This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 610 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 610 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the function of the medulla oblongata in the nervous system? A) Regulating body temperature. B) Controlling involuntary functions like breathing and heart rate. C) Transmitting signals between the brain and the rest of the body. D) Producing hormones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Controlling involuntary functions like breathing and heart rate. 2. The ..... is the gland that controls your hormone system. A) Thalmus. B) Hypothalamus. C) Pons. D) Mid drop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothalamus. 3. The dorsal columns are organized: A) Somatotopically with the medial fibers representing the cervical regions. B) Somatotopically with medial fibers representing sacral regions. C) With the medial fibers representing thoracic regions. D) There is NO somatotopic organization of the dorsal columns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatotopically with medial fibers representing sacral regions. 4. Passes the signal on to the muscle A) Motor neuron. B) Sensory neuron. C) Interneuron/spinal cord. D) Pain receptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor neuron. 5. An important role of an axon is to A) Carry a neural message towards a neighbouring neuron. B) Carry a neural message away from a neighbouring neuron. C) Integrate neural information and speed up its transmission. D) Insulate a neuron to speed up its transmission. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carry a neural message towards a neighbouring neuron. 6. Carries the nerve impulses away from the cell body A) Dendrites. B) Cell body. C) Axon. D) Axon terminals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon. 7. I am going to check your sensation A) I want to check your sense of taste. B) Can you pick it up?. C) Can you push my hand away?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I want to check your sense of taste. 8. Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) A) Consists of the brain and spinal cord. B) Division of the PNS that transmits action potentials from sensory organs to CNS. C) Efferent subdivision that transmits impulses from CNS to skeletal muscle. D) Consists of nerves, receptors, ganglia, and synapses outside the CNS. E) Efferent subdivision that transmits impulses from the CNS to smooth muscle, cardiac muscle and Glands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consists of nerves, receptors, ganglia, and synapses outside the CNS. 9. Which is "rest and digest", in the nervous system A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. C) Parasympathetic. D) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parasympathetic. 10. Our ..... receive stimuli and sends them to the brain. The brain sends messages to our effectors on how to respond. A) Heart. B) Lungs. C) Nerves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerves. 11. The part of the brain regulates heartbeat, respiration, swallowing, coughing, and blood pressure is the? A) Pons. B) Midbrain. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla oblongata. 12. What is the bone that protects the spinal cord? A) Rib Cage. B) Backbone. C) Femur. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Backbone. 13. Es system is specialized in? A) .transport the blood. B) Electrical signals. C) An neurons in the brain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electrical signals. 14. A muscular organ in the body where chemical digestion takes place. A) Stomach. B) Esophagus. C) Mouth. D) Intestine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stomach. 15. Which is true of a reflex arc? A) Sensory information is taken to the spinal cord and a decision is immediatly sent to the body. B) Sensory information is processed in the brain. C) Motor information comes frmo the brain after a sound. D) The sensory information travels up the spinal cord to the brain stem then immediately returns to muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory information is taken to the spinal cord and a decision is immediatly sent to the body. 16. What is your nervous system for A) To send message to the rest of you body. B) Help you talk. C) Nothing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To send message to the rest of you body. 17. The smooth muscles and glands are controlled by this part of the nervous system. A) Somatic Nervous system. B) Autonomic Nervous system. C) Astrocytes. D) Glial cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic Nervous system. 18. Which of the following is responsible for detecting pain? A) Mechanoreceptors. B) Thermoreceptors. C) Chemoreceptors. D) Photoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mechanoreceptors. 19. It is an external ear flap composed of elastic cartilage; attached to the side of head. A) Pinna. B) Auditory canal. C) Ear. D) Stapes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pinna. 20. Neurons that synapse with the photoreceptors and the ganglion neurons A) Cones. B) Rods. C) Bipolar neurons. D) Rhodopsin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bipolar neurons. ← 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