This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 784 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 784 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Optic lobes A) Forebrain. B) Midbrain. C) Hindbrain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Midbrain. 2. Which is the outermost meninge? A) Dura mater. B) Arachnoid mater. C) Pia mater. D) Cranial mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dura mater. 3. The 'fight or flight' response is controlled by which branch of the autonomic NS? A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic. 4. The spinal cord controls most of the body's reflexes. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 5. What is the insulating membrane that surrounds parts of the axon to protect & propagate action potential? A) Axon. B) Dendrites. C) Node of Ranvier. D) Myelin sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myelin sheath. 6. Ependymal cells A) Are macrophages. B) Allow saltatory conduction. C) Creates cerebrospinal fluid. D) Have few branches. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Creates cerebrospinal fluid. 7. How many sense do humans have? A) 4. B) 5. C) 6. D) More than 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) More than 6. 8. What is another name for myelinated axons? A) Gray matter. B) Dura mater. C) White matter. D) Dual matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) White matter. 9. Unidirectional transmission of nerve impulse is maintained by: A) Interneurons. B) Myelin sheath. C) Conclusion. D) Membrane polarity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conclusion. 10. The components found in the reflex arc are A) Sensory neuron, motor neuron and autonomic reflex. B) Sensory neuron, integrating center & motor neuron. C) Motor neuron, integrating center & autonomic reflex. D) Integrating center, effector & parasympathetic neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory neuron, integrating center & motor neuron. 11. Our brain is divided into ..... regions. A) 2. B) 6. C) 3. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 12. Which parts of your eye are transparent? A) Retina. B) Optic nerve. C) Cornea and lens. D) Iris. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cornea and lens. 13. Another name for a nerve impulse is ..... A) Action potential. B) Resting potential. C) Membrane potential. D) Synapse tagsB.LS1.3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action potential. 14. The Central Nervous System is made of the: A) Sympathetic and Parasympathetic. B) Brain and Spinal Cord. C) Afferent and Efferent Neurons. D) Automatic and Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain and Spinal Cord. 15. Blake has been experiencing tremors in his hands, reporting stiffness in his back and arms, and slow/shuffling gait pattern. What is the likely diagnosis based off these symptoms? A) Parkinson's Disease. B) Alzheimer's Disease. C) Concussion. D) Tourette Syndrome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parkinson's Disease. 16. The junction between any two communicating neurons, they are not physically touching. A) Conclusion. B) Nissl body. C) Neurilemma. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conclusion. 17. Hearing, Smell, & Speech are all processed in this area of the Cerebral Cortex A) Frontal Lobe. B) Parietal Lobe. C) Temporal Lobe. D) Occipital Lobe. E) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal Lobe. 18. Participate with blood vessel endolthelium to form a permeability barrier in the CNS between blood and nerve cells A) Astrocytes. B) Ependymal cells. C) Microglia. D) Oligodendrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astrocytes. 19. Part of the brain that controls hunger, thirst, fatigue, and anger A) Brainstem. B) Hypothalamus. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothalamus. 20. Movements are made using conscious thought A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic. ← 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