This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 498 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 498 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This system is made up of the brain and the spinal cord. A) Central nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central nervous system. 2. Long column of spinal tissue. Connects the brain to the rest of the body A) Vertebrae. B) Vertebral column. C) Brain stem. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spinal cord. 3. Which part of the brain is in charge of balance? A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Brain Stem. D) Frontal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 4. Receives vibrations from the stapes and transforms them into nerve impulses and sent to the brain. A) Cochlea. B) Eustachian tube. C) Hair cells. D) Tympanic membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cochlea. 5. Type of nerve that carries messages from the brain to muscles, organs and glands A) Motor. B) Mixed. C) Conclusion. D) Sensory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor. 6. Conducts local electrical currents toward the cell body A) Axon. B) Axon terminal. C) Dendrite. D) Neuron cell body. E) Nissl bodies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrite. 7. What is the role of the sodium-potassium pump in a neuron's activity? A) Generating action potentials. B) Maintaining the resting membrane potential. C) Facilitating neurotransmitter release. D) Conducting impulses across the synaptic gap. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maintaining the resting membrane potential. 8. The approximate ratio of glial cells to neurons is A) 1:1. B) 2:1. C) 1:5. D) 10:1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10:1. 9. If a neuron is going to/coming from musculoskeletal structures, or the skin and fascia, they are considered somatic afferent or efferent neurons. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. The brain is divided in ..... hemispheres. A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 11. The ..... connects the throat to the middle ear. A) External auditory canal. B) Round window. C) Semicircular canal. D) Auditory tube. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Auditory tube. 12. Neurons can be classified by their functional differences. What type of neurons transport information from the CNS to the rest of the body? A) Sensory neurons. B) Interneurons. C) Motor neurons. D) Myelinated neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor neurons. 13. Cranial Nerve I is responsible for vision. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. Gland that produces insulin as well as other chemicals needed for digestion A) Pancreas. B) Esophagus. C) Large intestine. D) Gall bladder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pancreas. 15. Participate with the blood vessel endothelium to form a permeability barrier called the blood-brain barrier, between the blood and nerve cells A) Astrocytes. B) Ependymal cells. C) Microglia. D) Oligodendrocytes. E) Schwann cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astrocytes. 16. The brain and the spinal cord make up the: A) Peripheral Nervous System. B) Somatic Nervous System. C) Autonomic Nervous System. D) Central Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Central Nervous System. 17. What type of neuroglia helps anchor nerve cells in place? A) Astrocytes. B) Microglia. C) Ependymal cells. D) Oligodendrocytes. E) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astrocytes. 18. Regulates unconscious, involuntary actions A) Somatic Nervous System. B) Autonomic Nervous System. C) Sympathetic System. D) Parasympathetic System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic Nervous System. 19. Name the three parts of our nervous system A) Brain, Cerebrum, Nerves. B) Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Medulla. C) Brain, Nerves, Spine. D) Spinal Cord, Nerves, Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spinal Cord, Nerves, Brain. 20. What controls balance and movement A) Cerebellum. B) Marrow. C) Cerebrum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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