This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 659 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 659 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What would be an example of using the somatic nervous system? A) Kicking a soccer ball to the win the world cup to beat Argentina!. B) Heart rate increasing as you run away from a clown. C) Smooth muscles in your intestines contracting more after you eat a 1 pound chocolate bar. D) Your endocrine system releases epinephrine when you a man dressed as Darth Vader walking towards you. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kicking a soccer ball to the win the world cup to beat Argentina!. 2. Why do muscle cells need large amounts of energy? A) To help the nervous grow. B) To maintain life. C) Muscles require a large amount of energy to function. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscles require a large amount of energy to function. 3. ..... affects the muscles of the chin, lower lip, and external ear. A) Mandibular nerve. B) Maxillary nerve. C) Cervical nerve. D) Temporal nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mandibular nerve. 4. Location of the nucleus in the neuron? A) Dendrite. B) Cell Body. C) Axon. D) Myelin sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell Body. 5. Which is the correct path that a nerve impulse will follow in a reflex arc? A) Motor neuron$\rightarrow$ interneuron$\rightarrow$ sensory neuron. B) Interneuron$\rightarrow$ motor neuron $\rightarrow$ sensory neuron. C) Motor neuron$\rightarrow$ sensory neuron$\rightarrow$ interneuron. D) Sensory neuron$\rightarrow$ interneuron$\rightarrow$ motor neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory neuron$\rightarrow$ interneuron$\rightarrow$ motor neuron. 6. When light enters the eye it goes through A) Lens, aqueous humor, vitreous humor, pupil, cornea, retina. B) Retina, cornea, aqueous humor, vitreous humor, pupil, lens. C) Cornea, aqueous humor, pupil, lens, vitreous humor, retina. D) Cornea, retina, lens, pupil, aqueous humor, vitreous humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cornea, aqueous humor, pupil, lens, vitreous humor, retina. 7. The colored portion of the eye A) Iris. B) Cornea. C) Retina. D) Pupil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iris. 8. Opens and closes to adjust the total amount of light entering the eye. A) Iris. B) Crime. C) Cornea. D) Human lens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iris. 9. Posterior to the central sulcus, where the primary somatic sensory area is located, allows you to recognize pain, coldness, or a light touch. A) Pituitary gland. B) Parietal lobe. C) Mammillary bodies. D) Diencephalon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parietal lobe. 10. Sensory nerves in the nose send messages to the brain. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Part of neuron that receives impulses or caries signals towards the cell body A) Soma. B) Dendrites. C) Axon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrites. 12. The division of the nervous system containing all of the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord is the A) Central nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. C) Axial nervous system. D) Appendicular nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral nervous system. 13. The cerebrum can be divided into the left and right hemisphere. The left and right hemispheres are joined through a thick band of fibers called the: A) Small intestine. B) Skeletal muscle. C) Callous body. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Callous body. 14. What is the name of the groove that separates the frontal and parietal lobes of the brain? A) Lateral sulcus. B) Parieto-occipital sulcus. C) Central sulcus. D) Precentral gyrus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central sulcus. 15. The main function of this structure is to regulate the amount of light entering the eyeball through the pupil. A) Retina. B) Cornea. C) Iris. D) Choroid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iris. 16. The neurons that make up a long pathway touch each other. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. 2nd nerve, controls vision A) Olfactory. B) Optic. C) Oculomotor. D) Trochlear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Optic. 18. The central nervous system is made up of the brain and spinal cord and parasympathetic nerves. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 19. Integrating sensory information and deciding how to respond to it are the primary functions of this part of the body: A) Central nervous system. B) Sympathetic nervous system. C) Somatic nervous system. D) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central nervous system. 20. What type of cell clears dead tissue by phagocytosis? A) Astrocytes. B) Microglial cells. C) Ependymal cells. 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