This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 692 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 692 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. There are two types of neurons, afferent and efferent. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Receptor cells in the skin allow us to ..... A) Sense cold, heat, and pressure. B) Sweat and cry. C) Smile and wave. D) Turn different colors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sense cold, heat, and pressure. 3. This is the bottom part of the Diencephalon. A) Limbic System. B) Hypothalamus. C) Thalamus. D) Basal Ganglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothalamus. 4. Which types of muscle tissue are voluntary? A) Cardiac. B) Skeletal. C) Smooth. D) Cardiac and Smooth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal. 5. What food group has the most calcium to help our bones? A) Protein. B) Vegetables. C) Dairy. D) Grains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dairy. 6. When a neuron is not conducting a nerve impulse or is at rest its membrane potential is negative about-70 mV A) Resting. B) Cold. C) Nerve impulse. D) Membrane potential. E) Action potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resting. 7. This region/part of the brain coordinates movement and is where various features of motor learning take place? (i.e. balance, coordination, speech, posture, and muscle or implicit memory) A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 8. What structure in the tongue holds the taste buds A) Papillae. B) Taste grooves. C) Tongue lumps. D) Bumps. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Papillae. 9. The nerve cell that connects the sensory and motor neurons are called the ..... A) Axon. B) Neurotransmitter. C) Interneuron. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interneuron. 10. Mark each of the following statements somatic nervous system or autonomic nervous system.is used for writing, talking, and other voluntary movements A) Somatic nervous system. B) Autonomic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic nervous system. 11. The outer layer of Schwann cells containing only nucleus and cytoplasm is called the: A) Axon. B) Neuroglia. C) Nodes of Ranvier. D) Neurilemma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurilemma. 12. Action that occur immediately without conscious control or prior thought A) Voluntary action. B) Involuntary action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involuntary action. 13. Which of the following structure at a synapse has the neurotransmitter? A) Schwann cells. B) Synaptic cleft. C) Synaptic knobs. D) Synaptic vesicles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synaptic vesicles. 14. What are glial cells? A) Cells that are found only in the peripheral nervous system. B) Cells that support and protect neurons. C) Cells that transmit electrical impulses. D) The main immune defense in the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cells that support and protect neurons. 15. The brainstem is comprised of all the following EXCEPT A) Midbrain. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 16. Why is the speed of an impulse increased if a neurone is wrapped in myelin? A) Potassium ions flow out of the neurone faster. B) Myelin insulates the neurone so the temperature increases. C) The impulse can jump from node to node. D) It allows neurones to touch each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The impulse can jump from node to node. 17. The part of the neuron that receives nerve impulses. A) Axon. B) Dendrite. C) Cell body. D) Axon terminus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrite. 18. Portions of the brain that have been associated with primitive emotions such as fear include the hippocampus and amygdala. Together they form the major components of: A) The forebrain. B) Wernicke's area. C) The brain stem. D) The primary motor cortex. E) The limbic system. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) The limbic system. 19. The type of impulse conduction in myelinated fibers is called ..... A) Saltatory. B) Continuous. C) Synaptic. D) Myelinated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saltatory. 20. The largest region of the brain is A) The cerebellum. B) The mid-brain. C) The basal ganglia. D) The cerebral hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The cerebral hemisphere. ← 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