This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 763 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 763 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Creates a "mass alert" to cause changes throughout the body simultaneously A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic. 2. Few A) Oligo. B) Oto. C) Audi. D) Auto. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oligo. 3. What part of the brain located in the diencephalon filters incoming sensory information and acts as a gateway before sending the impulses up to the cerebral cortex? A) Hypothalamus. B) Thalamus. C) Hippocampus. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thalamus. 4. Which part of the brain is the greyish part? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brainstem. D) Frontal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 5. MEDIUM LEVEL A) YES. B) NO. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) YES. 6. Once a gated channel is open, positive ions will enter through the channels to get inside the neuron. Which of the following can cause the gated channels to open? A) Stimulus. B) An impulse. C) An action potential. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stimulus. 7. The number of cranial nerves is ..... Pairs A) 31. B) 12. C) 21. D) 13. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12. 8. Which function of the nervous system gathers information about internal and external changes from receptors in the body? A) Motor Function. B) Sensory Function. C) Integrating Function. D) Regulating Function. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory Function. 9. Thinking, memory, and emotions happen here. A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Medulla. D) Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 10. After eating a sugary donut and drink a soda, your blood glucose levels rise above normal. How would negative feedback affect this variable? A) Levels would return to normal. B) Levels would continue to rise. C) Levels would drop below normal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Levels would return to normal. 11. The ear plays a role in two sensory functions, hearing and: A) Tasting. B) Locomotion. C) Balance. D) Vision. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Balance. 12. When a neuron receives a stimulus, the charges along the membrane swap. This is called ..... A) Repolarization. B) Polarization. C) Depolarization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Depolarization. 13. Which is faster? A) Continuous propagation. B) Saltatory propagation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saltatory propagation. 14. What do you call the flap that covers the passageway for food and air when you swallow? A) Alveoli. B) Veins. C) Epiglottis. D) Bronchi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiglottis. 15. Which of the following is a Cholinesterase inhibitor? A) Galantamine. B) Warfarin. C) Ropinirole. D) Haloperidol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Galantamine. 16. A young man was referred to a neurosurgeon after his frequent bouts of aggression could not be controlled. Diagnostic tests found an inoperable tumor in which location? A) PONS. B) AMYGDALA. C) PITUITARY GLAND. D) BROCA'S AREA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) AMYGDALA. 17. A response is ..... A) Something that can be detected by the 5 senses. B) An action taken by the body in reaction to some trigger. C) A quick, involuntary response from the nervous system. D) A signal sent from the brain to some part of the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An action taken by the body in reaction to some trigger. 18. The retina of the eye has two types of light-sensitive cells called rods and cones. Which one affects how you interpret color? A) Rods. B) Cones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cones. 19. How many lobes are in your brain? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 20. What structure controls walking in straight line, riding a bicycle, picking up a pencil, etc.? A) Medulla. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) Olfactory lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. ← 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