This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 312 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 312 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ..... part of the peripheral nervous system is responsible for processing sensory data like touch, taste, hearing, and vision. A) Sensory nervous system. B) Somatosensory nerous system. C) Sympathetic nervous system. D) Parasympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory nervous system. 2. ..... receive messages from other neurons and ..... send messages to other neurons. A) Soma; glial cells. B) Dendtries; axon. C) Axon; soma. D) Axons; dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendtries; axon. 3. A neuron's ability to produce and respond to electrical signals is known as A) Conductivity. B) Contractility. C) Extensibility. D) Excitability. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Excitability. 4. The sense of ..... is possible due to sensory receptors in our eyes. A) Sight. B) Smell. C) Touch. D) Hearing. E) Taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sight. 5. Na/K pumps transport Na ions ..... the neuron A) Inside. B) Outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outside. 6. The bones of the ankle are called A) Carpals. B) Jewlups. C) Tarsals. D) Calcaneus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tarsals. 7. What are the divisions of the central nervous system? A) Spinal Cord & Nerves. B) Brain & Spinal Cord. C) Brain & Cranial Nerves. D) Brain & Spinal Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain & Spinal Cord. 8. What part of the nervous pathway sends electrical impulses in the spinal cord? A) Receptor. B) Sensory neurone. C) Response. D) Motor neurone. E) Relay neurone. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Relay neurone. 9. What causes the sodium channels on the muscle to open? A) Acetylcholine binds to the Na+ channel. B) Acetylcholine binds to the synaptic vesicles. C) The Ca2+ channels open. D) The action potential is generated in the muscle cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acetylcholine binds to the Na+ channel. 10. E ..... occurs when signals in the brain do not send messages in the normal way. It can cause a person to briefly lose muscle control or seizures. A) Viruses. B) Epilepsy. C) Alzheimer's. D) Dementia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epilepsy. 11. A reaction to a stimulus is called a A) Response. B) Stimuli. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Response. 12. Collection of neuron cell bodies located outside of the CNS A) Ganglia. B) Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ganglia. 13. Cholinergic receptors sensitive to an alkaloid derived from fly agaric venom A) H-cholinergic receptors. B) M-cholinoceptor. C) P-cholinergic receptors. D) L-cholinoceptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) M-cholinoceptor. 14. Which muscle type found in internal organ of our body? A) Skeletal. B) Smooth. C) Cardiac. D) Straight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smooth. 15. When a response to information is initiated, the ..... nervous system carries the response to the rest of the body. A) Peripheral. B) Central. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peripheral. 16. When the neuron is depolarized, which ion(s) is/are inside of the neuron? A) Sodium. B) Potassium. C) Sodium and potassium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sodium and potassium. 17. Somatic nerves send information from our ..... to the central nervous system. A) Bones. B) Heart. C) Muscles. D) Senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Senses. 18. What is the structure of the inner eat that helps us maintain our balance? A) Semicircular Canals. B) Tympanic membrane. C) Pinna. D) Cochlea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semicircular Canals. 19. When the sodium gates (pores) open during depolarization sodium ions will ..... A) Go in and out of the neuron freely. B) Flood into the neuron. C) Flood out of the neuron. D) Goes out 3/2 times faster as potassium comes in. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flood into the neuron. 20. Auditory information is processed in the ..... A) Medulla. B) Parietal lobe. C) Temporal lobe. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal lobe. ← 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