This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 555 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 555 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The brainstem is the portion of the brain that connects the brain with our spinal cord. It controls your ..... A) Balance and coordination. B) Breathing, heart rate, blood pressure. C) Voluntary movement, speech, hearing, vision, memory, reasoning. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Breathing, heart rate, blood pressure. 2. White matter of the nervous system is composed of ..... A) Neuron Cell Bodies. B) Neuron fibers. C) Nuclei. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neuron fibers. 3. Which organ does not belong to the nervous system? A) Brain. B) Heart. C) Nerves. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heart. 4. This portion of the nervous system is responsible for "fight or flight" responses A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. C) Afferent. D) They will bring it out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic. 5. It is a temporary interruption of blood flow to the brain that causes stroke-like symptoms. A) Huntington Disease. B) Transient Ischemic Attack. C) Epidural Abscess. D) Parkinson's Disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transient Ischemic Attack. 6. What are the dendrites? A) It is the neucleus. B) They are short branching structures arising from the axon. C) They are short branching structures arising from the cell body. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are short branching structures arising from the cell body. 7. One of many branch like processes that extends from the neuron cell body and functions as a contact for incoming signals (synapses) from other neurons or sensory cells. A) Dendrite. B) Action Potential. C) Process. D) Myelin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrite. 8. Which part of the nervous system controls voluntary muscles? A) Parasympathetic nervous system. B) Autonomic nervous system. C) Sympathetic nervous system. D) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatic nervous system. 9. Organs A) Accessory. B) Hypoglossal. C) Vagus. D) Olfactory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vagus. 10. The ..... is where more chemical digestion happens than anywhere else. A) Gallbladder. B) Duodenum. C) Pyloric Valve. D) Pancreas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Duodenum. 11. Elevated ridges of tissue on the surface of the cerebrum A) Reflex arc. B) Action potential. C) Gyri. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gyri. 12. The minimum stimulus to cause an action potential to be produced is a ..... A) Threshold. B) Action potential. C) Dendrite. D) Reflex arc. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Threshold. 13. Neha smells a flower in a garden. Which part of her brain controls this smelling sense? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla. D) Deltoids. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 14. Which nerve is sensory & motor and responsible for facial sensation and chewing? A) Trigeminal (B). B) Olfactory (I). C) Vagus (X). D) Oculomotor (III). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trigeminal (B). 15. What does the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) consist of? A) Brain and spinal cord. B) Ganglion and nerves. C) Neurons and dendrites. D) Axons and myelin sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ganglion and nerves. 16. Chemical messengers that carry neural signal from one neuron to another A) Transmitters. B) Chemical transmitters. C) Synaptic transmitters. D) Neurotransmitters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurotransmitters. 17. What is the name of the small space between the axon of one nerve cell and the dendrite of another nerve cell? A) Myelin Sheath. B) Dendrite. C) Axon. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conclusion. 18. Motor Neurons send impulses from the brain and spinal cord to which of the following? A) Sensory organs. B) The heart. C) Effectors (glands or muscles). D) Interneurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Effectors (glands or muscles). 19. Watering of the Mouth is an example of- A) Reflex Action. B) Voluntary Action. C) Involuntary Action. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reflex Action. 20. True or False, the ears are also responsible for hearing and balance A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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