This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 321 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 321 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following are not included in the Nervous System? A) Brain. B) Spinal Cord. C) Nerve. D) Arteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arteries. 2. Which parts of the body are usually Effectors? A) Sense Organs. B) Muscles & Glands. C) Control Center. D) Arms & Legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscles & Glands. 3. What is the structure of a neuron? A) Cell body, dendrites, and axon. B) Nucleus, mitochondria, and cytoplasm. C) Cell membrane, ribosomes, and Golgi apparatus. D) Lysosomes, endoplasmic reticulum, and vacuoles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell body, dendrites, and axon. 4. The brain is part of the central nervous system A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Rods allow you to see A) Focused vision. B) Movement and in dim lighting. C) Colors. D) Peripheral vision. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Movement and in dim lighting. 6. The optic nerve transmits signals to the A) Temporal lobe. B) Parietal lobe. C) Occipital lobe. D) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occipital lobe. 7. Which type of sensory receptor responds to changes in light? A) Photoreception. B) Thermoreception. C) Mechanoreception. D) Chemoreception. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photoreception. 8. Acetylcholine is stored in ..... A) Vesicles. B) Cytoplasm. C) Motor unit. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vesicles. 9. Dizzy Lizzy fell off a ladder whilst trying to paint the outside of her house. Which of the following neuroimaging devices would a doctor suggest that provides the clearest images of the brain? A) FMRI. B) PET. C) MRI. D) MEG. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) MRI. 10. The nervous system is divided into two important parts. what are they? A) Central and peripheral. B) Somatic and autonomic. C) Brain and axon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central and peripheral. 11. Neurotransmitters are A) Proteins. B) Hormones. C) Biochemicals. D) Impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biochemicals. 12. What is a small brain structure fouhd between the brain stem and the cerebrum that plays a vital role in homeostasis where it regulates the secretion of many hormones and also food and fluid intake, sleep and wake patterns, fatigue, and emotional states such as anger, sadness, and joy? A) Thalamus. B) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothalamus. 13. Function of Cerebellum A) Contains the nuclei involved with vision and hearing. B) Coordination of muscular movement of body balance and maintenance of muscle tone. C) Extends from foramen magnum to second lumbar vertebra; surrounded by spinal column. D) Connects spinal cord to remainder of the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coordination of muscular movement of body balance and maintenance of muscle tone. 14. The receptors that sense chemicals A) Thermoreceptors. B) Mechanoreceptors. C) Chemoreceptors. D) Photoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chemoreceptors. 15. 'Adapting the eye to see different distances' A) Accomodation. B) Adjustment. C) Cornification. D) Short sightedness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accomodation. 16. You have two types of nerves in your peripheral nervous system A) Somatic and autonomic. B) Sensory and motor. C) Parasympathetic and sympathetic. D) Neurons and anti-neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory and motor. 17. Which of the following lists parts of a reflex arc in the correct sequence? A) Receptor, motor neuron, sensory neuron, effector. B) Effector, receptor, sensory neuron, motor neuron. C) Receptor, sensory neuron, motor neuron, effector. D) Receptor, effector, sensory neuron, motor neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Receptor, sensory neuron, motor neuron, effector. 18. Transmits electrical impulses away from the cell body A) Dendrite. B) Axon. C) Conclusion. D) Neurotransmitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 19. What part of the neuron sends messages away from the neuron? A) Dendrites. B) Axon. C) Nucleus. D) Cell Body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 20. Neurotransmitter used for attention and other complex cognitive functions (drives), such as sleep (dreaming), eating, mood, pain regulation A) Serotonin. B) Dopamine. C) Epinephrine. D) Gama-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Serotonin. ← 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