This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 299 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 299 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Detects color A) Rods. B) Cones. C) Cornea. D) Iris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cones. 2. The protective connective tissue which surrounds the whole groups of axons is called A) Epineurium. B) Perineurium. C) Endoneurium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epineurium. 3. Which one of the following diseases is caused by a virus that is introduced to the body through the skin and travels along sensory neurons to the brain? A) Meningitis. B) Rabies. C) Epilepsy. D) Alzheimer's disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rabies. 4. The part of the brain responsible for coordinating movement and balance is the A) Spinal cord. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 5. Rounded structure that protrudes just below the mid brain. means "bridge" . has important nuclei involved in the control of breathing. A) Pons. B) Broca's area. C) Axon terminals. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pons. 6. We should clean our ears with earbuds. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. How do you describe the type of neuron that a child being raised in an impoverished environment would have? A) Long and numerous dendrite extensions with many crossings to better communicate with the body. B) No neurons present if you were raised in an impoverished environment. C) Strong with many dendrite crossings, but shorter axons. D) Few dendrite extensions and little to no crossings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Few dendrite extensions and little to no crossings. 8. Solving a math problem A) Central Nervous System (CNS). B) Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central Nervous System (CNS). 9. When the action potential reaches the synaptic terminals, which event will occur next? A) Voltage-gated calcium channels in the membrane open. B) Synaptic vesicles fuse with the membrane. C) The postsynaptic cell produces an action potential. D) Voltage-gated channels release neurotransmitters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voltage-gated calcium channels in the membrane open. 10. The thick, tough outer layer of the meninges is: A) Arachnoid. B) Pia Mater. C) Dura Mater. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dura Mater. 11. Which one of the following is not a function of the cerebrum? A) It controls the sense organs. B) It controls involuntary actions. C) It controls intelligent. D) It controls your thoughts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It controls involuntary actions. 12. Hair cells in the organ of Corti are involved in the sense of A) Cutaneous receptors. B) Taste hairs. C) Hearing. D) Distinguish color. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hearing. 13. Disorder forms during fetal development, birth, or infancy; lack of oxygen, loss of muscle control A) Epilepsy. B) Cerebral palsy. C) Bacterial meningitis. D) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebral palsy. 14. True or False. Your somatic nervous system is your INVOLUNTARY nervous system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Sensory neurons carry nerve impulses from the sense organs and internal organs to the A) Peripheral nervous system (PNS). B) Central nervous system (CNS). C) Muscles. D) Sense organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central nervous system (CNS). 16. Which of the following is an excitatory neurotransmitter? A) Epinephrine (Adrenaline). B) GABA. C) Glycine. D) Sorotonin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epinephrine (Adrenaline). 17. The ..... system is made up of the lungs and the passageways that lead to them. A) Respiratory. B) Circulatory. C) Nervous. D) Digestive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Respiratory. 18. The left side of the brain controls the ..... of the body. A) Right. B) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 19. What is myelin? A) Part of neuron that conducts stimuli away from nerve cell body. B) Whitish, fatty material surrounding long nerve fibers. C) Part of neuron that normally receives stimuli and conducts impulses towards the nerve cell body. D) Space between neurons where an impulse from one neuron is communicating to another neuron. E) Branches of the spinal nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whitish, fatty material surrounding long nerve fibers. 20. The spinal canal is found at the ..... of the spinal cord A) Center. B) Side. C) Outer most side. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Center. ← 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