This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 360 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 360 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many vertebrae is our backbone made of? A) 14. B) 22. C) 33. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 33. 2. What accounts for the fact that the perception of taste is sharply reduced when one has a head cold? A) Much of what we consider taste is really smell; blocked air passages reduce detection of information. B) The taste buds can no longer communicate with the olfactory nerve. C) The air passages are blocked, which prevents communication of the taste buds with the brain. D) Taste buds have a weakened sensitivity when one has a head cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Much of what we consider taste is really smell; blocked air passages reduce detection of information. 3. Which of the following is NOT a cause of peroneal nerve damage? A) Habitual leg crossing over time. B) Trauma or injury to the knee. C) Pressure to the knee due to coma. D) Neck injury. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neck injury. 4. What do somatic nerve fibers do? A) Rest and digest. B) Innervate cardiac and smooth muscles. C) Innervate skeletal muscles to control involuntary movements. D) Innervate skeletal muscles to control voluntary movements. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Innervate skeletal muscles to control voluntary movements. 5. What functions is the parietal lobe responsible for? A) Sleeping, movement, and reflexes. B) Touch, language, and memory. C) Smell, language, and movement. D) Memory, smell, and sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Touch, language, and memory. 6. Spinal cord transmit messages between the brain and the body A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. A nerve is enclosed in a ..... sheath. A) Tendon sheath. B) Myelin sheath. C) Medullary sheath. D) Synovial sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medullary sheath. 8. What is the part of the neuron that takes information AWAY from the cell body? A) Dendrite. B) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 9. What is the cell body? A) The area that contains the majority of the cytoplasm, nucleus, and is where processes extend from. B) Small cellular processes that receive input. C) A longer process that carries the information away from the cell in the form of an impulse. D) A bioelectric signal which allows a neuron to communicate with other cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The area that contains the majority of the cytoplasm, nucleus, and is where processes extend from. 10. Facial Nerve A) Chewing muscles. B) Taste and facial muscles. C) Swallowing. D) Sense of smell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taste and facial muscles. 11. Which system is most closely associated with the brain? A) Nervous. B) Muscular. C) Circulatory. D) Respiratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nervous. 12. Executive command center/ decision making/ reasoning / memory A) Temporal lobe. B) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frontal lobe. 13. The two types of neurological cells in the peripheral nervous system A) Synapses and neurotransmitters. B) Schwann and satellite cells. C) Neurons and glial cells. D) Axons and dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Schwann and satellite cells. 14. -algesia A) Pain, sensitivity. B) Glue. C) Fear. D) Positive deviation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pain, sensitivity. 15. What neuroglial cell is found in the PNS and forms individual myelin sheaths. A) Oligodendrocytes. B) Schwann. C) Satellite. D) Ependymal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Schwann. 16. Being able to clearly see objects that are close to you while far away objects appear blurry is called A) Presbyopia. B) Glaucoma. C) Myopia. D) Convergence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myopia. 17. The amount of change that is dependent on the strength of the stimulus is a: A) Graded potential. B) Threshold. C) Action potential. D) Propagated potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Graded potential. 18. Cells that fill the spaces in the nervous tissue A) Neuroglial. B) Microglial. C) Atrocytes. D) Ependymal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuroglial. 19. Central nervous system is made up of:I. autonomic motor nervesII. cranial nervesIII. spinal cordIV. brain A) I and II. B) II and III. C) III and IV. D) I and IV. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) III and IV. 20. How long does it take for blood to travel through the entire circulatory system? A) 20 seconds. B) 1 minute. C) 5 minutes. D) 30 seconds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 20 seconds. ← 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