This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 617 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 617 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False:Neurons use passive transport of ions to create a gradient A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. The ..... interprets sense, controls movement and carries out complex mental processes A) Caribou. B) Cerebrum. C) Carabiner. D) Chocolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 3. Delivers visual information from the retina to the visual centers in the occipital lobe A) Optic Nerve. B) Fovea. C) Lens. D) Cornea. E) Vitreous Humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Optic Nerve. 4. The second part of an action potential that creates movement of the membrane potential in a negative direction is A) Depolarization. B) The resting membrane potential. C) Repolarization. D) Hyperpolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repolarization. 5. Patients with Alzheimer's disease may exhibit an apraxic gait pattern, which is characterized by: A) Stiff and slow movements. B) Short, shuffling steps. C) Inability to initiate walking despite the capability. D) Frequent falls. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inability to initiate walking despite the capability. 6. In a cross section of the spinal cord, the peripheral white portion consists of ..... forming nerve tracts, and the central gray portion consists of ..... A) Unmyelinated neurons, myelinated neurons. B) Myelinated neurons, unmyelinated sensory receptors. C) Myelinated neurons, unmyelinated neurons. D) Myelinated neurotransmitters, unmyelinated axons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myelinated neurons, unmyelinated neurons. 7. Definition:a junction between two nerve cells, consisting of a minute gap across which impulses pass by diffusion of a neurotransmitter. A) Neurons. B) Conclusion. C) Axon. D) Dendrites tagsneurotransmitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conclusion. 8. What cell is found in the CNS and connects neurons to blood vessels? A) Microglial. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Astrocytes. D) Ependymal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astrocytes. 9. What part of the brain controls heart rate? A) Thalamus. B) Midbrain. C) Pons. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medulla oblongata. 10. Which lobe allows us to use words to express what we are thinking or how we are feeling? A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Temporal. D) Insula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parietal. 11. Meaning spinal cord A) My. B) The root. C) Myel/o. D) Encephal/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myel/o. 12. Interprets sensations such as:touch, pressure, pain; understanding of speech, use words to express thoughts and feelings A) Temporal lobe. B) Parietal lobe. C) Frontal lobe. D) Occipital lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parietal lobe. 13. The parts of this system are organized into the somatic system and autonomic systems A) Autonomic system. B) Central nervous system. C) Peripheral nervous system. D) Somatic system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral nervous system. 14. Which of the following forms of motor output is under voluntary control? A) Skeletal muscle contraction. B) Smooth muscle contraction. C) Cardiac muscle contraction. D) Gland secretion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal muscle contraction. 15. The ..... consists of the brain and spinal cord. A) Central nervous system. B) Somatic nervous system. C) Sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system. D) Parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system. E) Afferent division of the peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central nervous system. 16. Your lungs help you breathe. How does the nervous system work with your lungs when you're doing exercise? A) It tells the lungs to take in less air. B) It doesn't communicate with the lungs. C) It tells the lungs to take in more air. D) It makes the lungs smaller. tagsMS-LS1.8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It tells the lungs to take in more air. 17. Learning and Memory A) Amygdala. B) Hippocampus. C) Hypothalamus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hippocampus. 18. What is the Control Center of your Nervous System? A) Brain. B) Nerves. C) Heart. D) Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 19. Lobe of cerebrum that processes vision A) Occipital. B) Frontal. C) Temporal. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Occipital. 20. Albert Einstein's brain was slightly larger than the average males. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← 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