This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 791 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 791 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Sensory Division of the Nervous System is ..... A) Part of PNS that controls sensory input. B) Part of CNS that controls sensory input. C) Part of CNS that controls motor output. D) Part of PNS that controls motor output. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Part of PNS that controls sensory input. 2. The adrenal cortex, secretes steroid hormones but the inner core, the adrenal medulla, is essentially a sympathetic ganglion. A) This is true. B) This is false. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) This is true. 3. Which of the following is not included in the classification of the 3 major parts of the brain? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla. 4. Dementia usually occurs between the ages of 15-35 yrs. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Motor Nerves and Cranial Nerves A) PNS. B) CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PNS. 6. The most numerous of all glial cells are: A) Microglia. B) Astrocytes. C) Schwann cells. D) Ependymal cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Astrocytes. 7. If you were looking at an individual eyeball during a dissection and it was flat, what likely happened? A) The aqueous humor was extracted. B) The suspensory ligaments were damaged. C) The cornea was removed. D) The vitreous humor flowed out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The vitreous humor flowed out. 8. An action potential will travel along the entire length of the neuron or it doesn't happen at all; there is no partial response A) Reflex. B) All-or-none response. C) Cerebrum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All-or-none response. 9. What are the two major parts of the human body that make up the central nervous system? A) Heart and lungs. B) Brain and spinal cord. C) Stomach and intestines. D) Liver and kidneys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain and spinal cord. 10. A neuron with many short dendrites and one long axon is a A) Multipolar neuron. B) Bipolar neuron. C) Unipolar neuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multipolar neuron. 11. Sensory organs do what? A) Sense stimuli in the environment. B) Are not organs. C) Sense responses in the environment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sense stimuli in the environment. 12. How can they be distinguished from other body cells? A) Based on dendrites and axons. B) Based on thin tissues. C) Based on huge extensions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Based on dendrites and axons. 13. Nerves in this division of the PNS send messages to your muscles and glands to carry out the orders issued by the brain. A) Sensory division. B) Motor division. C) Endocrine division. D) Afferent division. E) Alimentary division. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor division. 14. Which statement is wrong? A) The brain's job is to receive information from the spinal cord and send it to the nerves. B) The brain is the center of the work of many organs. in the human body. C) The spinal cord receives information from the nerves and transmits it to the brain. D) The spinal cord receives information from the brain and transmits it to the nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The brain's job is to receive information from the spinal cord and send it to the nerves. 15. These are doughnut-shaped bones that protect our spinal cord. A) Spine. B) Nerves. C) Vertebrae. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebrae. 16. Processes received information and coordinates the body's response A) CNS. B) PNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CNS. 17. Which type of neuron carries impulses from the CNS to the viscera, muscles & glands? A) Bipolar neurons. B) Sensory neurons. C) Motor neurons. D) Association neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor neurons. 18. True or False. The pituitary gland serves as the connection between the nervous and the endocrine system. Thus, all the information gathered by the brain will be sent to the pituitary in order to activate a certain gland. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Which sensory modality is categorized as special senses? A) Pain. B) Thermal. C) Equilibrium. D) Proprioception. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Equilibrium. 20. Nerves are made up of cells called A) Neurons. B) Astronauts. C) Nuts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurons. ← 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