This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 885 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 885 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The cell body of a neuron contains the nucleus (T/F)? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Which system is responsible for the overall control of all the internal processes that occur in the body? A) Muscular system. B) Nervous system. C) Digestive system. D) Skeletal system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nervous system. 3. The psychotic disorder that is usually characterized by withdrawal from reality, illogical patterns of thinking, delusions, and varying degrees of other emotional, behavioral, or intellectual disturbances. A) Obsessive-compulsive. B) Post-traumatic stress. C) Schizophrenia. D) Guillain-Barre syndrome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schizophrenia. 4. Which of the following is NOT a lobe of the cerebrum. A) Frontal. B) Temporal. C) Thalamus. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thalamus. 5. A sensory organ is A) Skin. B) Bones. C) Blood. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skin. 6. If you accidentally step on a tack with your bare foot, your leg may recoil before you are aware of the pain. This rapid response (a reflex) is possible because receptors in your skin stimulate ..... neurons, which carry the impulse to your spinalcord. A) Sensory. B) Motor. C) Interneurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory. 7. Simple types of sensory receptors in the skin: A) Proprioceptors. B) Cutaneous sense organs. C) Motor neurons. D) Interneurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cutaneous sense organs. 8. What connects your muscles to bones? A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) Joints. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendons. 9. Form the fatty myelin sheaths around nerve fibers in the PNS A) Schwann Cells. B) Astrocytes. C) Satellite Cells. D) Microglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schwann Cells. 10. Blocks muscarinic receptors in the brain helping to reduce symptoms in Parkinson's disease. A) Anticholinergics. B) Dopamine agonists. C) Calcium Channel Blockers. D) Beta interferons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anticholinergics. 11. Involved in establishing long-term memories A) Pons. B) Hippocampus. C) Amygdala. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hippocampus. 12. What kinds of neurons are in the peripheral nervous system? A) Sensory, inter, and motor. B) Sensory and motor only. C) Inter only. D) Sensory only. E) Motor only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory and motor only. 13. Which term describes a decreased ability to accommodate between near and far vision with aging, resulting in difficulty seeing objects up close? A) Tinnitus. B) Otoliths. C) Presbyopia. D) Sensorineural hearing loss. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Presbyopia. 14. Which three human body systems coordinate to cause an arm to move? A) Nervous, muscular, skeletal. B) Respiratory, muscular, digestive. C) Skeletal, circulatory, immune. D) Digestive, nervous, circulatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nervous, muscular, skeletal. 15. Efferent neurons transmit impulse away from the CNS to: A) Motor response. B) Sensory response. C) Association response. D) Dendrite response. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor response. 16. The body's response to such stimulus is demonstrated by a cell or organ known as A) Stimulus. B) Receptor. C) Effector. D) Impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Effector. 17. The sensory receptors in a taste bud are called A) Cutaneous receptors. B) Taste hairs. C) Hearing. D) Distinguish color. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taste hairs. 18. The part of the brain often referred to as the "reptilian brain" is the A) Cerebellum. B) Thalamus. C) Frontal lobe. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain stem. 19. Which neurons gather information about what is happening in and around our body? A) Sensory neurons. B) Motor neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory neurons. 20. Long nerve fibers that send electrical impulses away from the nerve cell body to other cells are A) Axons. B) Dendrites. C) Organelles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axons. ← 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