This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 970 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 970 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the function of the axon in a neuron? A) To receive chemical signals from other neurons. B) To generate and transmit electrical impulses. C) To protect and insulate the neuron. D) To connect the neuron with the bloodstream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To generate and transmit electrical impulses. 2. Somatic nervous system controls ....., whereas the autonomic nervous system controls ..... A) Skeletal muscles; visceral organs. B) Brain and spinal cord; spinal and cranial nerves. C) Visceral organs; skeletal muscles. D) Spinal and cranial nerves; brain and spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal muscles; visceral organs. 3. A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment. A) Population. B) Community. C) Habitat. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecosystem. 4. Which of the following is a correct receptor-tissue pairing for sympathetic activation? A) $\alpha$1 adrenergic receptor-gastrointestinal smooth muscle. B) $\alpha$2 adrenergic receptor-skeletal muscle blood vessels. C) $\beta$1 adrenergic receptor-cardiac nodal cells. D) $\beta$2 adrenergic receptor-skin blood vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $\beta$1 adrenergic receptor-cardiac nodal cells. 5. Ton/o A) Tone. B) To cut. C) Sheath. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 6. What 3 parts make up the nervous system? A) Brain, spinal cord, and nerves. B) Brain, heart, and lungs. C) Stomach, lungs, liver. D) Spinal cord, back, feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain, spinal cord, and nerves. 7. What region of a neuron transmits input from soma to other cells? A) Dendrites. B) Soma. C) Axons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axons. 8. What are the two main departments of the nervous system? A) Somatic and autonomic. B) Central and peripheral. C) Sympathetic and parasympathetic. D) Afferent and efferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central and peripheral. 9. Controls neurotransmitters that influence motivation, short term memory, attention, and planning A) Occipital lobe. B) Parietal lobe. C) Frontal lobe. D) Temporal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frontal lobe. 10. Controls hunger, thirst, emotions, body temperature regulation, and circadian rhythms. A) Amygdala. B) Hippocampus. C) Hypothalamus. D) Medulla. E) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothalamus. 11. Children A) Children. B) Grandson. C) Siblings. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Children. 12. The largest portion of our brain is the A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Thalamus. D) Midbrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 13. The part of the hindbrain that is responsible for balance is the A) Cerebellum. B) Pons. C) Medulla. D) Primary motor cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 14. This is used for horizontal movement of the head, as in acceleration in a car. A) Bags. B) Utricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Utricle. 15. Which of the following is a functional disorder? A) Epilepsy. B) Peripheral neuropathy. C) Cervical spondylosis. D) Guillain-Barré syndrome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epilepsy. 16. The FRONTAL LOBE is helpful for COORDINATION and BALANCE. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. In the central nervous system myelinatedfibres form the white matter. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Which of the two systems is responsible for bringing your system levels to normal? A) Sympathetic Nervous System. B) Parasympathetic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic Nervous System. 19. ..... separates the cerebrum into left and right hemispheres. A) Central sulcus. B) Postcentral gyrus. C) Longitudinal fissure. D) Anterior median sulcus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Longitudinal fissure. 20. The neurotransmitter that is directly involved with the reward pathway is A) Acetylcholine. B) Serotonin. C) Dopamine. D) Norepinephrine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dopamine. ← 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