This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 314 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 314 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which type of matter is responsible for transferring information? A) Gray. B) White. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) White. 2. What is the function of a synapse? A) Insulates the axon. B) Carries impulses towards the cell body. C) Carries impulses away from the cell body. D) Transfers electric activity (information) from one cell to another. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transfers electric activity (information) from one cell to another. 3. The left hemisphere of the brain is associated with ..... A) Creativity. B) Logic and reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logic and reasoning. 4. This part of the brain is in charge of balance and coordinating movements. A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Thalamus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 5. Cell that carries messages throughout the nervous system A) Red blood cell. B) White blood cell. C) Neuron. D) Lymphatic cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lymphatic cell. 6. A babies brain weighs about 400 grams A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 7. What is Axon? A) The long part of a nerve cell, it conducts impulses away from the cell body. B) Long bundles of neurons that run inside of your vertebral column. It carries impulses from all parts of the body to the brain and from the brain to all parts of your body. Reflex arcs occur here. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The long part of a nerve cell, it conducts impulses away from the cell body. 8. Sprinters typically possess more ..... muscle fibers. A) 1.slow glycolytic. B) 1.fast glycolytic. C) 1.slow oxidative. D) 1.fast oxidative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1.fast glycolytic. 9. Which part of the nervous system is responsible for transmitting messages from the brain to all the muscles? A) Motor nerves. B) Sensory nerves. C) Mixed nerves. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor nerves. 10. Dendrites are A) Cytoplasmic projections of the cell body that conduct nerve impulses to the cyton. B) Nucleated projections of the cyton that conduct synaptic impulses to the neighbouring neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cytoplasmic projections of the cell body that conduct nerve impulses to the cyton. 11. Your patient damaged their innermost meningeal layer after a fall. Which layer was damaged? A) Dura mater. B) Pia mater. C) Arachnoid. D) Ventricles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pia mater. 12. Glial cells cannot generate or carry neural impulses? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Which system is most likely in control when the body is at rest and no stressors? A) Sympathetic System. B) Parasympathetic System. C) Peripheral System. D) Cardiovascular System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic System. 14. Efferent Division A) Sends impulses TO the CNS. B) Sends impulses FROM the CNS. C) Both of these. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sends impulses FROM the CNS. 15. The brain and spinal cord are part of the ..... nervous system A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. C) Peripheral. D) Central. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Central. 16. Which part of the brain controls the automatic processes? A) Medulla oblongata. B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebellum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medulla oblongata. 17. What is the English Meaning of the Medical Term Plegia [ PLEGIA ]? A) Positive deviation. B) Speech. C) Numbness, Sleep. D) Paralysis [ Paralyzed ]. E) Order, Condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paralysis [ Paralyzed ]. 18. It functions as the organizer and distributor of information for the body. A) Cerebrum. B) Brain. C) Nervous System. D) Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain. 19. These receive messages and conduct impulses to the Cell Body. A) Axon. B) End Bulbs. C) Dendrites. D) Myelin Sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrites. 20. Junction between adjacent neurons. A) Conclusion. B) Synaptic cleft. C) Tract. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conclusion. ← 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