This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 495 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 495 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Division of the Autonomic Nervous System (which is a subdivision of the Peripheral Nervous System) that is FIGHT OR FLIGHT A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic. 2. Rods are light sensitive cells in the retina that A) Give you color vision in dim light. B) Respond in dim light. C) Give you color vision in bright light. D) Respond in bright light. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Respond in dim light. 3. The efferent division of the PNS is also called the ..... division. A) Motor. B) Sensory. C) Brain. D) Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor. 4. These are stem cells in the taste bud that develop to replace taste cells as they die. A) Taste cells. B) Basal cells. C) Support cells. D) Receptors for taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Basal cells. 5. Coma A) Paralysis from the waist down. B) Weakness on one side of the body. C) Nerve cells. D) State of profound unconsciousness from which person cannot be aroused. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) State of profound unconsciousness from which person cannot be aroused. 6. The right hand is controlled by the ..... hemisphere of the cerebrum. A) Both left and right. B) Left. C) Right. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left. 7. Would would you be unable to do without your nervous system? A) Learn. B) Breath. C) Move. D) All of the answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the answers. 8. Part of the brain that coordinates muscles A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Medulla. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 9. -phasia A) Speech. B) Paralysis. C) Nerve. D) Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speech. 10. Involuntary stimuli to the cardiac muscles, smooth muscles, internal organs, blood pressure sweating etc. A) Somatic Reflex. B) Autonomic Reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic Reflex. 11. What are the cells of the nervous system called? A) Muscle cells. B) Nerve cells. C) Blood cells. D) Skin cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nerve cells. 12. The muscular system has both voluntary and involuntary muscles. Which is an example of a involuntary muscle movement? A) Walking. B) Blinking. C) Jumping. D) Talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blinking. 13. Which system of the body provides protection for the organs? A) Muscular system. B) Cardiovascular system. C) Skeletal System. D) Digestive System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal System. 14. ....are treelike extensions at the beginning of a neuron that help increase the surface area of the cell body. These tiny protrusions receive information from other neurons and transmit electrical stimulation to the soma A) Axon. B) Dendrites. C) Nerve impulse. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrites. 15. Somatic refers to the stomach and bladder A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Connects the left and right brain A) Cerebral Cortex. B) Corpus Callosum. C) Cerebrum. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Corpus Callosum. 17. What is the primary function of the lens of the eye? A) Refraction of light to the retina. B) Impulse reception and transmission. C) Maintains the shape of the eyeball and refracts light. D) Color vision and night vision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refraction of light to the retina. 18. Function of the retina? A) Retaining memory of what we see. B) Providing support to the lens. C) Covering the optic nerve. D) Changing light into electric impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Changing light into electric impulses. 19. The central nervous system includes the ..... A) Spinal cord. B) Spinal nerves. C) Cranial nerves. D) Sensory receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord. 20. The brain is the most important organ of the body.true or false? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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