This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 74 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 74 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What two components make up the central nervous system? A) Brain/Spinal Cord. B) Motor/Sensory neurons. C) Spinal cord/Motor neurons. D) Only Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain/Spinal Cord. 2. Which part of the brain controls the heartbeat and breathing? A) Cerebellum. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Cerebrum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medulla oblongata. 3. The general name for the group of chemicals that transport messages from one neuron to another. A) Neurotransmitters. B) Tropic hormones. C) Nontropic hormones. D) Electrolytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurotransmitters. 4. I/o A) Bat. B) Lobe. C) Echo. D) To bounce, sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To bounce, sound. 5. Part of the brain in the region of the third ventricle that includes the thalamus and hypothalamus A) Diencephalons. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Midbrain. D) Brainstem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diencephalons. 6. This connects the brain and spinal cord. A) Brain stem. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Puns. D) Cerebral cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain stem. 7. Schwann cell A) Forebrain. B) Peripheral Nervoussystem. C) Cyton. D) Hind brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral Nervoussystem. 8. What does the motor (efferent) division of the peripheral nervous system control? A) Sense organs. B) Skeletal muscles. C) Cardiac and smooth muscles, glands. D) Both B and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both B and C. 9. Which actions are controlled by the Nervous System? A) Blinking. B) Running. C) Breathing. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of them. 10. When you hit your funny bone you have hit A) The radial nerve. B) The ulnar nerve. C) The median nerve. D) Sciatic nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ulnar nerve. 11. What system*transports nutrients to cells*transports waste away from the cells*transports disease fighting white blood cells to areas of infection A) Digestive. B) Respiratory. C) Circulatory. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circulatory. 12. What part of the eye is #3 pointing to? A) Iris. B) Pupil. C) Sclera. D) Cornea. E) Retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sclera. 13. Touch receptors are classified as A) Mechanoreceptors. B) Nociceptors. C) Chemoceptors. D) Photoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mechanoreceptors. 14. Which external stimulus is detected by sensory receptors in the skin? What external stimulus do the skin's sensory receptors detect? A) Sound. B) Light. C) Odor. D) Pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pressure. 15. There are more than ..... known neurotransmitters. A) 52. B) 25. C) 24. D) 42. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 25. 16. The structure that connects the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex is the A) Pineal gland. B) Pons. C) Reticular formation. D) Callous body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Callous body. 17. What type of impulse does a neuron fire when it is stimulated? A) Electrical. B) Chemical. C) Mechanical. D) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electrical. 18. A nerve ending on receptor cells that responds to a stimulus in the environment. A) Neuron. B) Conclusion. C) Response. D) Sensory Receptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory Receptor. 19. The ..... lobe of the brain is responsible for movement and balance. A) Frontal. B) Occipital. C) Parietal. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parietal. 20. This part of the neuron receives information from other neurons. A) Dendrite. B) Axon. C) Nerve. D) Myelin sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrite. ← 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