This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 650 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 650 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Regulates body movement & sleep, as well as facial expressions. A) Pons. B) Medulla. C) Cerebrum. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pons. 2. What can the cerebral cortex be divided into? A) 2 areas called hemispheres. B) 4 areas called lobes. C) 2 halves called hemispheres. D) 3 areas called lobes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4 areas called lobes. 3. Temporal Lobe? A) Important in sensory reception. B) Important in eyesight. C) Important in auditory and smell. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Important in auditory and smell. 4. What is the other name of cell body A) CYTON. B) CRYTON. C) STIMULUS. D) AXON. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CYTON. 5. Photoreceptors that detect the level of light but not the color A) Rods. B) Cones. C) Bipolar neurons. D) Ganglion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rods. 6. Select the channels that are found only in the dendrite A) Na leak channels. B) K leak channels. C) Voltage gated Na channels. D) Chemically gated K channels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chemically gated K channels. 7. The main division of the nervous system containing the brain and spinal cord A) Peripheral. B) Brain. C) Central Nervous System. D) Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central Nervous System. 8. Tough, outer layer of the meninges. A) Pia mater. B) Dura mater. C) Arachnoid mater. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dura mater. 9. The nervous system uses ..... to monitor changes inside and outside the body A) Integration. B) Sensory input. C) Motor output. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory input. 10. This portion of a neuron will receive nerve impulses from other cells and carry them to the cell body. A) Dendrites. B) Axons. C) Schwann cell. D) Nodes of ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrites. 11. This side of the brain controls the right side of the body, spoken and written language, numerical and scientific skills and reasoning A) Right Brain. B) Left Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left Brain. 12. True or False:Headaches can be caused by overactivity. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. The Brain Stem is also called A) A calloused body. B) Medulla Oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medulla Oblongata. 14. PET Scan A) Gamma Knife is used to destroy brain tissue after a lesion is located with a special instrument. B) Uptake of radioactive material in the brain shows how the brain uses glucose. C) Magnetic and radiofrequency waves create images of the brain and spinal cord tissue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uptake of radioactive material in the brain shows how the brain uses glucose. 15. TOM/O means splitting A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Which part of the brain controls the conscious mind? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain Stem. D) Midbrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 17. Light waves are what type of stimuli? A) Mechanical stimuli. B) Electromagnetic stimuli. C) All choices. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electromagnetic stimuli. 18. Cells in the retina capable of phototransduction when stimulated by light rays A) Phototransduction. B) Cones. C) Rods. D) Photorecepters. E) Bipolar Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Photorecepters. 19. Conduction pathway composed of white matter in the CNS A) Ganglion. B) Nerve. C) Nerve tract. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerve tract. 20. Dynamic equilibrium (balance) receptors are located in the A) Semicircular canals. B) Cochlea. C) Papillae. D) Tympanic membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semicircular canals. ← 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