This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 518 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 518 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is an example of a function the muscular system performs? A) Voluntary muscles pump blood through the body. B) Skeletal muscles keep a body's joints working properly. C) Cardiac muscles move bones and hold a body's skeleton in place. D) Smooth muscles help move food through the organs they surround. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smooth muscles help move food through the organs they surround. 2. Which group goes on the yellow side A) Grains. B) Proteins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grains. 3. Groups of related nerve cell bodies located outside of the central nervous system are called ..... A) Tracts. B) Nerves. C) Plexus. D) Ganglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ganglia. 4. What part of the brain controls swallowing and hiccups in humans? (M.A. 53) A) Pons. B) Thalamus. C) Hypothalamus. D) Medulla oblongata. E) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medulla oblongata. 5. Melanie touched a really hot metal pot handle what should her response be? A) Continue holding the handle and burn her hand. B) Pull her hand away quickly. C) Touch the handle with her other hand. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pull her hand away quickly. 6. The second largest region of the brain. A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebral cortex. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 7. Dysphasia means A) Difficult feeling. B) Difficult pain. C) Difficult swallowing. D) Difficulty speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Difficulty speech. 8. The part of the brain that is responsible for thought, reasoning, memory, speech, and voluntary body movement is the ..... A) Cerebrum. B) The marrow is swollen. C) Diencephalon. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 9. The part of the peripheral nervous system that carries signals to and from the skeletal muscles is known as the A) Sympathetic nervous system. B) Parasympathetic nervous system. C) Sensory division. D) Motor division. E) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor division. 10. The mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine and large intestine are part of which body system? A) Nervous. B) Respiratory. C) Circulatory. D) Digestive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Digestive. 11. What is NOT true about all 5 senses A) They all use mechanoreceptors. B) They all have special sensory organs. C) They all have special receptors. D) The receptors send information through the nervous system to the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They all use mechanoreceptors. 12. Which of the following is NOT caused by the fight or flight response? A) Increased heart rate. B) Increased blood pressure. C) Increased breathing. D) Increased hunger. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increased hunger. 13. Name the largest and the uppermost part of the brain A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 14. This is the lobe of the cerebrum that is found deep inside. A) Frontal. B) Diencephalon. C) Temporal. D) Insula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Insula. 15. Transmits nerve impulses from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and glandular epithelial tissues. A) Interneuron. B) Meninges. C) Microglial. D) Motor neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor neuron. 16. Which of the following is a neurodegenerative disease found in individuals over age 65 A) IF. B) Alzheimer's. C) Cerebral Palsy. D) Epilepsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alzheimer's. 17. Heart skip a beat A) Irregular heartbeat. B) Missing a beat. C) Heart pounding. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Missing a beat. 18. Which ion is pumped into the axon of a neuron to help maintain the resting potential? A) Calcium. B) Hydrogen. C) Potassium. D) Sodium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Potassium. 19. At resting potential this ion is in high concentration on the outside of the neuron membrane making the outside of the neuron positively charged. A) Negatively charged amino acids. B) Potassium. C) Sodium. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sodium. 20. Digesting a meal you just ate engages the ..... nervous system. A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic. ← 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