This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 806 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 806 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The central nervous system receives messages from ..... A) The peripheral nervous system. B) The brain. C) The spinal cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The peripheral nervous system. 2. This region in the limbic system is responsible for consolidating new memories A) Hippocampus. B) Hypothalamus. C) Thalamus. D) Cerebral cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hippocampus. 3. You smell smoke coming out of the oven. The receptors responsible for this are: A) Mechanoreceptors. B) Pain receptors. C) Chemoreceptors. D) Thermoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chemoreceptors. 4. The indentations between adjacent Schwann cells are called ..... A) Axons. B) Synapses. C) Nodes of Ranvier. D) Schwann spaces. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nodes of Ranvier. 5. What controls posture, balance, and some voluntary movement? A) Pons. B) Corpus Callosum. C) Cerebellum. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 6. This part of the nervous system consists of the sensory organs. A) Central Nervous System. B) Peripheral Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral Nervous System. 7. The peripheral nervous system consists of which two parts? A) The brain and spinal cord. B) The automatic and somatic nervous systems. C) The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. D) The somatic and autonomic nervous systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The somatic and autonomic nervous systems. 8. Vesicles involved in retrograde transport are moving ..... the cell body. A) Away from. B) Toward. C) Toward and away from. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Toward. 9. When weak and unused connections are eliminated, which makes the brain more efficient, this is referred to as A) Synaptogenesis. B) Synaptic pruning. C) Myelination. D) Sprouting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synaptic pruning. 10. The smallest living level of organization is A) Atoms. B) Molecules. C) Organelles. D) Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cells. 11. The three protective membranes called meninges cover the A) Brain and spinal cord. B) Face. C) Back. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain and spinal cord. 12. Which part can control the balance, movement and coordination? A) Brain stem. B) Bones. C) Cerebrum. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 13. Front of the brain; especially involved in movement and thinking A) Occipital Lobe. B) Frontal Lobe. C) Parietal Lobe. D) Temporal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frontal Lobe. 14. What is the function of the fatty sheath around axons? A) It helps to slow down nerve impulses. B) It allows nerve impulses to travel from one neuron to the next. C) It speeds up nerve impulses. D) It protects the neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It speeds up nerve impulses. 15. Which part of the nervous system relays signals between the Brain and Spinal Cord and manages basic involuntary functions? A) Spinal Cord. B) Cerebellum. C) Diencephalon. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal Cord. 16. When you spin while sitting in a swivel chair with your eyes closed, you can sense this movement bymeans of your A) Cochlea. B) Bags. C) Semicircular ducts. D) Utricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semicircular ducts. 17. Which part of the brain make us "human" ? A) Brainstem. B) Midbrain. C) Cerebrum. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum. 18. Which sub-division of the nervous system isgenerally self-regulating? A) Central nervous system. B) Somatic nervous system. C) Autonomic nervous system. D) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autonomic nervous system. 19. Muscles and/or glands A) Stimulus. B) Effector. C) Sensory Neuron. D) Motor Neuron. E) Interneuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effector. 20. The study of the nervous system structure and function is ..... A) Psychology. B) Physiology. C) Nephrology. D) Neurology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurology. ← 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