This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 504 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 504 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What happens in the cerebellum? A) Controls only involuntary and voluntary movements. B) Relates to the spinal cord and the lower part of the brain. C) Where problem solving and thinking takes place. D) Where information is processed and allows you to control your body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Where information is processed and allows you to control your body. 2. Radiographic study of the spinal cord using a contrast medium. A) Anesthetic. B) Hydrocephalus. C) Encephalitis. D) Myelography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myelography. 3. (Identify the type of muscle contraction described below as eccentric, concentric, both, or none. Answers may be used more than once.) Lengthening contraction is A) Concentric. B) Eccentric. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eccentric. 4. Which body system sends and carries messages throughout the body? A) Respiratory. B) Nervous. C) Skeletal. D) Circulatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nervous. 5. Which cranial nerve would be used for smelling a flower? A) Optic. B) Olfactory. C) Oculomotor. D) Vestibulocochlear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Olfactory. 6. Which type of synapse allows for nonspecific control which allows for many cells to "work" in unison? A) Electrical. B) Chemical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electrical. 7. A basketball player falls during a game and hits her head. Her vision is blurred and everything looks darker. What brain region is most likely to be damaged? A) Parietal lobe. B) Temporal lobe. C) Occipital lobe. D) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occipital lobe. 8. Problem-solving, decision making, A) Frontal lobe. B) Temporal lobe. C) Parietal lobe. D) Occipital lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal lobe. 9. Part of the brain stem that controls coughing, sneezing, swallowing, etc. A) Medulla oblongata. B) Pons. C) Midbrain. D) Reticular formations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medulla oblongata. 10. 1st nerve, controls smell A) Olfactory. B) Optic. C) Oculomotor. D) Trochlear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Olfactory. 11. Which describes autonomic nerves? A) Voluntary nerves. B) Involuntary nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involuntary nerves. 12. What's the neurotransmitter of learning? A) Acetylcholine. B) Endorphins. C) Glutamate. D) Noradrenaline. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acetylcholine. 13. There are over 500 billion nerve cells in the brain. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. An abnormal sensation such as numbness and tingling would be called A) Dysesthesia. B) Paresthesia. C) Hyperesthesia. D) Anesthesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paresthesia. 15. The membrane that surrounds each individual nerve fiber is the A) Endoneurium. B) Prineurium. C) Epineurium. D) Fascicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endoneurium. 16. The retina (the part of the eye that gathers information about light) is an example of ..... A) Response. B) Effector. C) Stimulus. D) Sensory Receptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory Receptor. 17. Where is insulin produced A) Liver. B) Heart. C) Pancreas. D) Pineal gland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pancreas. 18. The skeletal system has several jobs. Select one of the following that describe its jobs. A) Send messages between the brain and the body. B) Provides a framework for the body. C) Creates hormones. D) Identifies and acts upon germs and bacteria that invade the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provides a framework for the body. 19. Fluid that provides support for the eye A) Aqueous humor. B) Vitreous humor. C) Choroid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vitreous humor. 20. Which term describes an electrical signal generated by neurons? A) Equilibrium potential. B) Action potential. C) Membrane potential. D) Resting potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Action potential. ← 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