This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 462 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 462 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A single motor neuron together with all the muscle fibers it innervates is called A) A motor unit. B) A myotome. C) An end foot. D) *an end plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A motor unit. 2. Which body system receives stimuli from inside and outside of the body and communicates a response to all of the body's systems? A) Respiratory System. B) Nervous System. C) Musculoskeletal System. D) Excretory System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nervous System. 3. The space between an axon of a neuron that is communicating with a dendrite of another neuron is called a A) Brain message. B) Conclusion. C) Neuron. D) Impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conclusion. 4. Which reflex is the pulling away from a painful stimulus? A) Babinski sign. B) Knee jerk. C) Patellar. D) Withdrawal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Withdrawal. 5. ..... are simple, rapid, involuntary, programmed responses to stimuli. A) Transmissions. B) Reflexes. C) Impulses. D) Conductions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflexes. 6. There are ..... parts to the ear. A) 3. B) 5. C) 8. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 7. Afferent (Sensory) nerves carry messages FROM the brain/ spinal cord to muscles and glands. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. The brain and the spinal cord are part of the ..... nervous system A) Central. B) Peripheral. C) Only. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central. 9. There are ..... types of Nerves. A) 2. B) 5. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 10. During which phase of the action potential are both the sodium and potassium voltage-gated channels open? A) Resting. B) Depolarization. C) Repolarization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resting. 11. Reflex action is caused by the activity of at least how many types of nerve cells? A) 4. B) 3. C) 2. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 12. "I start shivering" . This is an example of ..... A) Glandular response. B) Motor response. C) External response. D) Internal response. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor response. 13. Ganglion A) Cell body of a neuron contains the nucleus and other structures common to living cells. B) The structures of neurons, which conduct electrical impulses toward the cell body of the nerve cell. C) Cable where electrical impulses from the neuron travel away to be received by other neurons. D) A collection of neuron al bodies found in the voluntary and autonomic branches of the peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A collection of neuron al bodies found in the voluntary and autonomic branches of the peripheral nervous system. 14. Motor functions mean that the nervous system ..... A) Feels/experiences a stimulus. B) Analyses/stores a memory of a stimulus. C) Reacts to the stimulus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reacts to the stimulus. 15. What is the nervous system subdivision that is composed of the cranial and spinal nerves as well as the ganglia. A) Peripheral Nervous System. B) Central Nervous System. C) Somatic Nervous System. D) Autonomic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peripheral Nervous System. 16. When the spinal cord is severed and brain damage occurs, what substance could leak into tissues? A) Choroid plexus. B) Cerebral aqueduct. C) Cerebrospinal fluid. D) A calloused body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrospinal fluid. 17. The cerebrum part of the brain maintains our body posture A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. Electrical charge that travels along a nerve fiber when stimulated. A) Somatic Reflexes. B) Autonomic reflexes. C) Neuroglia. D) Nerve Impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nerve Impulse. 19. A neuron that carries information from the CNS to tissues and organs would be classified as A) An afferent (sensory) neuron. B) An efferent (motor) neuron. C) An association (interneuron). D) Any of the above can carry information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An efferent (motor) neuron. 20. The cerebrum controls movement A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← 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