This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 4 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Jen went outside for PE and forgot her jacket. she was very cold and had to rely on her musculoskeletal system to keep her warm. How did her muscular skeletal system help her stay warm. A) It produced more oxygen for her to breathe. B) It contracted and released her muscles rapidly causing her to shiver. C) It produced more body hair to keep her warm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It contracted and released her muscles rapidly causing her to shiver. 2. The relay center for sensory impulses is the A) Choroid plexus. B) Cerebellum. C) Frontal lobe. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thalamus. 3. What is the outer portion of your ear called? A) Pinna. B) Auricle. C) Both pinna and auricle are correct. D) Neither Pinna nor auricle are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both pinna and auricle are correct. 4. What is the function of sensory neurons? A) Send impulses to the brain and spinal cord. B) Carry the impulse to motor neurons. C) Carry the impulses away from brain or spinal cord to a gland or muscle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Send impulses to the brain and spinal cord. 5. Which part of the brain is responsible for coordinating movement and balance A) Cerebellum. B) Temporal lobe. C) Frontal lobe. D) Parietal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 6. The ..... nervous system comprises the nerves arising from the brain and spinal cord. A) Central. B) Peripheral. C) Autonomic. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral. 7. A nerve impulse is A) An electrical signal. B) A chemical signal. C) An electrochemical signal. D) None of the answer choices are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An electrochemical signal. 8. Neurons in the brain, branch together to form 100 trillion connection points. What do scientist call this dense branching network? A) Neuron wooded area. B) Neuron forest. C) Neuron park. D) Neuron connection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neuron forest. 9. Controls voluntary motor movements A) Autonomic Nervous System. B) Somatic Nervous System. C) Sympathetic Nervous System. D) Parasympathetic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic Nervous System. 10. Type of neurons that carry impulses towards the brain and spinal cord; each responds only to particular stimulus A) Interneuron. B) Sensory. C) Interstitial. D) Motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory. 11. Which structure could be damaged if an individual could not learn a new task. A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Hypothalamus. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 12. The lobe of the brain that contains the auditory area is the A) Parietal. B) Frontal. C) Temporal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal. 13. The nervous system consists of two parts, the brain and spinal cord make up the ..... nervous system, and the nerves throughout the body make up the ..... nervous system. A) PNS, CNS. B) CNS, PNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CNS, PNS. 14. This type of muscle tissue has the greatest endurance. A) Cardiac. B) Skeletal. C) Smooth. D) Dense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cardiac. 15. Central Nervous System (CNS) A) Consists of the brain and spinal cord. B) Division of the PNS that transmits action potentials from sensory organs to CNS. C) Efferent subdivision that transmits impulses from CNS to skeletal muscle. D) Consists of nerves, receptors, ganglia, and synapses outside the CNS. E) Efferent subdivision that transmits impulses from the CNS to smooth muscle, cardiac muscle and Glands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consists of the brain and spinal cord. 16. Anything that causes your brain to react is called an ..... A) Stimulus. B) Action. C) Impulse. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stimulus. 17. The fatty tissue that can cover axons A) Myelin sheath. B) Conclusion. C) Neurotransmitter. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myelin sheath. 18. When a neuron is NOT firing, it is said to be at its A) Neutral point. B) Resting phase. C) Resting potential. D) Equilibrium state. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resting potential. 19. What is the name of the fluid, present in between the Skull layers? A) Interstitial fluid. B) Cerebrospinal fluid. C) Transcellular fluid. D) Brain fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrospinal fluid. 20. An infection of the meninges is ..... A) Parkinson's. B) Alzheimer's. C) Palsy. D) Meningitis. 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