This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 417 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 417 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which system increases the heart rate? A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic. 2. What is perception A) The inward angle of the eyes focusing on a near object. B) The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events. C) A mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another. D) The process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events. 3. What are the two main parts of your nervous system? A) Muscles and skeleton. B) Hands and feet. C) Central nervous system (CNS) & peripheral nervous system (PNS). D) Peripheral nervous system and glial cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central nervous system (CNS) & peripheral nervous system (PNS). 4. The central nervous system contains which structures? A) Only the brain. B) Only nerves. C) Arms and legs. D) Brain and spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain and spinal cord. 5. Which part of the brain that controls your spinal cord? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla. 6. Small branches of the lungs that take air towards the alveoli A) Pulmonary Capillaries. B) Bronchioles. C) Left/Right Bronchi. D) Diaphragm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bronchioles. 7. The largest and longest nerve in the body is the ..... A) Femoral. B) Sciatic. C) Phrenic. D) Vagus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sciatic. 8. True/False:migraines is/are a symptom of multiple sclerosis. A) True. B) False; hyperactivity. C) False; paralysis. D) False; hair loss. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) False; paralysis. 9. What's another name for sight? A) Gustation. B) Olfaction. C) Vision. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vision. 10. What controls voluntary movement? A) Somatic System. B) Autonomic System. C) Central. D) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic System. 11. Which of the following is considered the body's thermostat and also regulates metabolism and water balance? A) Medulla oblongata. B) Hypothalamus. C) Thalamus. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothalamus. 12. Condition in postsynaptic cell if potassium or chloride channels open A) Hyperpolarized. B) Depolarized. C) Presynaptic terminal. D) Postsynaptic terminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperpolarized. 13. What is the iris A) The colored part of the eye that controls the size of the pupil. B) Transparent jellylike fluid that fills the eye and refracts light. C) Sends messages picked up by the retina to the brain. D) Hole passes different amounts of light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The colored part of the eye that controls the size of the pupil. 14. Which of the following correctly describes the subdivisions of the autonomic nervous system? A) Somatic and automatic. B) Motor and sensory. C) Sympathetic and Parasympathetic. D) Neuroglia and neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sympathetic and Parasympathetic. 15. Which division of the Peripheral Nervous System sends information from receptors in the body to the brain and spinal cord? A) Afferent division. B) Efferent division. C) Somatic motor division. D) Visceral motor division. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Afferent division. 16. Laying in a hammock reading a book at the beach. A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic. 17. Which section of the brain is concerned with reasoning? A) Brain stem". B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebellum". D) Diencephalon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 18. What is one of the basic functions of the nervous system? A) To provide structural support to the body. B) To sense changes within our bodies. C) To produce hormones. D) To transport nutrients. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To sense changes within our bodies. 19. How did the woman in the video save herself? A) She called an ambulance. B) She went too the street and ask for help. C) She called a friend. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She called a friend. 20. What eye condition can occur in someone with a normally shaped eyeball? A) Myopia. B) Hyperopia. C) Presbyopia. D) Astigmatism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Astigmatism. ← 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