This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 594 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 594 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Ca2+ stimulates vesicles to accept with membrane A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Connect blood vessels to neurons A) Microglial cells. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Schwann cells. D) Astrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Astrocytes. 3. What nerve takes information from the CNS to the skeletal muscle? A) Efferent Nerves. B) Afferent Nerves. C) Parasympathetic Nerves. D) Sympathetic Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Efferent Nerves. 4. Nerves are bundles of ..... A) Nerve fiber. B) Tissue. C) Bones. D) Blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerve fiber. 5. Action potential propagation refers to the movement of the action potential along the length of the axon (T/F)? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Action potential is a nerve impulse A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Which of the following is a function of microglia in the CNS? A) Maintaining the blood-brain barrier. B) Functioning in action potential transmission. C) Guiding neuron development. D) Performing repairs and cleanup in damaged neural tissue. E) Creating a 3-dimensional framework for the CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Performing repairs and cleanup in damaged neural tissue. 8. Wernicke's area is responsible for A) Articulating language. B) Vision. C) Language comprehension. D) Sense of touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Language comprehension. 9. In our body, involuntary actions are controlled by ..... A) Medulla in the hindbrain. B) Medulla in the forebrain. C) Medulla in the spinal cord. D) Medulla in the midbrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medulla in the hindbrain. 10. Which type of neuron receives signals/stimuli from the eyes, ears, nose, skin, or tongue and transmits this information to other neurons? A) Sensory. B) Motor. C) Interneuron. D) Relay neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory. 11. Our heart beats faster when we are scared or nervous. Which branch of the peripheral nervous system is responsible? A) Somatic nervous system. B) Autonomic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic nervous system. 12. The nerves that branch directly from the brain and transmit nerve signals to and from the eyes, ears, mouth, face, and scalp are the ..... A) Meninges. B) Spinal nerves. C) Cerebral ganglia. D) Cranial nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cranial nerves. 13. What do sensory organs do? A) Regulate our heart rate. B) They take in information we need about our environment. C) Conduction of impulses from the spinal cord. D) Understand the impulses from motor neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They take in information we need about our environment. 14. Action potentials occur when the charge inside the cell switches from negative to positive A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. The sense of sight identifies ..... A) Different smells. B) Different textures. C) Different colors. D) Different tastes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Different colors. 16. Part of the central nervous system that is a column of nerve tissue that links the brain to most of the nerves in the peripheral nervous system. Controls reflex action. A) Brain. B) Nerve signal pathways. C) Spinal Cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal Cord. 17. Which of the following is derived from the Basal plate? A) Olivary nucleus. B) Cuneate nucleus. C) Roof. D) Cover. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cover. 18. When Brian touches a hot object, which body structures help him react appropriately to protect himself? A) The vertebral column, the interneurons, and the motor neurons. B) The sensory neurons, the interneurons, and the motor neurons. C) The sensory neurons, the vertebral column, and the brain. D) The sensory neurons, the brain, and the motor neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sensory neurons, the interneurons, and the motor neurons. 19. What part of a neuron takes information away from the soma? A) Dendrites. B) Axon. C) Myelin Sheath. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 20. The most basic unit in the nervous system is the (a) A) Axon. B) Soma. C) Sensory cell. D) A neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A 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