This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 493 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 493 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sensory receptor is responsible for sensing changes in chemical concentratrions? A) Chemoreceptors. B) Nociceptors. C) Thermoreceptors. D) Mechanoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemoreceptors. 2. Which gland is called the "master gland?" A) Adrenals. B) Pancreas. C) Pituitary. D) Thyroid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pituitary. 3. Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) A) Injury to the brain caused by a blow. B) Minor stroke; where neurological function is regained quickly with time. C) A prolonged feeling of helplessness, hopelessness, and sadness. D) A slowly progressive decline in mental abilities, including memory, thinking, and judgment, that is often accompanied by personality changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Minor stroke; where neurological function is regained quickly with time. 4. These are changes in environment that cause your System to respond. A) Sensory input. B) Integration. C) Motor output. D) Stimuli. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stimuli. 5. Schwann cells have a similar function in the peripheral nervous system as these cells have in the central nervous system: A) Oligodendrocytes. B) Astrocytes. C) Microglia. D) Ependymal cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oligodendrocytes. 6. What part of the nervous system is responsible for increasing the heart rate, diverting blood to major muscle groups, and preparing the body to escape a dangerous situation? A) Spinal Nerves. B) Sympathetic. C) Parasympathetic. D) Spinal Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic. 7. Which of the following is a receptor? A) Heart. B) Brain. C) Tongue. D) Stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tongue. 8. The diencephalon is composed primarily of ..... A) The cerebellum, brain stem and cerebrum. B) The brain stem, hippocampus and amygdala. C) The thalamus, hypothalamus and epithalamus. D) The midbrain, pons and cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The thalamus, hypothalamus and epithalamus. 9. What are the two major divisions of the nervous system? A) Sympathetic and parasympathetic. B) Central and muscular. C) Autonomic and somatic. D) Central and peripheral nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Central and peripheral nervous. 10. In the brain fenestrated type of capillaries are present. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. Which type of PNS neuroglial cells support and brace neurons and connect them to their nutrient/blood supply? A) Astrocytes. B) Schwann cells. C) Ependymal cells. D) Oligodendrocytes. E) Satellite cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Satellite cells. 12. List the conventional names for the following scientific names for major sensory processes:Audioception, Ophthalmoception, Gustaoception, Olfalcoception and Tactioception A) Hearing, Sight, Smell, Taste, Touch. B) Hearing, Smell, Sight, Touch Taste. C) Hearing, Sight, Taste, Smell, Touch. D) Hearing, Taste, Touch, Sight, Smell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hearing, Sight, Taste, Smell, Touch. 13. The vitamin essential for blood clotting A) Vitamin A. B) Vitamin B. C) Vitamin K. D) Vitamin C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vitamin K. 14. A thermoreceptor is sensitive to A) Chemical substances. B) Physical stimuli:touch, pressure, sound waves, gravity. C) Light. D) Temperature change. E) Stimuli that cause pain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature change. 15. Part of brain that plays a major role in memory A) Limbic system. B) Hypothalamus. C) Hippocampus. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hippocampus. 16. A part of the plays important roles in the consolidation of information (learning) from short-term memory to long-term memory, and in spatial memory that enables navigation. As well is involved with emotion and motivation. It has the shape of a seahorse A) Thalamus. B) Cerebellum. C) Hippocampus. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hippocampus. 17. Which part of the CNS sorts almost all of the ascending sensory information? (a) A) A Thalamus. B) Mesencephalon. C) Pons. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Thalamus. 18. A chronic nervous system disease characterizedby a slowly spreading tremor, muscularweakness, and rigidity A) Epilepsy. B) Muscular dystophy. C) Parkinson's disease. D) Meningitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parkinson's disease. 19. The innermost layer of the meninges is called the A) Dura mater. B) Pia mater. C) Arachnoid mater. D) Subarachnoid space. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pia mater. 20. Which part of the brain is responsible for balance and coordination? A) Brain stem. B) Parietal lobe. C) Frontal lobe. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. ← 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