This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 582 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 582 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which part of a neuron releases neurotransmitters? A) Axon. B) Dendrites. C) Axon terminals. D) Soma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon terminals. 2. A patient is seen by their doctor for headache, fever, fatigue days after getting bit by a mosquito. What does the doctor suspect they have? A) Meningitis. B) West Nile Virus. C) Neuritis. D) Poliomyelitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) West Nile Virus. 3. Choose which of the following nerves are of the 1st category of cranial nerves. [1st category are in series with the dorsal spinal nerves and join the brainstem at a lateral level] A) 0, V in two parts, VIII, IX, X. B) 3, 4, 6, 12. C) 0, V in two parts, VII, IX, X. D) I, II, VII, VIII. IX. X. E) IV, VI, VII, XI. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 0, V in two parts, VII, IX, X. 4. How many coordination are there? A) 5. B) 6. C) 2. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 5. This part of your brain controls your heart beat and how you digest food. A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Spinal cord. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain stem. 6. Which is an excitatory neurotransmitter? A) GABA. B) Glutamate. C) Potassium. D) Sodium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glutamate. 7. Exercise can benefit which of the following body systems? (Select the BEST answer) A) Respiratory. B) Circulatory. C) Nervous. D) Muscular. E) Every system in the human body!. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Every system in the human body!. 8. It regulates voluntary activities such as muscular movement. It also controls reflexes, such as pulling your hand away from the hot surface of a stove. A) Central Nervous System. B) Somatic Nervous System. C) Autonomic Nervous System. D) Parasympathetic Nervous System. E) Sympathetic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic Nervous System. 9. Called the "rest and digest" system. A) Autonomic nervous system. B) Parasympathetic nervous system. C) Sympathetic nervous system. D) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic nervous system. 10. This division of the peripheral nervous system contains receptors and nerve fibers that carry information from the body to the CNS A) Sensory division. B) Motor division. C) Somatic system. D) Autonomic system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory division. 11. What is hearing the transmission of? A) Light waves. B) Sound waves. C) Radio waves. D) Heat waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sound waves. 12. Potassium ions are more permeable than sodium ions, which makes them a major contributor to membrane polarization. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Response to external stimuli such as extreme heat A) Respiration. B) Perspire (sweat). C) Fever. D) Shiver. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perspire (sweat). 14. Handles memory, cognition, and mood regulation A) Oxytocin. B) Serotonin. C) Acetylecholine. D) Glutamate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Glutamate. 15. Where does the transduction process take place? A) Brain. B) Receptor. C) First order neuron. D) Second order neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Receptor. 16. Gaps in the myelin sheath are called this. A) Nodes of Ranvier. B) Axon terminals. C) Synapses. D) Neurotransmitters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nodes of Ranvier. 17. The somatic nervous system is involuntary. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. The Nervous System is like a telegraph line because it A) Is outdated. B) Is very slow. C) Sends messages. D) Is made of lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sends messages. 19. Makes up CNS A) Brain. B) Spinal cord. C) All of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the above. 20. What is definition of Autonomic? A) The neutrons detect a stimulus. B) Controls involuntary actions. C) The muscles respond. D) A reaction to stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Controls involuntary actions. ← 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