This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 697 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 697 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The two hemispheres of the brain are connected by a thich bundle of axons called the corpus callosum. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Chemical signals released by the organs of the endocrine system are called ..... A) Hormones. B) Reflexes. C) Nerve messages. D) Parathyroid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hormones. 3. True or false:the Hypothalamus is in charege of regulating the secretion of many hormones A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Lou Gehrig's disease can also be called ..... A) Cerebral palsy. B) Poliomyelitis. C) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. D) Hemiplegia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 5. Every time you lift your finger or wiggle your toes, you are using the ..... neurons of the somatic nervous system. A) Motor. B) Sensory. C) Interneurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor. 6. If you step on a nail$\rightarrow$ thigh muscle contract$\rightarrow$ lift your foot ..... What nerve brings impulses from the spinal cord to the thigh muscle A) Somatic sensory. B) Visceral sensory. C) Somatic motor sensory. D) Visceral/autonomic motor sensory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Somatic motor sensory. 7. Transmitters that carry impulses from the skin and organs to the spinal cord and brain; afferent neurons A) Sensory neurons. B) Astrocytes. C) Motor neurons. D) Efferent nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory neurons. 8. Receptors that are stimulated by physical forces that cause movement of fluid or by vibrations within the body are what kind of receptors? A) Pain receptors. B) Mechanoreceptors. C) Chemoreceptors. D) Photoreceptors. E) Thermoreceptors . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mechanoreceptors. 9. Brain is compound by A) Cerebrum, cerebellum and brainstream. B) Brain, cerebellum and brainstream. C) Cerebellum, spinal cord. D) Cerebrum and cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum, cerebellum and brainstream. 10. What type of neuroglial cell attaches neurons to capillaries? A) Astrocyte. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Microglial. D) Ependymal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astrocyte. 11. Nerves carry messages from the brain and the spinal cord to all parts of the body in the form of ..... A) Impulses. B) Network. C) Pulse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impulses. 12. Which part of the diencephalon relays sensory impulses to the sensory cortex and helps with memory? A) Thalamus. B) Hypothalamus. C) Epithalamus tagsB.LS1.3. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thalamus. 13. Helps you perceive the world with your senses. It is also home to the sensory strip, which controls how we perceive touch, pain, and temperature. A) Frontal lobe. B) Parietal lobe. C) Temporal lobe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parietal lobe. 14. The ..... is the basic building block of the nervous system. A) Soma. B) Neuron. C) Axon. D) Terminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neuron. 15. The fluid which surrounds, protects, nourishes, and cleans the brain and spinal cord A) CSF (cerebrospinal fluid). B) CSF (Cerebrofluid Spine). C) CSF (Cystic Syndrome Fluid). D) FCS (Fluid Cerebrum Stuff). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CSF (cerebrospinal fluid). 16. Most often deals with memory A) Hippocampus. B) Hypothalamus. C) Thalamus. D) Midbrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hippocampus. 17. Neurons are cells of the nervous system that receive and transmit signals. Which part of a neuron transmits signals from the cell body to other cells? A) Axon. B) Dendrites. C) Neurotransmitters. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon. 18. The actual gap in the synapse is called the A) Synaptic bridge. B) Synaptic vesicle. C) Synaptic membrane. D) Synaptic cleft. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synaptic cleft. 19. What material flows thought the ventricles of the brain? A) CNS. B) PNS. C) CSF. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CSF. 20. What do the axons do to the information A) They take information to the spine. B) They take information to the brain. C) They take the information away from the cell body. D) They take the information to the cell body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They take the information away from the cell body. ← 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