This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 857 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 857 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Plants don't have chloroplasts A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. What does neuroglia produce A) Actin and myosin. B) Myelin. C) Actin only. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myelin. 3. This nerve is involved in sight A) Olfactory. B) Optic. C) Trigeminal. D) Vagus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Optic. 4. Match the statement to a function.'Gathers information from inside and outside the body?' A) Sensory. B) Motor. C) Interpretive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory. 5. Neurons can be classified into three types based on function. The type that is the most abundant are the A) Interneurons. B) Sensory neurons. C) Motor neurons. D) All neuron types are found in equal numbers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interneurons. 6. A system of nerve cells that transmit information to and from the control center, is known as A) The central nervous system. B) The continuous nervous system. C) The peripheral nervous system. D) The partial nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The peripheral nervous system. 7. What is the term for an automatic reaction to stimuli? A) Neuron. B) Ganglion. C) Conclusion. D) Reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reflex. 8. When a neuron is not being stimulated it maintains: A) A neutral state. B) A resting potential. C) An action potential. D) A charge difference across the cell membrane, with a positive charge inside the cell and negative outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A resting potential. 9. Transmit impulses toward from the cell body A) Afferent/sensory neurons. B) Axons. C) Dendrites. D) Astrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrites. 10. The part of the brain that controls vital involuntary functions is the ..... A) Medulla. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) Meninges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medulla. 11. Acetylcholine and dopamine, which help control movement, are examples of ..... A) Axons. B) Neurotransmitters. C) Glands. D) Chromosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurotransmitters. 12. The "little brain" at the rear of the brainstem; functions include processing sensory input and coordinating movement output and balance A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Spinal cord. E) Nerve impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 13. Which of the following are considered special senses? A) Touch, pressure, temperature, pain. B) Digestion, respiration, circulation. C) Smell, taste, vision, equilibrium, hearing. D) Muscle growth, skin tanning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smell, taste, vision, equilibrium, hearing. 14. TBI A) Traumatic brain injury. B) Towards brain intellegence. C) Traumatic brain infection. D) Traumatic brain inflammation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traumatic brain injury. 15. What kind of receptor is the olfactory hair? A) Mechanoreceptor. B) Chemoreceptor. C) Nociceptor. D) Photoreceptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemoreceptor. 16. The space between the neurons is called A) Nerve cell. B) Conclusion. C) Neuron. D) Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conclusion. 17. Conducts sensory impulses from the skin of the face and mucosa of the nose and mouth; also contains motor fibers that activate the chewing muscles A) Olfactory. B) Optic. C) Oculomotor. D) Trochlear. E) Trigeminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Trigeminal. 18. The name of the chemical that allows the impulse to travel across the synapse A) Water. B) Neurotransmitter. C) Neuron fluid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurotransmitter. 19. When taking your resting pulse, which artery do you use to count the pulse of the blood flow? A) Coronary artery. B) Circumflex artery. C) Radial artery. D) Left anterior descending artery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radial artery. 20. At the end of the neuron, the impulse reaches an ..... A) Axon terminal. B) Axon. C) Dendrite. D) Node. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon terminal. ← 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