This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 931 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 931 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Long cell process extending from the neuron cell body. A) Soma. B) Dendrite. C) Axon. D) Nodes of Ranvier. E) Myelin Sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon. 2. Which pairing is wrong? A) Fovea-no image. B) Optic nerve plate-nerve exit. C) Blind spot-no visual cells. D) Cone cells-receive color images. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fovea-no image. 3. Lobe of the cerebrum that processes sensations of hearing and smell A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Occipital. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temporal. 4. Your memory is "hyper aware" when ..... A) When you see your crush. B) When fear is activated. C) When dread is activated. D) When anxiety is activated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When fear is activated. 5. The three main activities performed by the nervous system to maintain homeostasis are sensory, motor and A) Secretion. B) Visual. C) Integration. D) Temperature control. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Integration. 6. Neuron that carries a message to a gland A) Motor. B) Sensory. C) Interneuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor. 7. What causes the symptoms of multiple sclerosis? A) Degeneration of the sheath that covers the neurons of the central system and the replacement of this sheath with scar tissue. B) Excessive neurotransmitter release. C) Excessive carbohydrate intake. D) Multiple sclerosis is caused by obesity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Degeneration of the sheath that covers the neurons of the central system and the replacement of this sheath with scar tissue. 8. All nerve fibers of the sympathetic division arise from the thoracic and lumbar regions of the spinal cord. Its neurons are in the lateral horns and nearby gray matter of the spinal cord. Their axons exit the cord by way of spinal nerves T1 to L2 and lead to the nearby sympathetic chain of ganglia. A) This is true. B) This is false. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) This is true. 9. Cranial nerve XI, carries motor information to muscles in the neck that move the head and shoulders: A) Spinal accessory. B) Aculomotor. C) Trigeminal. D) Trochlear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal accessory. 10. What does the brainstem control? A) Memory and learning. B) Hunger and thirst. C) Language and communication. D) Creativity and imagination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hunger and thirst. 11. Cranial nerve III A) Trochlear. B) Olfactory. C) Oculomotor. D) Optic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oculomotor. 12. The scientific study of the structure, function, and pathology of the nervous system is known as ..... A) Neurostics. B) Neurology. C) Anatomy. D) Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurology. 13. A substance synthesized at the cell body must undergo ..... transport to reach the synaptic knobs. A) Retrograde. B) Anterograde. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anterograde. 14. This lobe controls the senses of hearing and smell. A) Temporal. B) Occipital. C) Parietal. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temporal. 15. Contains nucleus, nucleus contains DNA of cell and regulates cell activity A) Cell body. B) Axon. C) Dendrite. D) Axon terminal (synaptic terminal). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell body. 16. True or False-A newborn baby's brain triples in size during its first year of life. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. What are the receptors that receive stimuli such as light, sound, and taste? A) Spinal cord. B) Neurons. C) Conclusion. D) Sensory receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory receptors. 18. ..... part of the brain contain memories A) Cerebellum. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Non of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non of the above. 19. It controls movements. A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain Stem. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 20. What happens as a result of neurotransmitters binding to receptors on the postsynaptic neuron? A) Ca²⁺ channels open on the presynaptic terminal. B) Synaptic vesicles release more neurotransmitters. C) Na⁺ channels open on the postsynaptic neuron. D) The action potential arrives at the presynaptic terminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Na⁺ channels open on the postsynaptic neuron. ← 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