This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 447 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 447 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of neuron carries signals from the sense organs to and from the brain and spinal cord? A) Sensory neuron. B) Motor neuron. C) Effector neuron. D) Interneuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory neuron. 2. A type of neuron found in the brain and spinal cord that functions to relay information between the brain and the body. A) Interneuron. B) Dendrite. C) Sensory neuron. D) Motor neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interneuron. 3. In peripheral nervous system, these receive messages from the CNS and transmit impulses out to peripheral effector organs, like muscles and glands: A) Interneurons. B) Sensory neurons. C) Efferent neurons. D) Glial cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Efferent neurons. 4. What is the main purpose of the breathing system? A) To take in oxygen to the body and remove carbon dioxide from the body. B) To take in carbon dioxide to the body and remove oxygen from the body. C) To take in oxygen to the body and remove water vapour from the body. D) To take in water vapour to the body and remove carbon dioxide from the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To take in oxygen to the body and remove carbon dioxide from the body. 5. The peripheral nervous system consists of all of the nerves and associated cellsthat are ..... of the brain and the spinal cord. A) Are part. B) Are not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are not. 6. Nerve impulses are electrical messages carried by a nerve cell. they can only travel in one direction. why? A) So there is not too much going on. B) Because science. C) CNS and PNS. D) Potato. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So there is not too much going on. 7. Where does the spinal cord begin and end? A) Begins below medulla oblongata, ends at T10 vertebrae. B) Begins at pons, ends at sacrum. C) Begins below medulla oblongata, ends at L2 or L3 vertebrae. D) Begins below midbrain, ends at coccyx. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Begins below medulla oblongata, ends at L2 or L3 vertebrae. 8. Which body system is responsible for the movement of the body? A) Respiratory. B) Excretory. C) Circulatory. D) Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muscular. 9. What could we compare our nervous system to? A) Sending a text or letter. B) Watching a movie. C) Singing a song. D) Running. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sending a text or letter. 10. Which part of the following action statement is a stimulus?The rabbit saw a hawk circling in the sky so it scampered into the brush. A) The rabbit saw a hawk circling in the sky. B) It scampered into the brush. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The rabbit saw a hawk circling in the sky. 11. What are the 3 parts if the cardiovascular system? A) Tubes, heart, and blood. B) Blood, water, and hormones. C) Blood vessels, heart, and blood. D) Hormones, blood vessels, blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blood vessels, heart, and blood. 12. Number of pairs of cranial nerves that arise from the brain: A) 10. B) 12. C) 20. D) 25. E) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12. 13. What part of the eye contains the receptors for sight A) The choroid. B) The sclera. C) The pupil. D) The retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The retina. 14. The part of the eye that contains sensory receptors that process visual information and sends it to the brain: A) Cornea. B) Iris. C) Retina. D) Pupil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Retina. 15. What is the inner most covering of the CNS? A) Pia mater. B) Arachnoid mater. C) Dura mater. D) Mater mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pia mater. 16. Sensory neurons are part of the ..... nervous system. A) Central. B) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral. 17. What is the outermost layer of the meninges? A) Pia mater. B) Arachnoid. C) Dura mater. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dura mater. 18. The fatty bands of insulation surrounding the axon fibers A) Myelin sheath. B) Microglia. C) Dendrites. D) Astrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myelin sheath. 19. If a stroke has occurred and the patients' vision is impaired, which lobe was affected by the stroke? A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Brain Stem. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occipital. 20. Which part of a neuron receives stimuli? A) Dendrites. B) Axon. C) Myelin Sheath. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrites. ← 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