This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 561 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 561 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Nerve used in swallowing A) Trigeminal. B) Trochlear. C) Glossopharyngeal. D) Vagus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glossopharyngeal. 2. Type of receptors found in the eye A) Chemoreceptors. B) Mechanoreceptors. C) Photoreceptors. D) Thermoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photoreceptors. 3. Scientists of any century have studied the role of the spinal cord in neural control Scientists of which century have studied the role of the spinal cord in neural control? A) 16th &17th centuries. B) 17th & 18th centuries. C) 15th & 16th centuries. D) 19th & 20th centuries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 16th &17th centuries. 4. What ion is needed for the start of an action potential? A) Calcium. B) Magnesium. C) Sodium. D) Chlorine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium. 5. What kind of neuron is responsible for movement? A) Afferent. B) They will bring it out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They will bring it out. 6. The PNS contains the ..... neurons and the axons of the motor A) Sensory. B) Stimuli. C) Effector. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory. 7. The entire junction between 2 nerves or a nerve and another structure A) Axons. B) Synaptic cleft. C) Conclusion. D) Synaptic knob. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conclusion. 8. The tree-like white matter of the cerebellum is called the: A) The tree of Life. B) Missing. C) Peduncle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The tree of Life. 9. Where is the temporal lobe located in the brain? A) At the front (behind the forehead). B) At the back. C) Near the temples. D) At the top. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Near the temples. 10. What does the cerebellum do? A) Function in arousing and maintaining consciousness. B) Processes inputs of cerebral cortex and sensory receptors. C) Deficiency of the neurotransmitters dopamine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Processes inputs of cerebral cortex and sensory receptors. 11. Organs of taste are ..... and receptors of smell are ..... A) Nasal cavity hairs, tastebuds. B) Taste buds, cochlear hairs. C) Taste buds, nasal cavity hairs. D) Papillae, cochlear hairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taste buds, nasal cavity hairs. 12. Branches at the end of an axon that contain vesicles of neurotransmitters A) Axon terminal. B) Myelin sheath. C) White matter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon terminal. 13. This attaches bone to bone A) Cartilage. B) Tendon. C) Ligament. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligament. 14. What does the skull protect? A) Stomach. B) Lungs. C) Heart. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain. 15. What is the central nervous system in charge of? A) From the breath of our body. B) To process food. C) Is responsible for processing our thoughts and all the information we obtain through the senses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is responsible for processing our thoughts and all the information we obtain through the senses. 16. Nerve endings in the skin of your finger sense the heat from a burning candle. The message of heat travels along the sensory nerves from the fingers to the spinal cord. A nerve transfers the message to the motor nerves. This makes the arm move away from the burning candle. A) Bluff. B) Fact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fact. 17. What are the different types of nerve cells and their functions? A) Brain neurons, heart neurons, and lung neurons with their respective functions. B) Sensory neurons, motor neurons, and interneurons with their respective functions. C) Red neurons, blue neurons, and green neurons with their respective functions. D) Fast neurons, slow neurons, and medium neurons with their respective functions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory neurons, motor neurons, and interneurons with their respective functions. 18. The difference in voltage measured across a cell membrane under steady-state conditions, typically-70 mV is called Resting Membrane Potential (T/F)? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gaps between neurons A) Neurotransmitters. B) Nodes of Ranvier. C) Neurons. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurotransmitters. 20. Division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body so that digestion can occur and energy can be put into storage: A) Sympathetic division. B) Peripheral division. C) Parasympathetic division. D) Central division. 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