This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 29 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Interneurons/Relay neurons A) Nerve cells that detect stimuli. B) A signal that causes an animal to react in some way. C) Nerve cells that carry response information to muscles and other organs. D) Found in the brain and spinal cord and allow sensory and motor neurons to communicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Found in the brain and spinal cord and allow sensory and motor neurons to communicate. 2. What do chemoreceptors respond to? A) Light. B) Sound. C) Temperature. D) Chemicals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chemicals. 3. What is the role of the axon A) Contains receptors that receive stimuli. B) Contains the organelles including the nucleus. C) Carries information away from the cell body. D) A pulse of electricity or temporary reversal of the cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carries information away from the cell body. 4. Brain stem is another name for the ..... A) Vertebrae. B) Neuron. C) Spinal cord. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medulla. 5. What are the three parts of the brain? A) Brain Cell, Cerebrum, Brain Organs. B) Cerebrum, Neurons, Nerve Cells. C) Cerebrum, Cerebellum, brain stem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum, Cerebellum, brain stem. 6. A person who studies the brain and nervous system and it's impact on behavior and development A) Physician. B) Neuroscientist. C) Counselor. D) Psychiatrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neuroscientist. 7. When we touch hot objects, we feel the pain A) Spinal reflex. B) Brain reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain reflex. 8. Impulses that travel down a myelinated neuron move faster than if it was unmyelinated. A) True. B) False. C) I'm not sure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Neuron processes that generate nerve impulses and typically conduct them away from the cell body. each neuron has only one A) Pons. B) Axons. C) Midbrain. D) Axon terminals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axons. 10. Which part of the brain controls learning? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 11. Choose the response that would occur after this stimuli:You come out of a dark movie theater into the bright afternoon. A) You sweat. B) You produce more saliva. C) You pull your hand away. D) You squint your pupil will constrict, or get smaller. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You squint your pupil will constrict, or get smaller. 12. The neuron is made up of which of the following parts? A) Dendrites. B) Nucleus. C) Axon. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 13. Cerebellum Cerebellum A) Forebrain. B) Midbrain. C) Hindbrain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hindbrain. 14. The Spinal Cord is the organ that? A) Controls your body. B) Receives the information from the environment. C) Receives the signals from the parts of your body to the brain and transmits information. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Receives the signals from the parts of your body to the brain and transmits information. 15. Which of the following are bundles of neurofilaments that are important in maintaining the shape and integrity of neurons? A) Neurofibrils. B) No problem. C) Perikaryon. D) Chromatophilic substance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurofibrils. 16. Encephal/o A) Brain. B) Electricity. C) Dura mater. D) Cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 17. The peripheral nervous system consists of the A) Neurons located in the brain and the spinal cord. B) Nerves that extend from the brain and the spinal cord. C) Interneurons of the central nervous system. D) Portions of the brain known as the medulla and cerebellum . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nerves that extend from the brain and the spinal cord. 18. The lobes of the brain are found in ..... A) The cerebellum. B) The cerebrum. C) The brain stem. D) The medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cerebrum. 19. These nerves monitor the body's position and external conditions, and control skeletal muscle. A) Autonomic nerves. B) Central nerves. C) Visceral nerves. D) Somatic nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatic nerves. 20. An elderly gentleman has just suffered a stroke. He is able to understand verbal and written language, but when he tries to respond, his words are garbled. What region has been damaged by the stroke? A) Temporal lobe. B) Frontal lobe. C) Parietal lobe. D) Occipital lobe. 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