This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 320 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 320 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When you smell the aroma of coffee is an example of: A) Sensory neurone. B) Motor neurone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory neurone. 2. The liquid portion of the blood is A) Leukocytes. B) Erythrocytes. C) Plasma. D) Thrombin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plasma. 3. Mechanical digestion happens here A) Stomach. B) Liver. C) Esophagus. D) Pancreas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stomach. 4. Primary auditory, smell, memory, sppech A) Frontal. B) Occipital. C) Temporal. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal. 5. What nervous system relaxes our body? A) Sympathetic. B) Central. C) Parasympathetic. D) Afferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parasympathetic. 6. What are the two divisions of the peripheral nervous system? A) The main control center and spinal cord. B) Sensory input, and motor output. C) Somatic and the autonomic. D) Cerebrum and brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Somatic and the autonomic. 7. The nervous system is like a ..... for your body. A) Computer. B) Toaster. C) Washing machine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Computer. 8. True or false? The somatic nervous system is involuntary A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. What are the basic units of the nervous system and their main function is to collect and carry nerve impulses that are relayed to the brain and sent back for proper action or reaction that has long extensions that look like the branches of tree that link with the others to pass on messages as nerve impulses? A) Bones. B) Muscles. C) Nerves/neurons. D) Vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerves/neurons. 10. Which structures in a human transmit electrochemical messages? A) Veins. B) Neurons. C) Nephrons. D) Lymph vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurons. 11. Which fluid absorbs shocks and protects the Brain? Choose the correct spelling. A) Cerebrospinal fluid. B) Cerebrospinal fluid. C) Cerebrospinal Fluid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrospinal Fluid. 12. The ..... mater is closest to the skull. A) Dura. B) Pia. C) Arachnoid. D) Corpus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dura. 13. What does the nervous system do? A) This system is responsible for maintaining life. B) This system is responsible for running, jumping, and walking. C) This system is responsible for sending text messages. D) This system is responsible for sending, receiving, and understanding information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) This system is responsible for sending, receiving, and understanding information. 14. What are the THREE types of Muscles? A) Cold, hot, and warm. B) Smooth, Rough, and Skeletal. C) Skeletal, Smooth, and Cardiac. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal, Smooth, and Cardiac. 15. The hormone cortisol is produced by which gland? A) Adrenal gland. B) Pituitary gland. C) Thyroid gland. D) Pancreas A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adrenal gland. 16. These are deep grooves. A) Fissures. B) Sulci (Sulcus). C) Gyri (Gyrus). D) Convolutions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fissures. 17. A reflex arc involves what kind of neurons A) Sensory neurons only. B) Sensory and motor neurons. C) Motor neurons only. D) Sensory, motor and interneurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory, motor and interneurons. 18. A cable-like structure that lets information travel through it away from the neuron to be received by other neurons. "The cable." A) Motor neuron. B) Dendrite. C) Axon. D) Conclusion. E) Neurochemical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon. 19. The resting state of a neuron, what is true about them? A) The neuron membrane is positively charged on the inside. B) The neuron membrane is positively charged on the outside. C) The neuron membrane is negatively charged on the outside. D) The neuron membrane is negatively charged on the inside. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The neuron membrane is positively charged on the outside. 20. What part of the brain connects to the spinal cord? A) Medulla (brain stem). B) Brain flower. C) Vertebrae. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medulla (brain stem). ← 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