which of the following responses would be initiated by the sympathetic nervous system in this situation? A) The heart rate decreases. B) Relax Bladder. C) Constrict Pupils. D) Stimulates activity of the digestive system tagsPNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relax Bladder. 20. What type of neurons are found in the brain and spinal cord? A) Sensory. B) Association. C) Motor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Association. ← 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