This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 357 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 357 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Glial cell type in the CNS that serves as the resident component of the immune system. A) Microglia. B) Cerebral Cortex. C) Spinal Cord. D) Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Microglia. 2. Area of the brain that gives us the opportunity to learn and store complex and abstract info. A) Callous body. B) Ventricles. C) Premotor area. D) Cerebral cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebral cortex. 3. Hypothalamus A) Connection between brain and endocrine system. B) Fight or flight. C) Emotional center. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connection between brain and endocrine system. 4. What is the job of the sensory neurons? A) They get information about what is happening outside the body. B) They get information from other neurons. C) They connect one neuron to another neuron. D) They insulate the axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They get information about what is happening outside the body. 5. Which type of glial cells make up the myelin sheath in the CNS? A) Astrocytes. B) Schwann cells. C) Microglial cells. D) Oligodendrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oligodendrocytes. 6. Edna saw a young boy run across the street and he got hit by a car. She rushed to the child. She was sweating and her heart was beating fast. Definitely, she was in panic. Her state resulted from the activation of what division of the nervous system? A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. C) Somatic. D) Central. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic. 7. The ..... cells are star shaped and provide a means of acquiring nutrients in the brain A) Astrocyte. B) Microglia. C) Ependymal. D) Oligodendrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astrocyte. 8. Each has its own bipolar neuron A) Phototransduction. B) Cones. C) Rods. D) Photorecepters. E) Bipolar Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cones. 9. Sponges are only ..... animals who lack a nervous system A) Single cellular. B) Multicellular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multicellular. 10. Processes that carry nerve impulses away from the cell body are calles A) Dendrites. B) Axons. C) Synapses. D) Myelin sheaths. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axons. 11. The neuron carries impulse from brain to effector part A) Cranial. B) Sensory. C) Spinal. D) Motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor. 12. What is a common injury related to ear cleaning in dogs and cats? A) Otitis externa. B) Ruptured tympanum. C) Fluid in middle ear. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ruptured tympanum. 13. :Specialized nervous system cell that carries messages as electric impulses throughout the body. A) Neurons. B) Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurons. 14. If the inside of the neuron is negatively charged compared to the outside, the neuron is in the ..... A) Action potential. B) Retraction period. C) Resting state. D) Excitatory phase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resting state. 15. What are the chemicals used by a neuron to transmit an impulse across a synapse to another neuron? A) Neurotransmitters. B) Neuroconnectors. C) Gap jumpers. D) Impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurotransmitters. 16. What do nociceptors respond to? A) Heat. B) Pain. C) Pressure. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pain. 17. The smallest level of organization of life in an organism A) Tissue. B) Cell. C) Organ. D) Organ system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell. 18. Which cranial nerve plays a role in vision? A) Olfactory (CN I). B) Optic (CNII). C) Trigeminal (CN V). D) Hypoglossal (CN XII). E) Vagus (CN X). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Optic (CNII). 19. The basic structure and function of the nervous system is what? What is the name of the cells associated with the nervous system? A) Neurons. B) Myelin cells. C) Nucleus. D) Mitochondria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurons. 20. The skull protects which organ? A) Heart. B) Lungs. C) Brain. D) Stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain. ← 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