This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 38 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which part of the neuron picks up a signal and turns it to an electric signal? A) Dendrites. B) Cell body. C) Axon. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrites. 2. Temporal Lobe Functions A) Breathing, heart rat, internal organs. B) Voluntary movement, expressive language, and managing higher level executive functions. C) Processes auditory info and encodes memory. D) Swallowing, coughing, sneezing, and vomiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Processes auditory info and encodes memory. 3. Early warning sign of dementia-Alzheimer's A) Calling other people by the same name. B) Forgetfulness. C) Repeated confusion. D) Getting lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repeated confusion. 4. Incoherent A) Unable to express one's thoughts or ideas in an orderly, intelligible manner. B) Tumor composed of the glial tissue. C) Positron emission tomography. D) Obsessive-compulsive disorder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unable to express one's thoughts or ideas in an orderly, intelligible manner. 5. A cell found in the brain that communicates with other cells via synapses. A) Brain stem. B) Axon. C) Dendrite. D) Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neuron. 6. The biggest part of the brain A) Brain stem. B) Cerebrum. C) Frontal Lobe. D) Occipital Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 7. Branches at the terminal ends of axons that contain hundreds of tiny vesicles that contain chemicals called neurotransmitters. A) Mammillary bodies. B) Axon terminals. C) Broca's area. D) Parietal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon terminals. 8. What organs make up our central nervous system? A) Brain. B) Spinal cord. C) Sense organs. D) Brain and spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain and spinal cord. 9. This gets information from the environment. A) Skeletal system. B) Central nervous system. C) Digestive system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central nervous system. 10. Lobe that is involved in sensing touch, as well as spatial processing, language, and memory. A) Frontal. B) Temporal. C) Parietal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parietal. 11. What part of the central nervous system controls our heartbeat: A) Brain stem. B) Skull. C) Cerebellum. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain stem. 12. When you get cut, your skin cells release hormones that signal platelets to come and stop the bleeding. Platelets then release more hormones that signal even more platelets to help stop bleeding. The hormone signals continue until the cut is closed. A) Positive Feedback Response. B) Negative Feedback Loop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive Feedback Response. 13. What are the eyes surrounded by for protection? A) Lacrimal apparatus. B) Accessory structures. C) Protective fat and the bony orbits in the skull. D) Eyelids and eyelashes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protective fat and the bony orbits in the skull. 14. Includes a nucleus and mitochondria A) Neurilemma. B) Conclusion. C) Cell Body. D) Neurotransmitters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cell Body. 15. System that allows the body to conserve energy, and is responsible for digestion and urination: A) Sympathetic. B) Limbic. C) Parasympathetic. D) Periphreal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parasympathetic. 16. Humans use less than 10% of their brain. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Definition of a stimulus A) A detectable change in the internal or external environment. B) Are chemical structures, composed of protein, that receive and transduce signals that may be integrated into biological systems. C) Is usually a small molecule that selectively binds to a protein and regulates its biological activity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A detectable change in the internal or external environment. 18. Produce and circulate cerebrospinal fluid in the CNS A) Astrocytes. B) Ependymal cells. C) Microglia. D) Oligodendrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ependymal cells. 19. What part of peripheral nervous system controls voluntary movement via skeletal muscle? A) Central nervous. B) Somatic Nervous System. C) Peripheral nervous system. D) Autonomic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic Nervous System. 20. ..... cells form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers in the PNS A) Satellite. B) Ependymal. C) Schwann. D) Nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schwann. ← 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