This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 712 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 712 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which part of the brain controls voluntary functions like movement and thinking? A) Brain Stem. B) Cerebellum. C) Spinal Cord. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum. 2. This system provides strength, posture, balance, and heat for body warmth. A) Outgrowths. B) Muscular. C) Nervous. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscular. 3. Taste buds are cells on your tongue that allow you to perceive: A) Taste. B) Air. C) Smelling. D) Feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taste. 4. Short-term and long-term are two types of: A) Systems. B) Memory. C) Muscles. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Memory. 5. Unipolar neuron A) One dendrite. B) One axon. C) One axon and dendrite. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One axon. 6. Abnormal accumulation of cerebral, spinal fluid, water on the brain A) Ganglion. B) Hydrocephalus. C) Glia. D) Fight or flight response. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydrocephalus. 7. What system would be involved if someone was escaping a burning building? A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. C) Central. D) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic. 8. Working unit of the nervous system; a nerve cell A) Axon. B) Brain stem. C) Dendrites. D) Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neuron. 9. The organ in the ear associated with static equilibrium are the A) Utricle and saccule. B) Cochlea and organ of Corti. C) Rods and cones. D) Semicircular canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Utricle and saccule. 10. What is the type of receptor for nose to detect stimulus? A) Photoreceptors. B) Organs of Corti. C) Smell receptors. D) Taste receptors. E) Skin receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smell receptors. 11. This part of the eye contains the photoreceptors A) Retina. B) Choroid. C) Sclera. D) Iris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Retina. 12. This lobe of the brain is the primary visual cortex. A) Frontal. B) Temporal. C) Parietal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occipital. 13. Delirium A) Mental disorder marked by confusion; uncontrolled excitement; ADJ. delirious. B) The thalamus is the main sensory relay center for conducting information between the spinal cord and cerebrum. C) The division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body, mobilizing its energy in stressful situations. D) X-ray imaging used to examine blood vessels in the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mental disorder marked by confusion; uncontrolled excitement; ADJ. delirious. 14. Which layer of the meninges is the outermost layer that is made of tough CT? A) Dura Mater. B) Arachnoid Mater. C) Pia Mater. D) Spinal Mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dura Mater. 15. A thin bundle of nerves that carries messages between the brain and nearly all other parts of the body A) Spinal chord. B) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal chord. 16. What is the endocrine systems function? A) Control bodily functions. B) Secrete hormones. C) Get rid of waste. D) Control the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Control bodily functions. 17. What does letter B represent? A) Lateral ventricle. B) Optic chiasma. C) Callous body. D) Gyrus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Callous body. 18. Subarachnoid space is located in between A) Pia mater and dura mater. B) Dura mater and arachnoid mater. C) Arachnoid mater and pia mater. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arachnoid mater and pia mater. 19. The term effector is used when referring to A) Muscles or gland. B) Sense organs. C) CNS. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muscles or gland. 20. What is Alzheimer's Disease? A) A condition in which bones become weak and brittle. B) Progressive mental deterioration due to generalized degeneration of the brain. C) A disorder of the central nervous system that affects movement. D) Inflammation of the lining of bronchial tubes, which carry air to and from the lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Progressive mental deterioration due to generalized degeneration of the brain. ← 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