This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 709 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 709 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which division of the nervous system responds to stress and stimuli. A) Symposium nervous system. B) Parasympathetic nervous system. C) Somatic nervous system. D) Sympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sympathetic nervous system. 2. Chemicals that send messages from the axon terminal across the synapse from neuron to neuron are called what? A) Neurons. B) Dendrites. C) Bipolar. D) Neurotransmitters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurotransmitters. 3. Where are the voltage-gated Na+ and K+ channels concentrated at? A) Pre-synaptic terminal. B) Vesicle. C) Axon hillock. D) Cell body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon hillock. 4. Which direction are afferent signals carried? A) Toward the PNS. B) Toward the CNS. C) Toward the toes. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Toward the CNS. 5. What part of the brain controls language and touch? A) Parietal Lobe. B) Pons. C) Occipital Lobe. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parietal Lobe. 6. What type of neuron send impulses to MUSCLES causing them to contract? A) Skeletal. B) Arteries. C) Sensory. D) Motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor. 7. A neuron that conducts action potentials from one neuron to another within the CNS. A) Interneuron. B) Motor neuron. C) Sensory neuron. D) Association neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Association neuron. 8. How is the resting potential restored? A) Passive diffusion of sodium. B) Passive diffusion of potassium. C) Sodium potassium pump. D) Closing all voltage gated channels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sodium potassium pump. 9. The ..... is the message center and controls involuntary movements. A) Brain stem. B) Cerebellum. C) Pons. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain stem. 10. Neurons can live for up to how many years? A) 64 years. B) 80 years. C) 100 years. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 100 years. 11. What part of the brain controls heart rate and breathing? A) Cerebrum. B) Brainstem. C) Cerebellum. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brainstem. 12. What is sclera? A) Cornea. B) White part of the eye. C) Red part of the eye. D) Lens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) White part of the eye. 13. Maintaining homeostasis is a function of the A) Hypothalamus. B) Occipital lobe. C) Cerebellum. D) Callous body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypothalamus. 14. Decrease heart rate A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic. 15. Nerve signals enter the neuron through the ..... and exit through the ..... A) Axon, dendrite. B) Dendrites, axon. C) Cell body, axon. D) Cell body, dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrites, axon. 16. Synapse is created by A) A singular neurone. B) One neurone meeting another. C) Impulses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One neurone meeting another. 17. Which combination below shows how positive feedback affects a change in output and the directional flow of an impulse? Output:Directional flow A) Large:same direction. B) Small:opposite direction. C) Large:no direction. D) Small:same direction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Large:same direction. 18. Where is the cerebellum located? A) Right hemisphere. B) Under the cerebrum. C) Under the cerebellum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under the cerebrum. 19. Integration A) Impulse are sent from CNS to effectors (muscle glands) to cause a response. B) Occurs within CNS; processes incoming sensory input (decision making). C) Impulses are sent to the CNS; detect changes inside and outside the body. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occurs within CNS; processes incoming sensory input (decision making). 20. This is the body's ability to recall thoughts A) Remember. B) Memory. C) Recognition. D) Amnesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Memory. ← 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