This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 836 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 836 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. TRUE or FALSE:-ion means electricity A) TRUE. B) FALSE . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE . 2. What would be an example of the autonomic nervous system? A) Medulla oblongata controlling your breathing rate. B) Pons sending sensory information from cranial nerves to brain. C) Cerebellum sending impulses to skeletal muscles. D) Frontal lobe sending sensory impulses to your rectus femoris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medulla oblongata controlling your breathing rate. 3. The ..... response is known as fight or flight. A) Parasympathetic. B) Sympathetic. C) Somatic. D) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic. 4. Which medical test is used to measure the electrical activity in the brain? A) MRI. B) EEG. C) X-Ray. D) ECG or EKG. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) EEG. 5. The spinal cord is an extension of the A) Peripheral nervous system. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain stem. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain stem. 6. The skull protects ..... A) The throat. B) The stomach. C) The brain. D) The coccyx. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The brain. 7. This is the middle layer of the meninges. A) Dura mater. B) Arachnoid mater. C) Pia mater. D) White mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arachnoid mater. 8. In fetal development, what portion forms into the brain and spinal cord? A) Spinal canal. B) Ventricles. C) Neural tube. D) Spina bifida. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neural tube. 9. Controls thinking, planning, dreaming, senses A) Medulla. B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebellum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 10. This system takes over when there is danger. A) Sympathetic nervous system. B) Parasympatheitic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic nervous system. 11. SSRIs work by ..... A) Increasing the activity of the cell's mitochondria. B) Mimicking the effects of natural neurotransmitters. C) Keeping receptors of the neuron active for longer periods of time. D) Blocking receptors to stabilize impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Keeping receptors of the neuron active for longer periods of time. 12. Fainting A) Coma. B) Apathy. C) Lethargy. D) Syncopy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Syncopy. 13. Which part of your autonomic nervous system controls daily non emergency things such as digestion A) Parasympathetic. B) Sympathetic. C) They will bring. D) Afferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasympathetic. 14. The peripheral nervous system: A) Has two divisions:the sympathetic and the asympathetic. B) Has two divisions:the somatic and the autonomic. C) Functions only to receive information from the environment. D) Functions only to carry responses to effectors (e.g. muscle cells). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has two divisions:the somatic and the autonomic. 15. How many bones does skull have. A) 34. B) 50. C) 22. D) 33. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 22. 16. Extensions of a neuron through which impulses are sent away from the cell body to other neurons, glands or muscles A) Nerve fibers. B) Efferent nerves. C) Axon, axon terminal. D) Reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon, axon terminal. 17. These support cells help the flow of cerebrospinal fluid through the nervous system. A) Astrocyte. B) Satellite Cells. C) Ependymal Cells. D) Microglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ependymal Cells. 18. True or false? Are the cranial and spinal nerves apart of PNS or CNS? A) PNS. B) CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PNS. 19. The time period between action potential initiation and mechanical activity of a muscle fiber is called the A) 1.latent period. B) 1.refractory period. C) 1.action potential. D) 1.excitation period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1.latent period. 20. Which type of neuron is not multipolar? A) Afferent neurons. B) Association neurons. C) Efferent neurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Afferent 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