This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 608 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 608 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the normal resting potential of a neuron? A) -30 mv. B) -50 mv. C) -70 mv. D) -80 mv. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -70 mv. 2. Cranial nerve Optic II functions in: A) Vision. B) Smell. C) Hearing. D) Muscles of the tongue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vision. 3. Where are most cell bodies located? A) Muscle cells. B) Bone cells. C) CNS. D) Blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CNS. 4. Some of the body's most important functions ..... including blood pressure, heart rate, breathing and swallowing ..... are controlled in the ..... A) Brain stem. B) Cerebral cortex. C) Frontal lobe. D) Temporal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain stem. 5. Controls fight or flight response A) Parasympathetic ANS. B) Sympathetic ANS. C) CNS. D) PNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic ANS. 6. True / False:Glial cells are more in number than neurons A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Brain is a sense organ A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 8. A thin, transparent membrane that lines the eyelids and covers the white, exposed surface of the eye. A) Lacrimal point. B) Conjunctiva. C) Lateral rectus. D) Tarsal plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conjunctiva. 9. Controls sense of balance A) Medulla. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 10. Neuroglia that produce scar tissue in the brain and spinal cord but also contribute to the blood-brain barrier are A) Astrocytes. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Microglia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astrocytes. 11. The Motor Nerves carries messages from ..... to ..... A) Heart to Spinal Cord. B) Brain or Spinal Cord to parts of the body. C) Parts of the body to stomach. D) Post office to house. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain or Spinal Cord to parts of the body. 12. All of the cranial nerve pairs and spinal nerve pairs belong to the A) Central nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral nervous system. 13. What is the gravitropism? A) Response of an organism to seasonal changes in day length. B) Response of the plant to sun. C) Response of the plant to gravity. D) Response of plant to the touching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Response of the plant to gravity. 14. Neurons have two major functions:irritability and conductivity A) Nerve impulses. B) Neurilemma. C) Synaptic cleft. D) Choroid plexus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerve impulses. 15. Which one is a function of the frontal lobe? A) Memory. B) Sense of touch. C) Vision. D) Emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emotions. 16. Releases epinephrine to target organs A) Sympathetic nervous system. B) Parasympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic nervous system. 17. Our tongues can detect how many tastes A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 18. Chemicals released at the end of an axon terminal that diffuse across the synapse and transfer the nerve impulse to another nerve, muscle, or gland A) Neurotransmitters. B) Neurons. C) Conclusion. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurotransmitters. 19. The myelin sheath (part that covers a neuron) is responsible for A) Slowing down signals. B) Protecting the neuron and making signal travel faster. C) Fueling cell body. D) Carrying impulsees to other neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protecting the neuron and making signal travel faster. 20. The path light takes through the eye ..... A) Cornea, Retina, Optic Nerve, Iris, Pupil, Lens. B) Cornea, Iris, Optic Nerve, Pupil, Lens, Retina. C) Cornea, Iris, Pupil, Lens, Optic Nerve, Retina. D) Cornea, Iris, Pupil, Lens, Retina, Optic Nerve,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cornea, Iris, Pupil, Lens, Retina, 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