This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 442 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 442 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Anything that causes you to react is called A) Sound. B) Response. C) Stimulus. D) Memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stimulus. 2. This is the name for a nerve cell. They use electrical impulses and chemical signals to transmit information between different areas of the brain and the rest of the nervous system. "The whole nerve." A) Central nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. C) Neuron. D) Sensory neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neuron. 3. Associated with reasoning, higher level cognition, and motor skills (motor cortex). A) Frontal lobe. B) Occipital lobe. C) Parietal lobe. D) Temporal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal lobe. 4. Which part of the brain helps control our balance and skeletal muscle activity? A) Cerebrum. B) Brain stem. C) Diencephalon. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 5. Nervous tissue A) Tissue that is responsible for lining, covering, and glandular tissue. B) Tissue responsible for protecting, supporting, and binding together other body tissues. C) Tissues that contracts and shortens to produce movement. D) Tissue that receives and conducts electrochemical impulses from one part of the body to another. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tissue that receives and conducts electrochemical impulses from one part of the body to another. 6. What are the two layers of skin? A) Dermis and Epipen. B) Epidermis and Dermatitis. C) Dermis and Epidermis. D) Dermas and Epidermas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dermis and Epidermis. 7. These cells form a membrane that covers specialized brain parts: ..... A) Astrocytes. B) Ependymal. C) Schwann. D) Microglial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ependymal. 8. Which part of the brain is responsible for thermoregulation? A) Cerebrum. B) Hypothalamus. C) A calloused body. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothalamus. 9. How does the nerve structure go from biggest to smallest A) Epineurium $\rightarrow$ Perinuerium$\rightarrow$ Endoneurium. B) Endoneurium $\rightarrow$ Perineurium $\rightarrow$ Epineurium. C) Perineurium$\rightarrow$ Endoneuirum $\rightarrow$ Epineurium. D) Epineurium $\rightarrow$ Endoneurium $\rightarrow$ Perineum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epineurium $\rightarrow$ Perinuerium$\rightarrow$ Endoneurium. 10. Which part of the brain controls your thinking? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brainstem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 11. Small, wandering cells that engulf cell debris and pathogens in the CNS are called A) Microglia. B) Astrocytes. C) Ependymal cells. D) Satellite cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Microglia. 12. What controls the nervous system and all decision-making? A) Brain. B) Spinal Cord. C) Nerves. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 13. The cerebrum is associated with these brain functions. A) Body temperature, blood pressure and breathing. B) Balance and complex actions like walking. C) Thought and action. D) Sneezing and blinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thought and action. 14. Cell body of a nerve cell A) Axon. B) Soma. C) Neurotransmitter. D) Dendrite. E) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soma. 15. The tough outer layer of meninges is A) Pia matter. B) Arachnoid. C) Dura mater. D) Ventricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dura mater. 16. "Fight or Flight" / "Rest and Digest" A) Autonomic nervous system. B) Somatic nervous system. C) Organic nervous system. D) Reflexive nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic nervous system. 17. A rapid change in charge across the membrane of a neuron is an ..... A) Action potential. B) Myelin sheath. C) Sodium-potassium pump. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action potential. 18. What kind of sensory receptors are found in the nose and mouth? A) Mechanoreceptors. B) Photoreceptors. C) Chemoreceptors. D) Proprioceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chemoreceptors. 19. What sense would you expect to be affected if a person suffered from a brain injury affecting the occipital lobe. A) Vision. B) Hearing. C) Touch. D) Smell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vision. 20. Some schizophrenics who claim to be experiencing auditory hallucinations have irregular activity where in their brain? A) Frontal Lobe. B) Parietal Lobe. C) Occipital Lobe. D) Temporal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temporal Lobe. ← 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