This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 705 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 705 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the basic units of structure and function in living things? A) Organs. B) Tissues. C) Cells. D) Systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cells. 2. What are leukocytes and why are they important? A) White blood cells / fight disease. B) White blood cells / make ATP. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) White blood cells / fight disease. 3. What is the colored portion of the eye called? A) Iris. B) Sclera. C) Pupil. D) Cornea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iris. 4. The grooves in the surface of the brain is also called ..... A) Gyri. B) Sulci. C) Ridges. D) Brain matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sulci. 5. The lobe that receives and interprets nerve impulses from the sensory receptors. A) Parietal. B) Occipital. C) Frontal. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parietal. 6. Retrograde means A) Away from the cell body. B) Towards the cell body. C) Running parallel to the cell body. D) Not moving to or from the cell body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Towards the cell body. 7. Do two neurons ever touch? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 8. What is the function of the myelin sheath? (More than one answer) A) Increases the speed of the nerve impulse transmission. B) Receives sensory stimuli. C) Works with the brain. D) Covers the axon to protect and electronically insulate them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increases the speed of the nerve impulse transmission. 9. Division of the nervous system that carries impulses to and from the skeletal muscles A) Autonomic. B) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic. 10. The speed of a neural impulse traveling along the nerve is: A) 15, 000 kmph. B) 100 meters per second. C) 42, 000 mps. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 100 meters per second. 11. Region of brain which controls involuntary reflexes (vomiting, sneezing, heartbeat, breathing etc.) A) Hippocampus. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Hypothalamus. D) Broca's area. E) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medulla oblongata. 12. Which body system helps to deliver nutrients from the digestive system to every part of the body? A) Circulatory. B) Muscular. C) Nervous. D) Respiratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circulatory. 13. This side of the brain is associated with mathematics A) Left. B) Right. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left. 14. There are ..... cranial nerves A) 7. B) 8. C) 10. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 12. 15. ATP has how many phosphate groups? A) 2. B) 3. C) 1. D) 13. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 16. Suffix that means speech A) -algesia. B) -phasia. C) -plegia. D) -rrhaphy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -phasia. 17. Ligaments A) Tissue that connect bone to bone. B) Tissue to blow your nose. C) Tissue to connect the spinal cord to the brain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tissue that connect bone to bone. 18. Central nervous system consists of BRAIN & ..... A) Spinal cord. B) Neural Network. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord. 19. The nervous system is divided into what two major parts A) Brain and spinal cord. B) Central and somatic nervous systems. C) Sympathetic and parasympathetic systems. D) Peripheral and central nervous systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peripheral and central nervous systems. 20. The outer membrane covering the brain is composed of fibrous connective tissues and is called the ..... A) Dura mater. B) Pia mater. C) Arachnoid mater. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dura mater. ← 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