This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 881 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 881 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Christian's balance kept him from falling over the edge into the hot lava below. What does balance mean? A) The ability to stay in control of your body keeping it upright. B) A type of breakfast cereal. C) A persons use of vision. D) The ability to stack items. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ability to stay in control of your body keeping it upright. 2. Identify Letter K A) Left/Right Bronchi. B) Trachea. C) Alveoli. D) Diaphragm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diaphragm. 3. Vaccines can help you fight off diseases and give you passive immunity. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. A ridge or fold on the surface of the cerebral cortex is a A) Gyrus. B) Sulcus. C) Fissure. D) Callous body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gyrus. 5. What is the all or nothing principle? A) A neuron either totally fires or doesn't at all. B) A neuron will fire even with minimal stimuation. C) A neuron can part way fire. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A neuron either totally fires or doesn't at all. 6. What major part of the brain is the largest structure and responsible for controlling speech, memory, emotions, intelligence, reasoning, thinking, and sensations which is divided into the left and right hemispheres where the right hemisphere controls the left side of the body while the left hemisphere controls the right side of the body? A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 7. What type of glia form the Blood Brain Barrier? A) Astrocytes. B) Microglia. C) Oligodendrocytes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astrocytes. 8. What are the gaps on a myelinated axon called that have no myelin? A) Nodes of Ranvier. B) Neuronal gaps. C) Nodes of Schwann Cells. D) Interneurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nodes of Ranvier. 9. Dendrites transmit impulse ..... cellbody and axon transmit impulse ..... cell body. A) Away from, away from. B) Towards, away from. C) Towards, towards. D) Away from, towards. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Towards, away from. 10. These support cells are responsible for secreting the myelin sheaths: ..... A) Oligodendrocytes. B) Astrocytes. C) Microglia. D) Schwann Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oligodendrocytes. 11. Messages are carried between systems by ....., which are electrical charges. A) Traumatic brain injury. B) Impulses. C) Somatic system. D) Nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impulses. 12. What is the role of Neuroglia in the Nervous System? A) They transmit nerve impulses. B) They support and protect neurons. C) They are responsible for thinking and memory. D) They are responsible for muscle contraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They support and protect neurons. 13. Sensory nerves carry signals to the brain A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. The things you've done, learned, and seen are first processed in the cortex. Then, if you sense that this information is important enough to remember permanently, it's passed inward to other regions of the brain (such as the hippocampus and amygdala) for long-term storage and retrieval. A) T. B) F. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T. 15. An electrical message that travels through the neuron. A) Conclusion. B) Neurotransmitter. C) Interneuron. D) Impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Impulse. 16. The brain has got 3 parts A) Cerebrum, Cranium and Cerebry. B) Cerebrum, Cerebellum and Brain Stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum, Cerebellum and Brain Stem. 17. What is the job of the spinal cord? A) To protect your muscles. B) To communicate from your brain to the rest of your body. C) To open and close your lungs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To communicate from your brain to the rest of your body. 18. This part of the neuron is the receptor cite for electrical stimulations? A) Axon. B) Dendrite. C) Cell body. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrite. 19. An involuntary rhythmic movement, especially of the hands is called a ..... A) Weakness. B) Paralysis. C) Tremor. D) Abnormal gait. E) Hoarseness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tremor. 20. Which of the following is true about cells at resting potential? A) There is a higher concentration of sodium inside of the cell. B) They have a resting potential of-30mV relative to the outside of the cell. C) There is a higher concentration of potassium outside of the cell. D) A sodium-potassium pump keeps the membrane polarized. 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