This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 469 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 469 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Messages cross synapse as A) Electrical Impulses. B) Diffusing chemicals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diffusing chemicals. 2. -trophic A) Mind. B) Nerve. C) Brain. D) Turning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turning. 3. How does the muscles react to cold weather? A) Freezing. B) Jumping. C) Dancing. D) Shivering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shivering. 4. The brain has 3 major sections that send and receive signals to control all the activities that keep a person functioning efficiently. Which major section controls breathing and heart beat? A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Brain stem. D) Cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain stem. 5. Clean up bacteria and cellular debris from around neurons A) Astrocytes. B) Oligodendrocytes/Schwann's Cells. C) Microglia. D) Ependymal Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Microglia. 6. The "little brain" at the rear of the brainstem; responsible for coordinating movement and balance A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Medulla. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 7. This glial cell is found in the peripheral nervous system and produces the myelin sheath around neurons: A) Microglial. B) Astrocyte. C) Schwann. D) Ependymal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schwann. 8. What are the functions of the skeleton? A) Protection. B) Body shape. C) Movement. D) A, b and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A, b and c. 9. Where is cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) found? A) Inside the skull only. B) Between the arachnoid layer and the pia mater. C) Within the blood vessels. D) Outside the meninges. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between the arachnoid layer and the pia mater. 10. The taste group that humans are most sensitive to is ..... A) Sweet. B) Salty. C) Bitter. D) Tangy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bitter. 11. The part of the human central nervous system that controls breathing is the A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla. 12. One of the most important organs that controls breathing, circulation, senses, movement and memory, stores emotions and handles pain. A) Brain. B) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 13. The hypothalamus controls ..... whereas the thalamus controls ..... A) Pain and sensory impulses leading to the cerebrum, sleep/wakefulness. B) Sleep/wakefulness, pain and sensory impulses leading to the cerebrum. C) Memory, thirst. D) Thirst, memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sleep/wakefulness, pain and sensory impulses leading to the cerebrum. 14. Which lobe controls personality? A) Frontal. B) Occipital. C) Temporal. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal. 15. WHICH PART OF THE BODY IS LIKE A HIGHWAY FOR SENDING MESSAGES A) BLOOD. B) VENTRICLE. C) SPINAL CORD. D) ATRIUM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SPINAL CORD. 16. What is the name of the neuroglia that helps with removing infectious agents in the CNS? A) Microglia. B) Ependymal cells. C) Astrocytes. D) Satellite cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Microglia. 17. Parkinson's disease motor symptoms are most commonly associated with A) An excessive amount of dopamine in motor pathways. B) Loss of dopamine as it travels along motor pathways. C) Overproduction of dopamine in the substantia nigra. D) A depleted amount of dopamine in the substantia nigra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A depleted amount of dopamine in the substantia nigra. 18. The nervous system receives information from A) Inside your body. B) Outside your body. C) Inside AND outside your body. D) Nowhere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inside AND outside your body. 19. The nerves that extend from the spinal cord to all parts of the body make up the ..... A) Brain. B) Peripheral nervous system. C) Central nervous system. D) Somatic nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral nervous system. 20. The part of the brain that controls sleep and awake states A) Cerebellum. B) Hypothalamus. C) Midbrain. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thalamus. ← 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