This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 779 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 779 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When you intentionally tighten your abdominal muscles, which divisions of the nervous system are being used? A) Sensory; Somatic. B) Sensory; Autonomic. C) Motor; Autonomic. D) Motor; Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor; Somatic. 2. Which lobe of the brain controls reasoning, planning, and decision making? A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Temporal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal. 3. If you touch a hot surface and pull away quickly. Which 2 systems were involved with action and reaction? A) Nervous / muscular. B) Skeletal / circulatory. C) Nervous / respiratory. D) Muscular / respiratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nervous / muscular. 4. Which of the following is not controlled by the autonomic nervous system? A) Breathing. B) Blood pressure. C) Picking up a pencil. D) Digestion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Picking up a pencil. 5. Meninges A) Three protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord. B) A junction where information is transmitted from one neuron to the next. C) Weakness on one side of the body. D) A large structure of the hindbrain that controls fine motor skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord. 6. The ..... is the communication system of your body. A) Skeletal System. B) Digestive System. C) Nervous System. D) Muscular System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nervous System. 7. What is the order of the reflex arc? A) Sensory receptor, motor neuron, effector, integrating center, sensory neuron. B) Sensory neuron, motor neuron, sensory receptor, integrating center, effector. C) Integrating center, sensory receptor, motor neuron, effector, sensory neuron. D) Sensory receptor, sensory neuron, integrating center, motor neuron, effector. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory receptor, sensory neuron, integrating center, motor neuron, effector. 8. The thalamus is part of he brain stem. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. What is the main function of oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system? A) Provide immune response to central nervous system. B) Support and anchor neurons to surrounding capillaries. C) Secrete and circulate cerebrospinal fluid. D) Provide myelin insulation to neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Provide myelin insulation to neurons. 10. What functions is the occipital lobe responsible for? A) Visual perception. B) Reflexes. C) Memory. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visual perception. 11. In what order does an impulse travel through parts of a neuron? A) Dendrite $\rightarrow$ cell body$\rightarrow$axon $\rightarrow$ synapse. B) Dendrite $\rightarrow$ axon $\rightarrow$ cell body $\rightarrow$ synapse. C) Cell body $\rightarrow$ dendrite $\rightarrow$ axon $\rightarrow$ synapse. D) Synapse $\rightarrow$ cell body $\rightarrow$ dendrite $\rightarrow$ axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrite $\rightarrow$ cell body$\rightarrow$axon $\rightarrow$ synapse. 12. Deep pressure receptors that allow you to feel your friend's finger poking you on the shoulder. A) Golgi tendon organ. B) Lamellar corpuscle. C) Meissner's corpuscle. D) Free nerve endings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lamellar corpuscle. 13. True or False. You could live without your neurons exchanging electrochemical messages to each other. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. Axon that secretes acetylcholine at its terminal A) Cholinergic fiber. B) Adrenergic fiber. C) Chromatophilic substance. D) Dorsal root. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cholinergic fiber. 15. The PNS is divided into: A) Sensory and motor. B) Somatic and autonomic. C) Sympathetic and parasympathetic. D) Fight or flight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory and motor. 16. If an axon is injured, which part of the neuron will survive? A) The portion distal to the injury and distal to the cell body. B) The portion between the cell body and the injury. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The portion between the cell body and the injury. 17. All reflexes A) Have association neurons. B) Occur in the brain. C) Have interneurons. D) Are automatic, subconscious responses to stimuli. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are automatic, subconscious responses to stimuli. 18. ..... can be one of your most important sensations because it alerts you to danger. A) Sight. B) Touch. C) Smell. D) Pain. E) Taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Touch. 19. Cell organelles work together to maintain A) Homeostasis. B) Eukarya. C) Prokarya. D) Organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homeostasis. 20. What is the English Meaning of the Medical Term Ton/o [ TON/O ]? A) Positive deviation. B) Movement. C) Near, Beside, Beyond. D) Tension. E) Glue, Neurological Tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tension. ← 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