This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 306 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 306 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which nervous system slows heart rate? A) Sympathetic Nervous System. B) Parasympathetic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic Nervous System. 2. The resting membrane potential of a typical neuron is: A) More negative on the inside compared to the outside. B) More positive on the inside compared to the outside. C) Equal charge distribution inside and outside the cell. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More negative on the inside compared to the outside. 3. The parietal lobes are mostly associated with processing A) Bodily sensations. B) Auditory information. C) Visual information. D) Emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bodily sensations. 4. Sensory afferent division is ..... of the spinal because cells carry information. A) Dorsal. B) Ventral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dorsal. 5. The only kind of tissue in the body without pain receptors A) Ear. B) Brain. C) Heart. D) Liver. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain. 6. A bundle of nerves that begin at the brain stem and continue down the center of the back; connects the brain stem to the peripheral nerves A) Cerebellum. B) Spinal cord. C) Nervous system. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord. 7. It serves as a messenger since it integrates sensory and motor impulses. A) Oblongata. B) Pons. C) Thalamus. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thalamus. 8. Nerves we actively control; jumping with our legs, moving our arms A) Autonomic nervous system. B) Somatic nervous system. C) Spinal cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic nervous system. 9. By function the entire nervous systems is divided into A) Somatic and autonomic. B) Sympathetic and parasympathetic. C) Central and peripheral. D) Peripheral and somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central and peripheral. 10. Which of the following statements is true of the pupillary light reflex? A) Its efferent limb is carried in the optic nerve. B) It is mediated by the inferior colliculi in the midbrain. C) It's a consensual reflex. D) Its afferent limb is carried in the oculomotor nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's a consensual reflex. 11. Also known as Glial Cells, are a category of specialized cells that perform support functions. A) Plant cells. B) Stem Cells. C) Blood Cells. D) Neuroglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neuroglia. 12. Pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body and the body to the brain A) Autonomic Nervous System. B) Sensory Nerves. C) Spinal cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord. 13. Another name for a neuron A) Nerve cell. B) Axon. C) Ganglia. D) Mutation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerve cell. 14. Contains hundreds of sacs containing neurotransmitters A) Axon. B) Axon Terminal (synaptic terminal). C) Myelin sheath. D) Cell body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon Terminal (synaptic terminal). 15. Concerning conditions in a resting cell membrane A) There are more potassium ions outside the cell than inside. B) There are more sodium ions inside the cell than outside. C) The cell membrane is more permeable to sodium ions than potassium ions. D) The sodium potassium exchange pump moves sodium out of the cell. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sodium potassium exchange pump moves sodium out of the cell. 16. Which part of a neuron receives the messages A) Axon terminal. B) Cell Body. C) Dendrites. D) Somatic Nervous Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrites. 17. What side of your brain is in charge of language and critical thinking? A) Left. B) Right. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left. 18. What type of nerve allows the brain and spinal cord to send messages to body issues and organs, instructing them to take appropriate action after the brain and the spinal cord receive message from the sensory nerves? A) Connector. B) Motor. C) Sensory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor. 19. Mononeuropathy A) Disease affecting a single nerve. B) Glial cell. C) Process of recording the electrical activity of the brain. D) An embolus lodges in the cerebral artery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disease affecting a single nerve. 20. Shape of a neuron which has only one process that includes both the axon and dendrite. A) Unipolar. B) Satellite Cell. C) Glial Cell. D) Central Nervous System (CNS). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unipolar. ← 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