This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 619 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 619 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The part of the brain responsible for the co-ordination of the actions of the muscles is ..... A) Medulla. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) Can't remember. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 2. Memory neurotransmitter A) Acetylcholine (ACh). B) Serotonin. C) Glutamate. D) Endorphins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glutamate. 3. What are the four functions of the Skeletal System? A) Support, movement, protection, balance. B) Support, movement, protection, production of blood cells. C) Running, jumping, walking, bending. D) Running, jumping, bending, standing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Support, movement, protection, production of blood cells. 4. What do we call a change in your surroundings that causes you to react? A) Stimulus. B) Response. C) Voluntary. D) Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stimulus. 5. The CNS includes the brain. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. The rapid skipping of an action potential from node to node on myelinated neurons. A) Saltatory conduction. B) Myelinated Conduction. C) Neurotransmission. D) Skipping Conduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saltatory conduction. 7. Nerve impulses are transmitted from ..... to ..... motor neuron to sensory neuron A) Motor neuron to sensory neuron. B) Sensory neuron to motor neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor neuron to sensory neuron. 8. What is bacterial meningitis? A) Progressive destruction of myelin sheaths. B) Short, recurrent, periodic, attacks of motor, sensory, or psychological malfunction. C) A group of motor disorders due to loss of muscle control. D) Infection of meninges by bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infection of meninges by bacteria. 9. Cerebrospinal fluid is formed and circulated by the: A) Microglial cells. B) Ependymal cells. C) Oligodendrocytes. D) Arachnoid villi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ependymal cells. 10. What is the major control center of the body? A) Brain. B) Spinal cord. C) Nell theory. D) Nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 11. What happens in the synaptic space between two neurons? A) The ionic channels close. B) An action potential is produced. C) Neurotransmitters are released. D) Depolarization occurs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurotransmitters are released. 12. The plasma membrane at rest A) Polarized. B) Depolarized. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polarized. 13. What happens when an action potential reaches the end of a neuron? A) Calcium ions influx and neurotransmitters are released. B) Sodium and potassium channels open. C) The neuron becomes depolarized. D) The resting voltage is reestablished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium ions influx and neurotransmitters are released. 14. This part of brain connects to two hemispheres. A) Brain stem. B) Callous body. C) Fissures. D) Sulcus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Callous body. 15. The switching and relay center for the brain is the ..... A) Cerebrum. B) Brain stem. C) Cerebellum. D) Diencephalon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diencephalon. 16. A neuron that relays the impulse A) Presynaptic neuron. B) Postsynaptic neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Presynaptic neuron. 17. This controls the movement of the lips and tongue and thus controls speech. A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Broca's Area. D) Brain Stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broca's Area. 18. In the lacrimal apparatus, tears are produced in the lacrimal gland, then travel across the ..... towards the ..... commissure before emptying into the nasolacrimal duct. A) Conjunctiva, medial. B) Conjunctiva, lateral. C) Lens, medial. D) Lens, lateral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conjunctiva, medial. 19. A nerve that consists of motor neuron axons A) Motor nerve. B) Descending tract. C) Adrenergic fiber. D) Spinal nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor nerve. 20. This structure of the dentrite joins the cell body and the axon. A) Axon hillock. B) Myelin sheath. C) Nodes of ranvier. D) Axon terminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon hillock. ← 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