This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 496 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 496 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Towards the outside of something A) Peripheral. B) Neuron. C) Neural. D) Impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peripheral. 2. Mood swings are a sign of a nervous disease A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Which of the following is NOT a direct function of the nervous system? A) Sensation. B) Integration. C) Response. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Movement. 4. The thick cord of nerve tissue in the center of the backbone is the ..... A) Dendrite. B) Neuron. C) Spinal cord. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord. 5. What is the function of the parietal lobe of the brain? A) Involved with vision. B) Involved in short-term memory, speech, musical rhythm. C) Helps a person identify objects and understand spatial relationships. D) Involved in personality characteristics, decision-making and movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helps a person identify objects and understand spatial relationships. 6. Muscles and glands that respond to a stimulus from the central nervous system are referred to as A) Receptors. B) Effectors. C) Glia. D) Vesicles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effectors. 7. Nerves cells are ..... compared with their surrounding environment. A) Positive. B) Negative. C) Neutral. D) Ionized. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 8. What is released when the impulse reaches the axon terminals? A) Hormones. B) Action potentials. C) Neurotransmitters. D) Electrical charges. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurotransmitters. 9. The main "boss" of your body. A) Brain. B) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 10. The excitation threshold(nerve that starts to fire) in response to a stimulus is A) +70mv. B) -70mv. C) +55 mv. D) -55mv. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -55mv. 11. A spinal reflex enables a quick response by A) A sensory message synapsing onto an interneuron in the spinal cord, which then synapses straight onto a motor neuron. B) A motor neuron acting immediately. C) The brain making a quick response. D) The muscles making a quick decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sensory message synapsing onto an interneuron in the spinal cord, which then synapses straight onto a motor neuron. 12. The actions that are under the control of the spinal cord are called ..... actions.(Choose the most correct answer) A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. C) Reflex. D) Automatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reflex. 13. Nerves that are NOT under your control A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic. 14. What are the layers of bone? A) Periosteum, compact bone, marrow, spongey bone, blood vessel. B) Compact bone, cells, organisms. C) Blood vessels, compact bone, organs. D) Tissue, kleenex, puffs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periosteum, compact bone, marrow, spongey bone, blood vessel. 15. Chemoreceptors-respond to ..... A) Heat. B) Cold. C) Pain. D) Chemicals. E) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chemicals. 16. A traumatic brain injury (TBI) results from A) An open head wound. B) Mechanical force. C) An infection. D) Poisoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mechanical force. 17. Which of the following lobes is the somatosensory cortex found? A) Frontal. B) Temporal. C) Parietal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parietal. 18. The gaps between neurons are called A) Effectors. B) Neurotransmitters. C) Reflexes. D) Synapses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synapses. 19. What makes up the Central Nervous System? A) Blood and Heart. B) Spinal Cord. C) Nerves. D) Brain and Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain and Spinal Cord. 20. What are a network of nerves that branch out from the spinal cord and connect to the rest of the body and transmit signals to and from the brain through the spinal cord? A) Veins and Arteries. B) Cerebellum. C) Peripheral nerves. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral nerves. ← 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