This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 849 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 849 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Involuntary movement A) Arc reflex. B) Motor cells. C) Neurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arc reflex. 2. Which of the following would not be considered a somatic sense? A) Proprioceptors. B) Cutaneous receptors. C) Pain receptors. D) Photoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Photoreceptors. 3. ..... matter is an area of the CNS that contains unmyelinated nerve fibers and cell bodies. A) White. B) Gray. C) Dura. D) Pia and arachoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gray. 4. Neuron cell bodies and their dendrites form this type of matter A) Gray. B) White. C) Silver. D) Blue. E) Pink. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gray. 5. Read the passage to answer the following. How many pairs of cranial nerves do we have in the brain? A) 10. B) 11. C) 12. D) 13. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12. 6. Which of the following cranial nerves is NOT involved with the eye? A) Trigeminal. B) Oculomotor. C) Optic. D) Abducting. E) Trochlear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trigeminal. 7. What acts as an insulator on a neuron? A) Axon. B) Dendrite. C) Armpits. D) Myelin sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myelin sheath. 8. A momentary reversal in electrical potential across a plasma membrane (as of a nerve cell or muscle fiber) that occurs when a cell has been activated by a stimulus. A) Electric Potential. B) Potential Energy. C) Action Potential. D) Kinetic Potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Action Potential. 9. What is the three step process that stops blood flowing from a cut called? A) Haemostasis. B) Homeostasis. C) Coagulation. D) Agglutination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haemostasis. 10. Which structures are found in the diencephalon? A) Thalamus. B) Hypothalamus. C) Pineal Gland. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 11. The cell body of a neuron give rise to nerve fibers called dendrites and axons. Which of the two structures conduct impulses away from the cell body transmitting impulses away from the cell body? A) Dendrites. B) Axons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axons. 12. What happens when a neuron depolarizes due to a received stimulus? A) The neuron immediately repolarizes. B) The action potential moves down the length of the axon. C) The neuron becomes inactive. D) The synaptic cleft closes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The action potential moves down the length of the axon. 13. Which part of a Neuron detects neurotransmitters? A) Dendrites. B) Nucleus. C) Axon Terminal. D) Myelin Sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrites. 14. Axon terminal or synaptic terminal ..... A) The chemical secreted into the gap between the neurons at a synapse. B) The covering of fatty material that speeds up the passage of nerve impulses. C) The branching filaments that conduct nerve impulses towards the cell. D) The structure at the end of an axon that produces neurotransmitters to transmit the nerve impulse across the synapse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The structure at the end of an axon that produces neurotransmitters to transmit the nerve impulse across the synapse. 15. A nerve fiber axon covered with myelin. Where does nerve conduction occur? A) Dendrites. B) Node of Renvere. C) Schwann Cell. D) Myelin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Node of Renvere. 16. The auditory ossicles connect the A) Tympanic membrane to the oval window. B) Tympanic membrane to the round window. C) Oval window to the round window. D) Stapedius to the tympanic membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tympanic membrane to the oval window. 17. Type of neuron that conducts impulses between sensory neurons and motor neurons A) Interneuron. B) Unipolar neuron. C) Astrocytes. D) Myocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interneuron. 18. Which of the following has a super sense of touch? A) Platypus. B) Bats. C) Turtles. D) Ostrich. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turtles. 19. How many subsections does the autonomic nervous system have? A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 20. When chemical molecules come in contact with the ....., you are able to smell a substance. A) Papillae. B) Olfactory receptors. C) Pacinian corpuscles. D) Cochlea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Olfactory receptors. ← 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