This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 744 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 744 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the most common excitatory neuron in the brain? A) Dopamine. B) GABA. C) Glutamate. D) Glycine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glutamate. 2. A specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses; a nerve cell. A) Nervous system. B) Neuron. C) Brain. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neuron. 3. The area of the brain that regulates posture and balance is the A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain stem. D) Diencephalon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 4. Chemicals released into a cleft when an action potential reaches the terminal are called ..... A) Ligand gated ion channels. B) Synaptic vesicles. C) Neurotransmitters. D) Voltage gated ion channels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurotransmitters. 5. True or False:The brain is involved when you have a reflex response. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. What is agnosia? A) Difficulties identifying faces. B) Difficulties identifying objects by touch. C) Difficulties with speech due to damage or disease. D) Difficulties with directions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Difficulties identifying objects by touch. 7. All of the following are under the control of the autonomic nervous system, except which? A) Run. B) Urine. C) Goosebumps. D) Seeing the person you secretly like, your heart beats fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run. 8. What are the ridges on the cerebrum called? A) Gyri. B) Sulci. C) Fissure. D) White matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gyri. 9. Which part of the brain is located at the very back, above the cerebellum? A) Occipital Lobe. B) Brain stem. C) Parietal Lobe. D) Frontal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Occipital Lobe. 10. Hyperopia means A) Nearsightedness. B) Farsightedness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Farsightedness. 11. Are tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide take place. A) Alveoli. B) Capillaries. C) Bronchi. D) Bronchioles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alveoli. 12. This procedure is preformed to remove cerebral spinal fluid for diagnostic purposes? A) Lumbar puncture. B) Neuroplasty. C) EEG. D) PET scan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lumbar puncture. 13. Afferent and Efferent have somatic branches only (T/F)? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. Part of the brain that controls smelling perfume. A) Brainstem. B) Spinal cord. C) Cerebellum. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum. 15. A ..... causes and organism to react. The reaction is called a ..... A) Stimulus, response. B) Response, stimulus. C) Impulse, neuron. D) Neuron, impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stimulus, response. 16. A spinal cord injury may block all information to and from the A) Vertebrae. B) Spine. C) Brain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain. 17. Saving information for later A) Memory. B) Reflex. C) Homeostasis. D) Neurotransmitters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Memory. 18. As sodium ions rush into the neuron, the neuron is A) Depolarized. B) Repolarized. C) Refractory. D) Reached its threshold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Depolarized. 19. Which of the following is NOT true of the human brain? A) The cerebellum plays a key role in making movement smooth and efficient, and lies at the back of the brain. B) The motor and sensory systems do not interact. C) The spinal cord, made up of both axons and ganglia, provides us with essential reflexes. D) The brain comprises two halves-or hemispheres. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The motor and sensory systems do not interact. 20. Cerebr/o means A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Brain. D) Nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. ← 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