This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 478 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 478 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Axons bundled with blood vessels and connective tissue are a/an A) Spinal cord. B) Nerve. C) Impulse. D) Receptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nerve. 2. Which part of the ear contains tiny hairs that help translate sound vibrations into electrical signals to the brain A) Eardrum. B) Cochlea. C) Hammer. D) Anvil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cochlea. 3. The voluntary control of body movement A) Nervous System. B) Somatic Nervous System. C) Peripheral Nervous System. D) Autonomic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic Nervous System. 4. What organ of the inner ear is NOT involved in hearing? A) Vestibule. B) Cochlea. C) Organ of Corti. D) Semicircular canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Semicircular canals. 5. Which type of cells do all sense organs contain? A) Ciliated. B) Effector. C) Mesophyll. D) Receptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Receptor. 6. The Autonomic Nervous System (SNS) corresponds to which of the following? A) Hunger, breathing, heartbeat, sneezing. B) Breathing, walking, thirst, hunger. C) Feeding, breathing, walking, being thirsty. D) Heartbeat, speech, walking, thirst. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hunger, breathing, heartbeat, sneezing. 7. The central nervous system includes A) The brain and spinal cord. B) Cranial nerves. C) Peripheral spinal nerves. D) Sensory receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The brain and spinal cord. 8. The hammer, anvil, and stirrup are known as what A) The auditory bones. B) The optic bones. C) The sensory bones. D) The blacksmiths favorite tools. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The auditory bones. 9. Which receptors are responsible for both smell and taste? A) Mechanoreceptors. B) Chemosensory receptors. C) Gustatory receptors. D) Olfactory receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemosensory receptors. 10. These allow you to sense where your body parts are without looking. A) Free nerve endings. B) Encapsulated nerve endings. C) Corpuscles. D) Proprioceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proprioceptors. 11. What is the role of the autonomic nervous system? A) Controls voluntary movements. B) Controls involuntary functions. C) Processes sensory information. D) Transmits information to the CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Controls involuntary functions. 12. Which of the following describes one of the functions of the stomach? A) To remove excess water from food. B) To temporarily store food. C) To introduce carbohydrates to food. D) Produces bile to make fats easier to digest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To temporarily store food. 13. The pons regulates which of the following? A) Coughing. B) Sneezing. C) Breathing. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Breathing. 14. Made of Schwann cells that insulate the axon A) Dendrite. B) Cell Body. C) Axon. D) Synaptic terminal. E) Myelin Sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Myelin Sheath. 15. ( ) is a strong connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone. A) Tendon. B) Skeletal muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendon. 16. Thermoreceptors are located in or on A) Nose and tongue. B) Skin and ears. C) Eyes (retina). D) Skin. E) Throughout the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skin. 17. Muscles or glands that effect changes in the body A) Effectors. B) Motor nerve. C) Neurons. D) Plexus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Effectors. 18. How to check pulse? A) Bend the elbow. B) Place one finger on the pulse point and count for 30 seconds. C) Feel for the pulse. D) Place two fingers on the pulse point and count for a whole minute. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Place two fingers on the pulse point and count for a whole minute. 19. Ganglia, are cluster of cell bodies found in the ..... A) CNS. B) PNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PNS. 20. The very end of a neuron that will synapse with another neuron is the A) Axon terminal. B) Myelin sheath. C) Node of Ranvier. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon terminal. ← 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