This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 566 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 566 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The region that coordinates muscular activity making speech possible is the A) Vermis of the cerebellum. B) Choroid plexus. C) Diencephalon. D) Broca's area. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Broca's area. 2. Short fibres extending from the cell body of a nerve cell are called A) Dendrons. B) Axons. C) Dendrites. D) Ganglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrons. 3. What is an multicellular organism? A) It has an organism with one cell. B) It has more than one cell. C) It does't have cell. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It has more than one cell. 4. Parietal Lobe Functions A) Coordinates all movement; Helps maintain posture, muscle control, and balance. B) Sensory perception and integration of all senses. C) Visual perception, including color, form, and motion. D) Processes auditory info and encodes memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory perception and integration of all senses. 5. Which of the following is the definition of Reflex Action. A) It is a quick, automatic response to a stimulus, without of the involvement brain. B) It a quick, non-automatic response. C) This action is under our control. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is a quick, automatic response to a stimulus, without of the involvement brain. 6. What is the main function of interneurons? A) To transmit information to the brain only. B) To transport information between sensory and motor neurons. C) To generate electrical impulses. D) To protect the nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To transport information between sensory and motor neurons. 7. A brain or nerve cell A) Peripheral. B) Neuron. C) Neural. D) Impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neuron. 8. Positive feedback is when the change caused by the stimulus is A) Decreased. B) They do not exist. C) Increased. D) Changes constantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increased. 9. It helps to remember what we hear feel see taste and experience A) Nervous system. B) Brain. C) Spinal cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nervous system. 10. Which of the following is NOT a function of the cell body in a neuron? A) Contains the nucleus. B) Carries out metabolic functions. C) Receives signals. D) Transmits signals away from the cell body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transmits signals away from the cell body. 11. What two body parts make up the central nervous system? A) Brain and spinal cord. B) Cerebrum and cerebellum. C) Brain and Brain stem. D) Frontal Lobe and spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain and spinal cord. 12. A bundle of nerve fibres surrounded by a protective, fatty sheath A) Behaviour. B) Nerve. C) Sense organ. D) Sense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nerve. 13. A ..... neuron picks up stimuli and converts it to a nerve impulse. A) Inter. B) Motor. C) Sensory. D) Impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory. 14. ..... are whitish cords made up of bundles of nerve fibers, held together by connective tissue, through which impulses are transmitted. A) Nerves. B) Brain. C) Spinal cord. D) Reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerves. 15. What is the minimum time span of human perception of time? A) One hundredth of a second. B) One tenth of a second. C) One twentieth of a second. D) One thirtieth of a second. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One twentieth of a second. 16. This image shows how nerve signals travel from one neuron to another. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. What is the role of the peripheral nervous system in a mammal's body? A) To transmit signals to the brain. B) To maintain homeostasis. C) To control muscle movement. D) To process sensory information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To process sensory information. 18. The chronic degenerative neuromuscular disease that results in total body paralysis but does not affect mental acuity is ..... A) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. B) Multiple sclerosis. C) Cerebral palsy. D) Parkinson's disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 19. The autonomic nervous system is a subdivision of the A) CNS. B) Sympathetic NS. C) PNS. D) Parasympathetic NS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PNS. 20. Messages are carried from the eye to the brain by the ..... A) Optic nerve. B) Nose. C) Cornea. D) Rod and cone cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Optic nerve. ← 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