This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 438 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 438 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the function of the inner ear? A) Helps conduct sound vibrations. B) Sends the sounds to the brain. C) Turns physical vibrations into electrical impulses to travel to the brain. D) Amplify sound waves to make stronger for when they get to the eardrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turns physical vibrations into electrical impulses to travel to the brain. 2. Motor fibers to the face, causes facial expressions A) Trigeminal. B) Facial. C) Optic. D) Abducting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Facial. 3. What does our body use oxygen for in cellular respiration? A) To react with glucose in order to get energy. B) To absorb the CO2. C) To react with water. D) To help blood flow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To react with glucose in order to get energy. 4. Which body system is responsible for our movement, energy, protecting organs, and helping move food from one organ to another? A) Muscular. B) Circulatory. C) Nervous. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muscular. 5. Fatty material that forms a sheath-like covering around some axons A) Myelin. B) Schwann cells. C) Myelin sheaths. D) Sulcus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myelin. 6. The peripheral nervous system can be subdivided into ..... A) Central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. B) Sensory nervous system and motor nervous system. C) Somatic nervous system and Autonomic nervous system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Somatic nervous system and Autonomic nervous system. 7. Glands A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic. 8. It is characterized by intense, typically intermittent pain along the course of a nerve especially in head/face. It is not an illness but rather a symptom/injury of a particular disorder. A) Meningitis. B) Migraine. C) Neuralgia. D) Epilepsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neuralgia. 9. T/F:Masses of myelinated nerve fibers appear gray. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. Which ions 'leak' out of neurones to establish resting potential? A) Sodium ions. B) Potassium ions. C) Hydrogen ions. D) Chloride ions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Potassium ions. 11. Why might you feel something touching you on your head quicker than on your foot. A) The message from the head travels farther to the brain. B) The message from the foot travels farther to the brain. C) The head is less sensitive than the foot. D) The foot doesn't send messages to the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The message from the foot travels farther to the brain. 12. Which layer is found between the dura mater and the pia mater? A) Skin. B) Bone. C) Periosteum. D) Arachnoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arachnoid. 13. The ..... nervous system communicates with the skeletal muscles and the ..... nervous system communicates with the smooth and cardiac muscle as well as glands. A) Enteric; somatic. B) Autonomic; enteric. C) Enteric; autonomic. D) Somatic; autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatic; autonomic. 14. These neurons (nerve cells) relay impulses from the sense organs to the CNS A) Motor neurons. B) Sensory neurons. C) Intermediate neurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory neurons. 15. What is the function of axons? A) Receive impulses. B) Send impulses. C) Interpret impulses. D) Change impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Send impulses. 16. What types of neurons are found in the grey matter of the spinal cord A) Myeinated. B) Unmyelinated. C) Sensory. D) Motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unmyelinated. 17. What is the English Meaning of the Medical Term Thalam/o [ THALAM/O ]? A) Three (Tree Like Branch Nerve). B) Thalamus. C) Brain. D) Skull (Cranium). E) Order, Condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thalamus. 18. Which of the following is NOT a function of the Parasympathetic System? A) Cold sweaty skin. B) Skin warm. C) Eye pupils constricted. D) Blood pressure normal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cold sweaty skin. 19. Disease where the brain does not produce enough of the neurotransmitters that transmits messages from the brain to the muscles. A) Parkinson's. B) Alzheimer's. C) Epilepsy. D) A Concussion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parkinson's. 20. The nervous system is divided into 2 main parts, called? A) Afferent and efferent nervous system. B) Spinal cord and cranial nerves. C) Central & peripheral nervous system. D) Parasympathetic & Sympathetic nervous system. 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