This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 369 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 369 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Receive sensory info from the environment and send it to the brain or spinal chord A) Sensory neurons. B) Motor neurons. C) Brainstem. D) Interneurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory neurons. 2. What type of neuron is also called an interneuron because it carries messages between the other two types of neurons? A) "Emphasis". B) Afferent. C) Associative. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Associative. 3. What do sensory neurons have at their ends that detect changes inside and outside the body? A) Motor neurons. B) Impulses. C) Receptors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Receptors. 4. It is the network of nerves in the autonomic nervous system that triggers your instinctual "fight or flight" response. A) Sympathetic Nervous System. B) Parasympathetic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic Nervous System. 5. Food passes through the Gall Bladder. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. A threadlike extension of a neuron that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body. A) Axon. B) Soma. C) Neurotransmitter. D) Dendrite. E) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon. 7. What is a main function of the nervous system? A) To help our body move. B) To deliver messages to our brain. C) To absorb nutrients for energy. D) To clean waste from our cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To deliver messages to our brain. 8. The small space between 2 neurons where the message passes. A) Dendrite. B) Conclusion. C) Axon. D) Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conclusion. 9. The muscles in the wall of the blood vessels contract or relax to vary the blood flow. Which body system regulates the contraction and relaxation of the muscles? A) Digestive system. B) Excretory system. C) Skeletal system. D) Nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nervous system. 10. The bicep and triceps are classified as an involuntary muscle type A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. To protect your cochlear hair cells/your hearing you should ..... A) Wear ear plugs in loud environments/avoid these environments when possible. B) Lower the volume when listening to music, especially with headphone/airpods. C) Avoid cotton swabs for cleaning ears, use a different method for ear cleaning. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 12. Segment in the brain stem which is also being referred to as the spinal bulb A) Hypothalamus. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Mid brain. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medulla oblongata. 13. The area of a longitudinal wave where the particles are crowded together. A) Compression. B) Crest. C) Transverse. D) Medium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compression. 14. What is responsible for carrying messages from the body to the brain from the brain to the body. A) Nerves. B) Neuron. C) Brain. D) Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerves. 15. Of the neuroglia, covers specialized brain parts, acts as a barrier A) Ependymal cells. B) Microglial. C) Oligodendrocyte. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ependymal cells. 16. The cranium consists of the ..... that form the upper part of the ..... A) Bones, skull. B) Skull, bones. C) Muscles, bones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones, skull. 17. What are the 3 functions of the skeleton? A) Support.Protection.Shape. B) System.Protection.Shape. C) Support.Pressure.Shape. D) Support.Protection.Hardness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Support.Protection.Shape. 18. Responsible for voluntary body functions A) Somatic nervous system. B) Autonomic nervous system. C) Central nervous system. D) Sympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic nervous system. 19. What does the right hemisphere control? A) Your lungs and cells. B) The technical part of your brain. C) Your arms and legs. D) The left side of your body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The left side of your body. 20. Is the part of the nervous system that consists of the nerves and ganglia on the outside of the brain and spinal cord A) Autonomic Nervous System. B) Peripheral Nervous System. C) Sympathetic Nervous System. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral Nervous System. ← 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