This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 375 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 375 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Two or more things working together to complete a single goal, job or function is called a ..... A) Organ. B) System. C) Voluntary. D) Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) System. 2. Which of these cells are not a type of neuroglia found in the CNS: A) Astrocytes. B) Microglia. C) Schwann cells. D) Ependymal cells. E) Oligodendrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schwann cells. 3. A cell or organ that produces a response to a stimulus A) Exteroceptors. B) Effector. C) Receptors. D) Interoceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effector. 4. The uppermost part of the brain is divided into right and left halves called ..... A) Brain halves. B) Cerebral halves. C) Cerebellum hemispheres. D) Cerebral hemispheres. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebral hemispheres. 5. In the temporal lobe ..... A) Is where you do most of your problem solving. B) Is where you comprehend language as well as smell, taste, and sound. C) Is the location of the brain that doesn't get used unless in emergency situations. D) Vision is decoded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is where you comprehend language as well as smell, taste, and sound. 6. The hypothalamus is best defined as: A) A structure in the temporal lobe that is related to emotional responses and learning. B) A structure in the forebrain that has a role in controlling emotion and motivated behaviours. C) The neural fibres that connect the two brain hemispheres. D) A structure in the temporal lobe involved in memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A structure in the forebrain that has a role in controlling emotion and motivated behaviours. 7. Which system does NOT include the brain or spinal cord? A) Motor Neurons. B) Sensory Neurons. C) Central Nervous System. D) Peripheral Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peripheral Nervous System. 8. What do you call the part of the brain that controls memory, thoughts, intelligence, learning, and speech? A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Brain Stem. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 9. The nervous system works together with the endocrine system to regulate and maintain what? A) A trusting, loving relationship. B) Homeostasis. C) Equality for all races. D) Balanced hormone levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homeostasis. 10. Your integumentary system is your body's first line of defense. Defense against what? A) Sweating. B) Germs. C) Neurons. D) Appendicitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Germs. 11. It contains sound receptors called hair cells and is located in the upper surface of basilar membrane. A) Organ of corti. B) Tectorial membrane. C) Cochlear duct. D) Microvilli. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organ of corti. 12. What is an impulse? 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: D) A bioelectric signal which allows a neuron to communicate with other cells. 13. How many taste buds are there A) 2000 to 8000. B) 21445. C) 1432. D) 5000 to 7000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2000 to 8000. 14. Made up of the Sensory Organs and Nerves. A) Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). B) Neuronal Synaptic System (NSS). C) Central Nervous System (CNS). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). 15. Part of tan axon that contains a nucleus A) Neuron. B) Cell Body. C) Dendrite. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell Body. 16. A feedback loop best fits which characteristic of life? A) Cells. B) Organization. C) Homeostasis. D) Adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Homeostasis. 17. What nerve is sensory only A) Vestibulocochlear CN 8. B) Optic CN 2. C) Olfactory CN 1. D) All answer choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All answer choices. 18. A chemical that carries the impulse. A) Sensory Neuron. B) Neurotransmitter. C) Motor Neuron. D) Impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurotransmitter. 19. The optic nerve is a A) Motor nerve. B) Relay nerve. C) Sensory nerve. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory nerve. 20. This is the lobe of the cerebrum that controls the senses of hearing and taste. A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Temporal. D) Occipital. 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