This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 754 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 754 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are proprioceptors? A) Receptors in muscles. B) Receptors in the skin. C) Receptors in the ear. D) Receptors in blood vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Receptors in muscles. 2. The cerebllum helps in coordinating body movements. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. What are the ridges/elevations on the surface of the brain? A) Sulci. B) Fissures. C) Gyri. D) Hippocampus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gyri. 4. The sodium-potassium pump is an example of a trans-membrane protein. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Which of the following is NOT a role of our sensory organs? A) Tell us about our environment. B) Provide sight, sound, and smell information to our brain. C) Allow us to know the texture and temperature of something. D) Transport materials around our body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transport materials around our body. 6. The brain does not depend on the spinal cord to ensure the central nervous works. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 7. The single most common cause of dementia is: A) Stroke. B) Car accident. C) Alzheimer's disease. D) High fever. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alzheimer's disease. 8. Which functional division of the nervous system would be responsible for the physiological changes seen during exercise (e.g., increased heart rate and sweating)? A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. C) Enteric. D) Central. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic. 9. Where are the cell bodies of motor neurons located? A) In the muscles & tendons. B) In the skin. C) Inside the CNS. D) Outside the CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inside the CNS. 10. What is the number of vertebrae in the spine A) 24. B) 31. C) 33. D) 28. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 33. 11. Increases speed of neuron actions, insulates, protects A) Satellite Cells. B) Myelination. C) Schwann Cells. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myelination. 12. Identify the neuroglia described:Support clusters of neuron cell bodies A) Astrocytes. B) Ependymal. C) Microglia. D) Oligodendrocytes. E) Satellite cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Satellite cells. 13. A male client was involved in a vehicular accident and developed an amnesia. He is likely having a damaged in which of the following? A) Hippocampus. B) Hypothalamus. C) Cerebrum. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hippocampus. 14. Which controls balance? A) Brain stem. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) Monkeys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 15. The PNS is divided into 2 parts. Which part controls involuntary actions? A) Autonomic nervous system. B) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic nervous system. 16. Which part of the nervous system reverses the effects of the fight or flight response? A) Afferent Division. B) Sympathetic Division. C) Somatic Division. D) Parasympathetic Division. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parasympathetic Division. 17. This is the job of the nervous system: A) To break down food to be used by the body. B) To remove wastes from the body. C) To send and receive messages throughout the body, thereby coordinating body functions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To send and receive messages throughout the body, thereby coordinating body functions. 18. Learning, recalling information, planning and making decisions are all controlled by the: A) Cerebellum. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Cerebrum. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum. 19. A thin, wire-like body part that carries information A) Brain. B) Spinal Cord. C) Nerves. D) Sensory Organ. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerves. 20. The ear only controls the sense of hearing? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← 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