This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 341 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 341 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Difficulty seeing shades of color, often red and green; X linked A) Color blindness. B) Day blindness. C) Night blindness. D) Total color blindness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Color blindness. 2. Where do cranial nerves originate? A) In the spinal cord. B) In the peripheral nervous system. C) In the brain. D) Outside the central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the brain. 3. Which neuroglia helps in the circulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)? A) Oligodendrocytes. B) Ependymal cells. C) Astrocytes. D) Microglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ependymal cells. 4. Which lobe of the brain is involved in intelligence/personality? A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Occipital. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal. 5. The function of the Cerebral Cortex is A) Coordination of voluntary movements such as posture, balance, coordination, and speech. B) High-level brain functions, it is responsible for intelligence, language, memory and consciousness. C) To help regulate breathing, heart and blood vessel function, digestion, sneezing, and swallowing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High-level brain functions, it is responsible for intelligence, language, memory and consciousness. 6. High fever A) Fever. B) High fever. C) Fever. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High fever. 7. Depolarization begins with ..... A) Decreased permeability of K+ ions. B) Increased permeability of Na+ ions. C) Decreased permeability of Na+ ions. D) Increased permeability of K+ ions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increased permeability of Na+ ions. 8. What type of reflex involves skeletal muscles A) Somatic. B) Sympathetic. C) Parasympathetic. D) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic. 9. What are the functions of the inner ear? A) For hearing only. B) For maintaining equilibrium only. C) For hearing and maintaining equilibrium. D) For transmitting sound to the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For hearing and maintaining equilibrium. 10. The Nervous System is composed of neurons which are specialized cells that process and transmit information? A) True. B) False. C) Sometimes. D) Not applicable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. The medulla oblongata regulates temperature. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. Fluid containing membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord. A) Interneuron. B) Meninges. C) Microglial. D) Motor neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meninges. 13. It refers to a junction where the axon of one neuron interacts with another neuron. A) Neuroneuronal synapse. B) Nodes of Ranvier. C) Myelinated axon. D) Unmyelinated axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuroneuronal synapse. 14. Where is the autonomic division of the nervous system found? A) As a part of the peripheral nervous system. B) As a part of the central nervous system. C) In the spinal cord. D) In the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As a part of the peripheral nervous system. 15. Neuroglial cells that form the fatty myelin sheath on neurons in the CNS are ..... in the PNS are ..... ? A) Ganglia and oligodendroglia. B) Astrocytes and schwann cells. C) Schwann cells and oligodendrocytes. D) Oligodendrocytes and schwann cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oligodendrocytes and schwann cells. 16. This lobe is responsible for visual perception and some short term memory. A) Temporal Lobe. B) Occipital Lobe. C) Frontal Lobe. D) Sensory Cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occipital Lobe. 17. How many pairs of spinal nerves are there in the body? A) 31. B) 12. C) 42. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 31. 18. Rapid, predictable, involuntary responses to stimuli A) Axon terminals. B) Reflexes. C) Neurotransmitters. D) Stimuli. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflexes. 19. What receptors detect itch in the skin? A) Ruffini. B) Merkel. C) Pacinian. D) Free nerve ending. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Free nerve ending. 20. The myelin sheath of axons in the PNS is formed by the A) Astrocytes. B) Satellite cells. C) Oligodendrocytes. D) Microglia. E) Schwann cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Schwann cells. ← 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