This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 577 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 577 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Nervous system function that combines sensory perceptions and higher cognitive functions (memories, learning, emotion, etc.) to produce a response. A) Integration. B) Central Nervous System (CNS). C) Somatic Nervous System (SNS). D) Oligodendrocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Integration. 2. Miguel is playing soccer with his friends. After playing for several minutes his pulse, breathing, and sweat increases intensely. Which reaction to his activity is an example of homeostasis working within the integumentary system? A) Pulse increase. B) Breathing increase. C) Sweat increase. D) Sweat and Breathing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sweat increase. 3. What forms the myelin sheath? A) Nodes of Ranvier. B) Axon hillock. C) Schwann cells. D) Axon terminals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schwann cells. 4. The ..... gives the body its shape and supports and protects the internal organs. A) Nervous system. B) Skeletal system. C) Muscular system. D) Body system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal system. 5. Which type of cells in the PNS are responsible for protecting and cushioning neuron cell bodies? A) Schwann cells. B) Satellite cells. C) Nerve fibers. D) Axons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Satellite cells. 6. What is the space between the neurons called? A) Cute. B) Symba. C) Have sex. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conclusion. 7. The PNS consists if the: A) Blood. B) Veins. C) Messages. D) Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nerves. 8. The iris (the muscle in the eye that opens or closes to increase or decrease the size of the pupil) is an example of ..... A) Response. B) Effector. C) Stimulus. D) Sensory Receptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effector. 9. What happens when an impulse reaches the axon terminal? A) It crosses the gap directly to the next neuron. B) It stimulates vesicles to release neurotransmitters across the synaptic cleft. C) It causes the neuron to divide. D) It stops and does not continue to the next neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It stimulates vesicles to release neurotransmitters across the synaptic cleft. 10. A neuron can have only one axon, but the axon may have occasional branches along its length. A) F. B) T. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) T. 11. Collection of nerve CELL BODIES in the CNS A) Nerve. B) Tract. C) Nuclei. D) Ganglion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nuclei. 12. What special region of the brain that regulates the expression of emotions and emotional memory? A) Broca. B) Limbic. C) Wernicke. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limbic. 13. What is the difference between a reflex and a normal nervous system response? A) Reflexes don't involve the spinal cord. B) Reflexes don't involve the brain. C) Normal responses don't involve the spinal cord. D) Normal responses don't involve the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflexes don't involve the brain. 14. Nerve cell specialized for transferring messages A) Receptor. B) Neuron. C) Cerebellum. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neuron. 15. The environmental change that the body detects is know as the A) Stimulus. B) Response. C) Impulse. D) Reaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stimulus. 16. ..... carries messages to and from the central nervous system. A) The nerves from the central nervous system. B) The nerves from the peripheral nervous system. C) The nerves from the spinal cord. D) The nerves from the brainstem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The nerves from the peripheral nervous system. 17. Ganglions are found within the peripheral nervous system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Thin layer of gray matter on surface of cerebrum A) Gyrus (convolution). B) Cerebral Cortex. C) Midbrain. D) Spinal cord elongated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebral Cortex. 19. Fight or flight, activated during times of stress. A) Parasympathetic nervous system. B) Sympathetic nervous system. C) Autonomic nervous system. D) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic nervous system. 20. White matter in the CNS consists of A) Neuroglia. B) Myelinated axons of neuron. C) Cell bodies of neuron. D) Unmyelinated axons of neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myelinated axons of neuron. ← 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