This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 770 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 770 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The prefix dys means: A) Bad/difficult. B) Good. C) Normal. D) Below. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bad/difficult. 2. The process of recording the electrical activity of the brain through use of electrodes attached to the scalp. A) Electroencephalography. B) Meningitis. C) Causalgia. D) Myelography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electroencephalography. 3. The part that responsible for balance of the body is ..... A) Cerebrum. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Axon. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 4. Your body has billions of neurons. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. True or False:The Thalamus controls the function of smell. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Which sense is responsible for detecting light? A) The sense responsible for detecting light is taste. B) The sense responsible for detecting light is touch. C) The sense responsible for detecting light is smell. D) The sense responsible for detecting light is sight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sense responsible for detecting light is sight. 7. What is a small brain structure fouhd between the brain stem and the cerebrum which is a pre-processing station for the many nerve impulses that pass through it and groups similar messages before reaying them to the cerebrum for further processing? A) Hypothalamus. B) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thalamus. 8. Which of the following are gaps found along a myelin sheath? A) Outer collar of perinuclear cytoplasm. B) Nodes of Ranvier. C) No problem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nodes of Ranvier. 9. Long fiber taht carries impulses sway from the cell body A) Girl. B) Dendrites. C) Axon. D) Neurotransmitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon. 10. At a chemical synapse, the membrane of pre and post synaptic neurons are seprated by a fluid filled space called: A) Conclusion. B) Synaptic cleft. C) Neuromuscular junction. D) Sinuses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synaptic cleft. 11. What are the four types of tastebuds A) Sweet, Sour, Salty, Sugary. B) Sweet, Sour, Bitter, Spicy. C) Sweet, Bitter, Salty, Sour. D) Sour, Bitter, Sugary, Spicy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sweet, Bitter, Salty, Sour. 12. During depolarization, ..... ions move into the axon. A) Sodium. B) Potassium. C) Calcium. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sodium. 13. Which of the following reasons best explains the "hyperpolarization" phenomenon during an action potential? A) Sodium channels close slowly, thus allowing too much sodium into the cell. B) Potassium channels close slowly, thus allowing too much potassium out of the cell. C) Hyperpolarization only occurs in cells that are not able to be depolarized. D) Sodium channels close quickly, not allowing enough sodium into the cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Potassium channels close slowly, thus allowing too much potassium out of the cell. 14. Lobe that deals with learning and decision making. A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Occipital. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal. 15. Which type of neuron sends a nerve impulse to a muscle or gland? A) Sensory neuron. B) Interneuron. C) Motor neuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor neuron. 16. The lobes of the brain are divided by ..... A) Fissures and sulci. B) Gyri and fissures. C) Meninges and sulci. D) Pistils & pollen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fissures and sulci. 17. Name the system that controls every activity that you do A) Nervous system. B) Exocrine system. C) Endocrine system. D) Respiratory System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nervous system. 18. Which of the following is not a basic structure of a neuron A) Flagella. B) Axon. C) Dendrite. D) Soma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flagella. 19. The part of the nervous system that deals with actions that you control. A) Spinal cord. B) Somatic system. C) Neurons. D) Central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic system. 20. A nerve cell is also called a: A) Neuron. B) Proton. C) Norway. D) Meuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuron. ← 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