This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 624 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 624 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the medical term for nearsightedness? A) Glaucoma. B) Hyperopia. C) Myopia. D) Astigmatism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myopia. 2. Which part of the brain is responsible for controlling conscious thought? A) Hypothalamus. B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebellum. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 3. Is found in between the cerebrum and cerebellum A) Occipital lobe. B) Hypothalamus. C) Cerebrospinal fluid. D) Cerebral cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothalamus. 4. What is the brain region that helps maintain balance? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Neuron. D) Nerve region. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 5. This is composed of Sensory and Motor Neurons everywhere in the body EXCEPT brain and spinal cord A) Peripheral Nervous System. B) Central Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peripheral Nervous System. 6. What does the Auditory nerve do? A) Carries the message to the brain. B) Carries the message to the Semi-Circular canal. C) Send the message to the Eustachian tube. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carries the message to the brain. 7. Autonomic dysreflexia is a condition that occurs in people with spinal cord injuries above the T6 level. It is characterized by a sudden and dangerous increase in blood pressure in response to a noxious stimulus below the level of injury. A) YES. B) NO. C) NOT SURE. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) YES. 8. Which type of nerve carries messages to your spinal cord and brain? A) Sensory nerve. B) Motor nerve. C) Mixed nerve. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory nerve. 9. Rods detect ..... and cones detect ..... A) Light, color. B) Color, light. C) Chemicals, light. D) Patterns, colors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Light, color. 10. If myo means muscle, then myopathy would be: A) Disease of the muscle. B) Disease of the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disease of the muscle. 11. Bulge from the floor of the hypothalamus posterior to the pituitary gland. Reflex centers involved in olfaction (sense of smell) A) Medulla oblongata. B) Speech area. C) Mammillary bodies. D) Repolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mammillary bodies. 12. If your body is in its normal state, homeostasis, it's because this area of the brain is monitoring the internal systems to keep it so. A) Brain stem. B) Amygdala. C) Cerebrum. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hypothalamus. 13. The right side is in charge of ..... A) Analize the enviroment through senses. B) Analizing and predigting past and future. C) Take details to asociate and project. D) B and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analize the enviroment through senses. 14. What is the minimum level of a stimulus needed to cause an impulse called? A) Neuron. B) Resting potential. C) Threshold. D) Stimuli. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Threshold. 15. *THE SPACE IN-BETWEEN NEURON AND CELL IS CALLED A SYNAPATIC CLEFT A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 16. Calming neurotransmitter; inhibits neurons from firing A) Epinephrine. B) Norepinephrine. C) Dopamine. D) GABA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) GABA. 17. Depolarization of a membrane is begins with the A) Opening of sodium channels. B) Opening of potassium channels. C) Opening of calcium channels. D) Closing of sodium channels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opening of sodium channels. 18. The function of myelin sheath in neuron is A) Allow impulse to pass through the axon. B) Receive impulse from the environment. C) Speed up impulse conduction. D) Control activities in neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speed up impulse conduction. 19. What part of your brain controls your involuntary muscle function? A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Amygdala. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain stem. 20. Neurons have an extremely high metabolic rate which means they cannot live for more than a few minute without oxygen (T/F)? 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