This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 929 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 929 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Doctors who study the nervous system are ..... A) Psychiatrists. B) Psychologists. C) Neurologists. D) Nephrologists. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurologists. 2. Which gland above the brain stem regulates areas for thirst, hunger, body temperature, and blood pressure? A) Hypothalamus. B) Thalamus. C) Cerebellum. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypothalamus. 3. Receptors are more sensitive to ..... A) Sensation. B) Perception. C) Environmental change. D) Location change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environmental change. 4. A patient rehabbing following a TKA (Total Knee Arthroplasty) is performing standing ¼ squats for strengthening. What type of exercise for the quads is being performed when the patient moves from an upright position to a ¼ squat position? A) CKC, concentric. B) OKC, concentric. C) OKC, eccentric. D) CKC, eccentric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CKC, concentric. 5. Which of the following represents the pathway for hearing in the correct order? A) Bipolar neurons of CN VIII-pons-midbrain-temporal lobe. B) Bipolar neurons of CN VII-pons-midbrain-temporal lobe. C) Bipolar neurons of CN VIII-midbrain-pons-temporal lobe. D) Bipolar neurons of CN VIII-pons-midbrain-frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bipolar neurons of CN VIII-pons-midbrain-temporal lobe. 6. Glial cells that surround and support neuron bodies in the PNS. A) Astrocytes. B) Satellite cells. C) Microglia. D) Schwann cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Satellite cells. 7. Ms. Wan stepped on a piece of glass and was startled and immediately jerked her legs away. What is this phenomenon called? A) Taxis. B) Kinesis. C) Effect. D) Reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reflex. 8. Transmits electrical messages around the body A) Dendrites. B) Axon. C) Nerves. D) Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neuron. 9. Which of the following release norepinephrine? A) Somatic motor neurons. B) Autonomic preganglionic fibers. C) Sympathetic postganglionic fibers. D) None of the choices releases norepinephrine. E) Parasympathetic postganglionic fibers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sympathetic postganglionic fibers. 10. Lower right area of brain towards the back is ..... A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brainstem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 11. This part of the Cerebral Cortex controls voluntary scanning movements of the eyes A) Primary Visual Area. B) Frontal Eye Field Area. C) Occipital Lobe. D) Occulomotor Nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frontal Eye Field Area. 12. This controls the "fight or flight" response A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. C) They will bring it out. D) Afferent. E) CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic. 13. The strength of the nerve impulse remains constant along the fiber A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 14. The metabolic center of a neuron; contains the nucleus A) Cell body. B) Node of Ranvier. C) Neuroglia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell body. 15. Oculomotor, trochlear, and abducens nerves (3, 4, 6) A) Concerned with vision. B) Regulates voluntary movements of eyelid/eyeball/pupil constriction. C) Pain of the eye; blinking. D) Governs swallowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regulates voluntary movements of eyelid/eyeball/pupil constriction. 16. There are two distinct parts of the nervous system-what are their names? A) Autonomous and Somatic systems. B) Autonomic and Somatosomic systems. C) Autonomic and Somatic systems. D) Autonome and Somatice systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autonomic and Somatic systems. 17. A type of neuron (nerve) that transmits messages from sensory neurons to motor neurons. These Neurons are in the spine and brain. A) Motor Neuron. B) Sensory Neuron. C) Inter-neuron. D) Hormone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inter-neuron. 18. Your brain is made up of 50% water. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Which organ is responsible for your sense of SMELL? A) Olfactory bulb. B) Eustachian tube. C) Organ of Corti. D) Neuromuscular spindles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Olfactory bulb. 20. When you run in a race, your heart beats faster. How does your body know to do this? A) The nervous system tells your heart to beat slower. B) The nervous system talks to the circulatory system. C) Your bones tell the heart to move faster. D) The heart does it on its own, without any help. tagsMS-LS1.8. 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