This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 854 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 854 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where is the optic disc located? A) In the center of the retina. B) Where the optic nerve exits the eye. C) At the front of the eye. D) Along the outer edge of the retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where the optic nerve exits the eye. 2. The skin contains millions of sensory receptors that gather information related to touch, pressure, temperature, and pain and send it to the brain for processing and reaction. A) Sense of Sight. B) Sense of Hearing. C) Sense of Taste. D) Sense of Smell. E) Sense of Touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Sense of Touch. 3. What is another word for somatic? A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. C) Central. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voluntary. 4. True or False:The cranial nerves are named and numbered by Roman numerals from posterior to anterior. A) True. B) False. C) Early. D) Troll. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Which of the following is true of the Autonomic Nervous System A) Consists of motor neurons. B) Stimulates skeletal muscle. C) Sends info to the CNS. D) Stimulates involuntary organ muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stimulates involuntary organ muscles. 6. Which parts of the body function as recipients of stimuli? A) Brain and spinal cord. B) Muscles and bones. C) Skin, eyes, ears, nose, and tongue. D) Heart and lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skin, eyes, ears, nose, and tongue. 7. Which of the following organisms have ameboid movement? A) Unicellular. B) Insects. C) Vertebrates. D) Worm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unicellular. 8. Which hormone is known as the fight or flight hormone? A) Adrenaline. B) Glucagon. C) Insulin. D) Glycogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adrenaline. 9. ..... carry impulses away from a neurons cell body. A) Myelin sheath. B) Axon. C) Dendrite. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 10. The nervous system develops from the mesoderm. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. . Which division of the autonomic nervous system initiates a response known as "fight or flight" ? A) The sympathetic nervous system. B) The parasympathetic nervous system. C) The somatic nervous system. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sympathetic nervous system. 12. Afferent neurons carry sensory information to central nervous system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. The coloured part of the eye is called retina. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 14. These types of glial cells are found in the CNS. They are responsible for forming and circulating cerebrospinal fluid. They have cilia on their surface to help move it through the system. A) Ependymal. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Microglial. D) Astrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ependymal. 15. Sound is an example of which type of wave? A) Transverse. B) Longitudinal. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Longitudinal. 16. Calcium's job in the actions at the synapse is to A) Open sodium channels. B) Release neurotransmitters. C) Incite vesicles to move toward the synapse. D) Reuptake excess neurotransmitter from the synapse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Incite vesicles to move toward the synapse. 17. The divisions of the nervous system that have antagonistic actions, or opposing actions are ..... A) Central and peripheral. B) Autonomic and somatic. C) Motor and sensory. D) Sympathetic and parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sympathetic and parasympathetic. 18. Brain is surrounded by membranes called A) Thalamus. B) Meninges. C) Cerebellum. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meninges. 19. Organs of the nervous system are divided into how many parts? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 20. What do mechanoreceptors respond to? A) Stress/strain. B) Heat. C) Pressure. D) Chemicals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stress/strain. ← 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