This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 385 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 385 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If you pick up a hot plate ..... receptors in your ..... detect this change A) Sensory, skin. B) Sensory, muscle. C) Motor, skin. D) Intermediate, muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory, skin. 2. What is the function of the central nervous system? A) Digesting food. B) Producing hormones. C) Regulating body temperature. D) Processing and transmitting information throughout the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Processing and transmitting information throughout the body. 3. A function of this system is to protect against the sun's UV rays. A) Circulatory. B) Outgrowths. C) Skeletal. D) Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outgrowths. 4. Motor Neurons carry signals to ..... A) Brain. B) Skin. C) White matter. D) Muscles or glands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muscles or glands. 5. What is the name of the cord that extends from the brain stem? A) Vocal chord. B) Spinal chord. C) Umbilical cord. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal chord. 6. A network of nerves that branch out from the spinal cord and connect to the rest of the body and transmit signals to and from the brain through the spinal cord. A) Spinal cord. B) Cerebellum. C) Peripheral nerves. D) Brainstem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral nerves. 7. The mind and body are inseperable A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. The part of the brain that stores and MEMORIES A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Dendrites. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 9. A resting membrane is measured at ..... while a depolarized membrane will measure at ..... A) +30 mV;-70 mV. B) 0 mV;-70 mV. C) -70 mV; +55 mV. D) -70 mV; +30 mV. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -70 mV; +30 mV. 10. "Fight or flight" is mostly associated with which subdivision of the nervous system? A) Somatic. B) Central. C) Sympathetic. D) Parasympathetic. E) Spinal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sympathetic. 11. What type of message diffuses across the synapse? A) Electrical. B) Chemical. C) Physical. D) Mental. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemical. 12. What do the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic nervous systems belong to? A) Autonomic. B) Somatic. C) Sensory. D) Central. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic. 13. The only nutritional source for brain metabolic activity is oxygen A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. What is the average mass of the brain? A) 1 pound. B) 3 pounds. C) 5 pounds. D) 7 pounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3 pounds. 15. Damage to the ..... has wide-spread effects in large areas of the body. A) Central nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central nervous system. 16. It is involved in breathing and heart beat. A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain Stem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain Stem. 17. The condition in which the spinal cord and meninges protrude through the spine, is called A) Meningitis. B) Occult. C) Myeloma. D) Spina Bifida. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spina Bifida. 18. ..... wrap around the axon of a neuron to create the ..... A) Schwann cells, myelin sheath. B) Microglia, immune response. C) Astrocytes, capillaries. D) Ependymal cells, cerebrospinal fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schwann cells, myelin sheath. 19. .... regulates voluntary activities such as muscular movement. It also controls reflexes. It is one of the divisions of peripheral nervous system. A) Dendrites. B) Nerve impulse. C) Nerve system. D) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatic nervous system. 20. Samuel is learning about the human body in his biology class. His teacher, Olivia, explains that the somatic nervous system's job is to control breathing and the respiratory system. Is this statement true or false? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← 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