This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 956 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 956 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The nervous system is controlled by the brain. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Name the levels of organization in the human body in order from smallest to largest: A) Tissue, organ, organ system. B) Organ system, tissue, organs, cells. C) Cells, tissue, organs, organ system. D) Cells, organs, tissue, organ system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cells, tissue, organs, organ system. 3. What is the main purpose of the myelin sheaths around your neurons? A) They convert chemical signals into electrical signals. B) They receive information from neighboring neurons. C) They convert electrical signals into chemical signals. D) They quicken the speed at which nerve impulses travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They quicken the speed at which nerve impulses travel. 4. Teeth chewing food is an example of chemical digestion. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Encephalitis is the result of parenchyma infiltration and blood-borne invasion across what barrier? A) CSF. B) Blood-brain barrier. C) Epithelial cells. D) Mucosal lining. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blood-brain barrier. 6. Which division of the nervous system exclusively controls skeletal muscles? A) Peripheral. B) Central. C) Somatic. D) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Somatic. 7. Consists of a network of nerves that branch out to body. A) Spinal cord. B) Peripheral nervous system. C) Cerebellum. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral nervous system. 8. When you central nervous system is in full control and makes something do something automatically and you have no say over it, this would be considered what? A) Involuntary Control. B) Neuron. C) Reflex. D) Voluntary control. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Involuntary Control. 9. The parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems are subdivisions of the autonomic nervous system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Nerves that carry messages from the brain to the muscles A) Afferent. B) They will bring. C) Mixed / interneurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They will bring. 11. Convolutions on surface (folds to increase surface area) A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 12. Which letter is pointing to the axon terminal? A) C. B) D. C) E. D) F. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) F. 13. Efferent neurons are also known as A) Motor neurons. B) Sensory neurons. C) Accessory neurons. D) Interneurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor neurons. 14. The space on the chain of neurons between the axon of one neuron and the dendrites of the next is called the A) Neurotransmitter. B) Conclusion. C) Terminal branches. D) Axon hillock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conclusion. 15. What is this the function of?allow / make response or convert an impulse to an action A) Receptor. B) Effector. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effector. 16. Which part of the brain helps your muscles work together? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain stem. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 17. Simple, rapid, involuntary, programmed responses to stimuli. A) Conductivity. B) Depolarized. C) Polarized. D) Reflexes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reflexes. 18. OS A) Left eye. B) Left ear. C) Right eye. D) Right eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left eye. 19. Where is the myelin sheath located on nerve cells? A) Surrounding the cell body. B) Covering the dendrites. C) Forming a protective layer around the axon. D) Enveloping the synaptic terminals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forming a protective layer around the axon. 20. (within the bubble) chemical message from one neuron to another, each different type of neurotransmitter delivers a different message A) Neurotransmitter. B) Axon terminal. C) Vesicle. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurotransmitter. ← 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