This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 616 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 616 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Hydrocephalus A) Accumulation of fluid in the spaces of the brain. B) Mental disorder marked by confusion; uncontrolled excitement; ADJ. delirious. C) A slowly progressive decline in mental abilities, including memory, thinking, and judgment, that is often accompanied by personality changes. D) The surgical removal of a portion of the skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accumulation of fluid in the spaces of the brain. 2. Gaps in the myelin sheath are called Nodes of ..... A) River. B) Debris. C) Ranvier. D) Jumper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ranvier. 3. What is the outer layer of the brain where conscious thinking occurs called? A) Cerebral Cortex. B) Corpus Callosum. C) Cerebellum. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebral Cortex. 4. The patient is ..... A) Coma. B) Comatose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comatose. 5. This is another name for the parasympathetic division of the nervous system A) Thoracolumbar division. B) Craniosacral division. C) Cervical division. D) Brachial division. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Craniosacral division. 6. The Cerebellum is located towards the ..... of the brain. A) Front. B) Back. C) Right. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Back. 7. The nervous system that is under your conscious control is called the ..... nervous system. A) Central. B) Autonomic. C) Enteric. D) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatic. 8. We know the basic five senses-taste, touch, sight, hearing and smell. Do animals have other senses? A) Yes. B) No. C) Sometimes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 9. A cerebrovascular accident can be caused by an obstruction of blood flow to the brain or a hemorrhage. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Which of the following is not an involuntary action? A) Beating of the heart. B) Knee jerk reflex. C) Sweating. D) Talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Talking. 11. Name the part of the body that begins at the medula of the brain and extends all along the back A) Spinal cord. B) Vertebrae. C) Vertebral column. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord. 12. This region of your brain coordinates voluntary muscle activity and maintains balance and muscle tone: A) Cerebellum. B) Diencephalon. C) Spinal cord elongated. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 13. Which is the middle meninge? A) Dura mater. B) Arachnoid mater. C) Pia mater. D) Cranial mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arachnoid mater. 14. The suffix-esthesia means A) Easy, normal. B) Feeling. C) Numb. D) Unfeeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feeling. 15. A patient has a TBI (traumatic brain injury) with left hemiplegia. You note that on the right side of his body he has an atrophied trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscle. What is the nerve involvement on the right side? A) Spinal accessory XI. B) Radial nerve. C) Ulnar nerve. D) Musculocutaneous nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal accessory XI. 16. Light entering the eye is focused behind the retina instead of directly on it, objects close to the eye look blurry A) Iris. B) Near Sighted. C) Astigmatism. D) Far Sighted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Far Sighted. 17. Which organ looks like a long tree trunk where INFORMATION TRAVELS from the brain to the nerves and back (from the nerves to the brain)? A) Nerves. B) Brain. C) Spinal cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord. 18. Every living organism is made up of one or more cells A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. -inflammation of the brain causing headaches, seizures, comas, and death A) Meningitis. B) Cerebral palsy. C) Encephalitis. D) Quadriplegia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Encephalitis. 20. The cerebrum is the brain region that has two hemispheres and stores memories A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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