This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 694 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 694 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Melanin is a type of cell that produces ..... within our skin. A) Texture. B) Color. C) Hair. D) Vitamin D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Color. 2. Which type of nerve cell sends messages from the body to the brain? A) Sensory. B) Interneuro. C) Auxiliary. D) Motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory. 3. Which system provides protection to most of the major organs A) Skeletal system. B) Circulatory system. C) Respiratory system. D) Nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal system. 4. All a part of the peripheral nervous system except: A) Autonomic Nervous System. B) Somatic Nervous System. C) Sympathetic Nervous System. D) Brain and spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain and spinal cord. 5. The properties of muscle are as follows:Stimulate a muscle, and it will generally respond A) Irritability. B) Elasticity. C) Contractility. D) Extensibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irritability. 6. Damage to which part of the brain interferes with the ability to store new memories? A) Hippocampus. B) Cerebral cortex. C) Cerebellum. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hippocampus. 7. Which part of the brain controls heartbeat and breathing A) Cerebral cortex. B) Medulla. C) Cerebellum. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medulla. 8. Which of the following are the senses that humans detect in their external environment? A) Vision, hearing, smelling, touching, and winning. B) Hearing, smelling, stinking, hungry, and tasting. C) Hearing, vision, smell, touch, food. D) Vision, hearing, smell, touch, and taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vision, hearing, smell, touch, and taste. 9. These are called electrical and chemical messages sent and received by the neurons. A) Electromagnetic Force. B) Refraction. C) Reflexes. D) Impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Impulses. 10. The sensory receptors that allow you to feel PAIN are called ..... A) Nociceptors. B) Sensory neurons. C) Interneurons. D) Motor neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nociceptors. 11. Region of brain which commands the endocrine system and maintains body homeostasis (blood pressure, heart rate) A) Hippocampus. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Hypothalamus. D) Broca's area. E) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothalamus. 12. The flow of energy during a synapse ..... A) From the pre-synaptic neuron to the post-synaptic neuron. B) From the dendrites of one neuron to the axons of another neuron. C) In the same direction as the cell body. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From the pre-synaptic neuron to the post-synaptic neuron. 13. What is the pink part of the brain? A) Temporal Lobe. B) Occipital Lobe. C) Parietal Lobe. D) Front Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temporal Lobe. 14. Motor neurones transmit nerve impulses from (e) ..... to (f) ..... A) The CNS；(f) receptors. B) The CNS；(f) effectors. C) Receptors；(f) the CNS. D) Effectors；(f) the CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The CNS；(f) effectors. 15. Contains nuclei that control visceral functions A) Temporal lobe. B) Broca's Area. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla oblongata. 16. When the eardrum vibrates, it moves a set of bones called ..... A) Ossicles. B) Muscles. C) Blood vessels. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ossicles. 17. Opening of sodium channels in the membrane of a neuron results in A) Depolarization. B) Repolarization. C) Hyperpolarization. D) Increased negative charge inside the membrane. E) Reestablishment of the resting potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Depolarization. 18. ..... are also known, as afferent nerves, carry impulses or messages from the sense organs to the brain, where sensations such as touch, cold, heat and light are experienced. A) Sensory nerves. B) Motor nerves. C) Spinal cord. D) Reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory nerves. 19. A small region of the brainstem between the diencephalons and the pons A) Midbrain. B) Thalamus. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Midbrain. 20. The brain and the spinal cord are a part of which division of the nervous system? A) Central. B) Peripheral. C) The. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central. ← 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