This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 290 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 290 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The beating of your heart is controlled by which system? A) Parasympathetic Division. B) Somatic Nervous System. C) Autonomic Nervous System. D) Sympathetic Division. E) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autonomic Nervous System. 2. Contractile unit of a muscle. A) Sarcomere. B) Motor unit. C) Fascicle. D) Myofibril. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarcomere. 3. Where are interneurons found and what is their function? A) Found in the brain; they process sensory information. B) Found in the spinal cord; they connect the sensory and motor neurons. C) Found in the sensory organs; they transmit sensory information. D) Found in the muscles; they control voluntary movements. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Found in the spinal cord; they connect the sensory and motor neurons. 4. Which of the following cannot pass through the blood-brain barrier? A) Nicotine. B) Water. C) Hormones. D) Anesthetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hormones. 5. The corpus callosum A) Manages our understanding of speech and language. B) Cannot process messages sent from the left hand. C) Is a deep fissure in the cerebral cortex. D) Is a thick band of nerve fibres linking the two hemispheres of the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is a thick band of nerve fibres linking the two hemispheres of the brain. 6. True or False. The brain is a fixed organ that cannot rewire itself to learn new things. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. Which of these is consistent with the propagation of an action potential? A) Depolarization. B) Repolarization. C) Hyperpolarization. D) Hypopolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Depolarization. 8. Which of the following systems protects the body from disease? A) Digestive System. B) Nervous System. C) Immune System. D) Skeletal System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Immune System. 9. On the cerebral cortex, the grooves or valleys that result from an embryological increase in surface area and folding of the cortex: A) Sulci. B) Gyri. C) Csf. D) Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sulci. 10. What part of the brain controls vital functions such as breathing and heartrate A) Frontal lobe. B) Spinal cord. C) Cerebellum. D) Brainstem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brainstem. 11. Which nerves carry messages from sense organs to the brain? A) Sensory nerves. B) Motor nerves. C) Mixed nerves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory nerves. 12. Which of the following is NOT part of the nerve impulse reaction A) Glial Cells. B) Resting Potential. C) Moving Potential. D) Threshold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glial Cells. 13. Of the following, which is not a part of the brain A) Brain Stem. B) Cerebrum. C) Diencephalon. D) Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spinal Cord. 14. I want to check your reflexes A) I will use a hammer to knock your knees. B) I want to touch your face with cotton. C) I want to check your reflexes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I want to check your reflexes. 15. What is not a part of the Central Nervous System? A) Heart. B) Brain. C) Cerebellum. D) Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heart. 16. What is structure # 1? A) Axon. B) Cell Body. C) Dendrites. D) Nodes of Ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrites. 17. The primary motor area and motor speech area is located in the ..... lobe, A) Parietal. B) Frontal. C) Temporal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frontal. 18. Lobe of the cerebrum that interprets touch and taste A) Occipital. B) Parietal. C) Temporal. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parietal. 19. What is responsible for heartbeat, breathing, and blood pressure? A) Midbrain. B) Pons. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla oblongata. 20. During one cycle, the sodium-potassium pump binds and moves. A) 1 Na+ and 2 K+. B) 2 Na+ and 2 K+. C) 2 Na+ and 3 K+. D) 3 Na+ and 2 K+. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3 Na+ and 2 K+. ← 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