This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 408 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 408 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The median nerve comes off which cord A) Lateral and medial cords. B) Posterior and lateral cords. C) Medial cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lateral and medial cords. 2. What characterizes a bipolar neuron? A) It has one axon and multiple dendrites. B) It has one axon and one dendrite on opposite ends of the cell. C) It has multiple axons and one dendrite. D) It has no axons or dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It has one axon and one dendrite on opposite ends of the cell. 3. How does your nervous system work with your circulatory system? A) Our nervous system makes us breathe. B) Our nervous system makes blood clot. C) Our nervous system controls our heart rate. D) Our nervous system protects our heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Our nervous system controls our heart rate. 4. The faster action potentials propagate on ..... A) Thick, unmyelinated axons. B) Thick, myelinated axons. C) Thin, myelinated axons. D) Thin, unmyelinated axons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thick, myelinated axons. 5. The ..... produce myelin. A) Oligodendrocytes. B) Ependymal cells. C) Microglia. D) Astrocyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oligodendrocytes. 6. Sometimes our bodies can react faster than our brains (think of your lab during the Cotton Eye portion). A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. This part of the neuron carries the nerve impulse away from the nucleus. A) Axon. B) Cell body. C) Dendrite. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon. 8. If a person cant control the glucose level in the body can lead to what sick? A) Heart attack. B) High blood pressure. C) Stroke. D) Diabetes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diabetes. 9. Nerves that carry messages to your brain when you hear a very loud noise A) Afferent. B) They will bring. C) Mixed / interneurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Afferent. 10. The maximum number of teeth in an adult are ..... A) 28. B) 26. C) 30. D) 32. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 32. 11. A muscle that cannot be lengthened simultaneously over all the joints it crosses is said to be passively insufficient. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. What is the general term for the layers of tough membranes that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord? A) Neurotransmitters. B) Ventricles. C) Cerebellum. D) Meninges. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meninges. 13. This covering of the CNS is on the surface of the spinal cord and brain. A) Dura mater. B) Arachnoid membrane. C) Pia mater. D) Tow mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pia mater. 14. The nervous system controls everything you do including breathing, walking, thinking, and feeling A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. True or False:Your rib cage is involved in breathing A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. These are the spaces between myelin sheaths, give astrocytes something to hold on to and provides easier transfer of nutrients and materials. A) Neurons. B) Dendrites. C) Myelin Sheaths. D) Nodes of Ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nodes of Ranvier. 17. Release vesicles with neurotransmitters (little bubble looking things) into the space A) Neurotransmitter. B) Axon terminal. C) Vesicle. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon terminal. 18. How many synapses does your brain have by childhood A) Thousands. B) Millions. C) Billions. D) Trillions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trillions. 19. What type of cells in the CNS are involved in the formation of the myelin sheath? A) Microglial cells. B) Astrocytes. C) Oligodendrocytes. D) Ependymal cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oligodendrocytes. 20. What is the range of speed in a neuron? A) 1 m/s-100 m/s. B) 2 m/s-200 m/s. C) 1 m/s-120 m/s. D) 2 m/s-120 m/s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2 m/s-120 m/s. ← 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