This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 409 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 409 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does each part of the brain do? A) Cerebrum (balance), medulla (thinking and senses), and cerebellum (involuntary actions). B) Cerebrum (thinking and senses), medulla (involuntary actions), and cerebellum (balance). C) Cerebrum (balance), medulla (thinking), and cerebellum (voluntary actions). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum (thinking and senses), medulla (involuntary actions), and cerebellum (balance). 2. This phenomenon states that light travels in straight lines but can be bent as it passes through materials of different densities. A) Refraction. B) Reflection. C) Retraction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refraction. 3. What is the function of the dermis? A) Contains adrenal glands and blood vessels. B) Protects the body from strain and contains pineal glands. C) Protects the body from strain and contains sweat glands. D) Contains blood vessels and nerves that conduct nerve impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protects the body from strain and contains sweat glands. 4. When did the New Year's Eve Ball first drop in Times Square? A) 1929. B) 1907. C) 1965. D) 1936. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1907. 5. Nerves are attached to your ....., which is in the back of your eye. A) Iris. B) Pupil. C) Lens. D) Retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Retina. 6. Located in the hindbrain, this structure is responsible for coordinated movement and balance A) Cerebellum. B) Medulla. C) Pons. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 7. The body´s automatic responses A) Ganglia. B) Nerves. C) Summation. D) Reflexes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reflexes. 8. Cochlea A) Has special glands that produce cerumen. Allows for sound waves to travel through to the tympanic membrane. B) (Pinna), elastic cartilage covered by skin. Outer part, visible part of the ear. C) Shaped like a snail's shell and contains delicate hairlike cells which compose the organ of corti. D) Middle layer of the eye, that is interlaced with many blood vessels that nourish the eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shaped like a snail's shell and contains delicate hairlike cells which compose the organ of corti. 9. What are the two parts of the nervous system involved in controlling the body? A) Sensory and motor nervous system. B) Central and peripheral nervous system. C) Somatic and autonomic nervous system. D) Sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Somatic and autonomic nervous system. 10. The brain and spinal cord are part of: A) Peripheral nervous system. B) Central nervous system. C) Emergent nervous system. D) Autonomic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central nervous system. 11. Sensory input involves the reporting of ..... A) Internal conditions. B) External conditions. C) Both answers are correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both answers are correct. 12. The function of the olfactory nerve concerns A) Smell. B) Hearing. C) Chewing. D) Vision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smell. 13. When there is damage in the Central Nervous system, cells can often survive long after axons are cut. This is possibly due to ..... A) Collaterals. B) Regeneration. C) Glial cells. D) Sympathetic activity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collaterals. 14. Action or movement of the body that is a reaction to something and happens without thinking A) Motor. B) Sensory. C) Autonomic. D) Reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reflex. 15. Balance and coordination A) Brain stem. B) Spinal Cord. C) Cerebellum. D) Frontal cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 16. "The weather is very hot" is an example of ..... A) External response. B) Glandular response. C) Internal stimuli. D) External stimuli. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) External stimuli. 17. You are weighing the option of whether you should buy the green couch or the blue couch. The lobe that controls decision making is the: A) Frontal lobe. B) Parietal lobe. C) Temporal lobe. D) Occipital lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal lobe. 18. Craniosacral nerves compose the ..... A) Parasympathetic Nervous System. B) Sympathetic Nervous System. C) Somatic Nervous System. D) Autonomic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasympathetic Nervous System. 19. The ..... consists of the brain and the spinal cord A) Central nervous system. B) Autonomic nervous system. C) Somatic nervous system. D) Sympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central nervous system. 20. Sensory Afferent bring information into the ..... A) CNS. B) PNS. 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