This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 550 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 550 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is the component of the brain stem (Brain Stem)? A) Forebrain Cerebrum and Medulla oblongata. B) Midbrain Pons and Medulla oblongata. C) Cerebrum Medulla oblongata and Forebrain. D) Forebrain Pons and Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Midbrain Pons and Medulla oblongata. 2. Skin "feels" the following A) Heat, cold, pain, pressure. B) Pain and tickling. C) Heat, cold, temperature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heat, cold, pain, pressure. 3. What is the speed of a man who runs 10 miles in 1 hr? A) 20 miles. B) 10 m/min. C) 10 miles/hr. D) 20 hrs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10 miles/hr. 4. Nerves that extend beyond the end of the spinal cord into the lower portion of the spinal column A) A horse's tail. B) Anterior Fissure. C) Ventral Horn. D) Sacral Plexus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A horse's tail. 5. The shaft of the bone is called: A) Diaphysis. B) Epiphysis. C) Endosteum. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diaphysis. 6. What is the function of the esophagus? A) To further breakdown food with stomach acid. B) To absorb nutrients from the food that you eat. C) To absorb water from the food that you eat. D) To move food from the mouth to the stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To move food from the mouth to the stomach. 7. The cochlea sends the sound through A) The ear canal to the brain. B) The cochlea to the brain. C) The auditory nerve to the brain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The auditory nerve to the brain. 8. Which two senses can warn us of food that has turned bad? A) Sense of sight and taste. B) Sense of hearing and smell. C) Sense of sight and hearing. D) Sense of taste and smell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sense of taste and smell. 9. Which function of the nervous system sends a response from the CNS by activating muscles or glands? A) Motor Function. B) Sensory Function. C) Integrating Function. D) Regulating Function. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor Function. 10. Which of these is NOT a component of the diencephalon? A) Thalamus. B) Pons. C) Pineal gland. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pons. 11. The nerves in the PNS are myelinated by A) Schwann cells. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Ependymal. D) Astrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schwann cells. 12. The motor neuron is responsible for A) Connecting to a muscle and helping you move. B) Connecting within the brain to help you make a decision. C) Sending a message toward your brain from a pain receptor in your skin. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connecting to a muscle and helping you move. 13. The meninges have a fluid called ..... fluid. A) Medulla oblongata. B) Cerebrospinal. C) Cerebrum. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrospinal. 14. Which part of the neuron is covered in myelin and sends an impulse to the next neuron? A) Dendrite. B) Axon. C) Cell Body. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 15. Anterior neuropore closes on.....day. A) 24. B) 25. C) 26. D) 27. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 25. 16. The Axon is a A) Long extension that transmits impulses away,. B) A short branch-like structure that receives signals from your brain. C) A coating for the cell body of the neuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long extension that transmits impulses away,. 17. A structure containing a number of nerve cell bodies and often forming a swelling on a nerve fiber. A) Ganglion. B) Synaptic Cleft. C) Axon Terminal. D) Tract. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ganglion. 18. The part of the neuron that sends messages (conducts impulses) to other neurons, can be covered by myelin sheaths A) Axon. B) Dendrite. C) Cell body. D) Schwann cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon. 19. This part controls your emotions and keeps your body at the right temperature. A) Thalamus. B) Hemisphere. C) Hypothalamus. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothalamus. 20. Which nervous system carries out the following scenario:Slowing down digestion during exercise A) Central Nervous System. B) Peripheral Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral Nervous System. ← 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