This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 71 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 71 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which controls personality, short term memory, & speech A) Frontal lobe. B) Parietal lobe. C) Temporal lobe. D) Occipital lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal lobe. 2. A student listed some functions of an organ. It helps maintain body balance. It regulates the beating of the heart. It controls the voluntary action of the body. A) Digestive system. B) Nervous system. C) Respiratory system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nervous system. 3. A network of spinal nerves A) Roots. B) Plexus. C) A horse's tail. D) CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plexus. 4. A fatty substance that covers and insulates nerve fibers, speeding up signal transmission A) Cholesterol. B) Protein. C) Carbohydrate. D) Myelin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myelin. 5. Made mostly of fat, coats and protects nerve; when born we have very few developed, as we grow babies use their baby fat to develop Certain neurological disorders can cause this to break down-causing limitations to movement or sensation. A) Dendrite. B) Nucleus. C) Axon. D) Myelin Sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myelin Sheath. 6. The pathway impulse takes in reflex action A) Reflex action. B) Effector. C) Response. D) Reflex arc. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reflex arc. 7. ..... Top layer of the skin A) Homeostasis. B) Brain. C) Epidermis. D) Dermis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epidermis. 8. A disease caused by brain damage before, during, or after birth, causing a loss of muscle control. A) Alzheimer's Disease. B) Cerebral Palsy. C) Epilepsy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebral Palsy. 9. What do the dentrites do to the information A) They take it to the cell body. B) They take it away from the cell body. C) They take it to the nerves. D) They take it to the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They take it to the cell body. 10. What happens when the corpus callosum is severed? A) The brain loses its ability to send action potentials. B) The brain experiences seizures. C) The two hemispheres of the brain cannot communicate. D) The brain becomes more efficient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The two hemispheres of the brain cannot communicate. 11. Gas exchange takes place between the respiratory and the ..... systems A) Sensory. B) Muscular. C) Digestive. D) Circulatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circulatory. 12. What is the difference between dendrites and axons? A) Dendrites are the cell body. Axons are nerve fibers. B) Dendrites are nerve fibers. The axon is the cell body. C) Dendrites carry nerve impulses into the cell. Axons carry nerve impulses away from the cell body. D) Dendrites carry nerve impulses away from the cell body. Axons carry nerve impulses into the cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrites carry nerve impulses into the cell. Axons carry nerve impulses away from the cell body. 13. The opening at the front of the eye through which all light passes. A) Sclera. B) Cornea. C) Pupil. D) Iris. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pupil. 14. Which lobe of the brain is the one responsible for processing tactile information? A) Temporal. B) Occipital. C) Frontal. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parietal. 15. What is the central nervous system (CNS) made of? A) Brain and spinal cord. B) Brain and cranial nerves. C) Spinal cord and spinal nerves. D) Cranial nerves and spinal nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain and spinal cord. 16. What is reflex action? A) When sensory nerves function. B) When motor Nevers function. C) Then we do something without thinking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Then we do something without thinking. 17. Cavity within the brain that contains the choroid plexus A) Midbrain. B) Ventricle. C) Cerebrum. D) Occipital lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ventricle. 18. What is the main function of oligodendrocytes? A) Protection and forms the myelin sheath. B) Maintain the health of the neuron. C) Brace and support the neuron to it's nurtient supply. D) Lining of the central cavities to circulate spinal fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protection and forms the myelin sheath. 19. Which division of our ANS is responsible for increasing our heartrate? A) The sympathetic nervous system. B) The parasympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sympathetic nervous system. 20. Which Cranial Nerve is called the Abducens Nerve? A) III. B) IV. C) V. D) VI. 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