This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 595 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 595 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... receptors detect/are activated by movement. A) Chemical. B) Mechanical. C) Light. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mechanical. 2. If you touch a hot surface and pull away quickly. what is this action called? A) Reflex action. B) Spinal action. C) Fast action. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reflex action. 3. -rrhaphy A) Suture. B) Bursting forth of blood. C) Recording; picture. D) To seize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suture. 4. Which of the following best illustrates homeostasis? A) Most adult humans are between 5 and 6 feet tall. B) The lungs and intestines have large surface area. C) All cells of the body are about the same size. D) When you are hot and your body exchange signals and produce sweat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When you are hot and your body exchange signals and produce sweat. 5. Planarians have cephalisation at the anterior part consisting of the brain and the eyespot A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Visceral sensory (afferent) fibers transmit information from which type of organs? A) Effector organs. B) Visceral organs. C) Skeletal muscles. D) Skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visceral organs. 7. Cardiac muscles are ONLY located in the heart A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 8. Action Potential:Also called a nerve impulse transmitted by axons. A) Action potential. B) Depolarization. C) Refractory period. D) Hyperpolarization. E) Repolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action potential. 9. You have control over these muscles A) Voluntary muscles. B) Involuntary muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voluntary muscles. 10. The column of tissue connecting the brain to nerves is ..... A) Spinal cord. B) Central nervous system. C) Peripheral nervous system. D) All of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central nervous system. 11. What is the function of the dendrites? A) Cells that produce the myelin sheath around the neuron axons. B) The junction of a neuron with another neuron or muscle. C) They are input channels that lead to the neuron's body and convey incoming messages toward the cell body. D) They are long, output channels that extend from a neuron's body that transmit information to different neurons, muscles, and glands. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are input channels that lead to the neuron's body and convey incoming messages toward the cell body. 12. The "Fight or Flight" response belongs to which part of the Nervous System? A) Somatic Nervous System. B) Central Nervous System. C) Sympathetic Nervous System. D) Parasympathetic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sympathetic Nervous System. 13. What detects excessive tension in the muscle A) Muscle spindle. B) Golgi tendon organ. C) Thermorecpetors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Golgi tendon organ. 14. Motor neurons carry messages..... A) From the senses to the brain. B) From the brain to the rest of the body. C) From hands to spine. D) From our legs to our brains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From the brain to the rest of the body. 15. To process and interpret sensory input and decide if action is needed A) Integration. B) Thinking. C) Action. D) Brain Washin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Integration. 16. The somatic NS innervates ..... and releases the neurotransmitter ..... to stimulate contractions. A) Smooth muscles; acetylcholine. B) Smooth muscles; norepinephrine. C) Skeletal muscles; acetylcholine. D) Skeletal muscles; norepinephrine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal muscles; acetylcholine. 17. How many taste buds do we have? A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 18. Myelin/o A) Myelin sheath; covering of a nerve. B) Stupor; a state of near-unconsciousness. C) Brain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myelin sheath; covering of a nerve. 19. Part of your PNS that controls involuntary actions. A) Autonomic Nervous System. B) Central Nervous System. C) Somatic Nervous System. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic Nervous System. 20. What connects the brine to the spinal cord A) Nothing. B) The spinal cord. C) Medulla. D) The nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla. ← 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