This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 973 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 973 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the "wire" like structures that carry the nerve impulse to and from the brain? A) Nerves. B) Spinal cord. C) Brain. D) Sensory organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerves. 2. If you step on a nail$\rightarrow$ thigh muscle contract$\rightarrow$ lift your foot ..... What nerve brings impulses from foot to spinal cord A) Somatic sensory. B) Visceral sensory. C) Somatic motor sensory. D) Visceral/autonomic motor sensory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic sensory. 3. Different parts of the cerebrum move different body parts. A) T. B) F. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T. 4. Diskectomy A) Connects the brain and spinal cord. B) Part of the brainstem that controls vital life-sustaining functions such as heartbeat, breathing, blood pressure, and digestion. C) The surgical removal of a lamina, or posterior portion, of a vertebra. D) Excision of an intervertebral disk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Excision of an intervertebral disk. 5. Which glial cell forms the blood/brain barrier? A) Microglia. B) Astrocyte. C) Ependymal Cells. D) Oligodendrocyte. E) Schwann Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Astrocyte. 6. A long, thin nerve fiber that transmits signals to other cells, which may be neurons or effector cells. A) Afferent. B) Axon. C) Astrocyte. D) Anterior Horn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 7. The three main parts of our brain are A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 8. Nurse Jen has finished assessing the patient using the Glasgow Coma Scale and the result was GCS of 15. What does this score interpret? A) The patient is alert and completely oriented. B) The patient is comatose. C) The patient is unresponsive. D) The patient's LOC is impaired. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The patient is alert and completely oriented. 9. What does the spinal cord connect? A) Interneurons and motor neurons. B) The brain and the eyes. C) Sensory neurons and motor neurons. D) The brain and the peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The brain and the peripheral nervous system. 10. What is the purpose of the peripheral nervous system? A) Communication system between CNS and the rest of the body. B) Overseeing communication among organ systems. C) Producing hormones. D) Regulating body temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Communication system between CNS and the rest of the body. 11. Meaning shaken together A) Encephal/o. B) Contus/o. C) Concuss/o. D) The root. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concuss/o. 12. Diarrhoea A) Throws up. B) Diarrhea. C) Palupal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diarrhea. 13. Which is true of Schwann cells? A) Help form the myelin sheath. B) Send sensory information to brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Help form the myelin sheath. 14. What is G? A) Dendrites. B) Myelin sheath. C) Axon terminal. D) Node. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Node. 15. Sensory nerves are best referred to as A) Neurons. B) Afferent nerves. C) Glial cells. D) Efferent nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Afferent nerves. 16. What does the peripheral nervous system contain? A) Bundles of neurons carry impulses from all parts of the body. B) All nerves that are not part of the central nervous system. C) It recognizes hunger, thirst, fatigue, anger and controls body temperature. D) Blood pressure, heart rate, breathing, and swallowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All nerves that are not part of the central nervous system. 17. What is the main communications link between the brain and the rest of the body? A) The spinal cord. B) The brain stem. C) The cerebrum. D) The thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The spinal cord. 18. Which part of the autonomic nervous system is responsible for fight or flight use in emergency situations A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathtic. C) Adrenal. D) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic. 19. Carries impulses toward the cell A) Neuron. B) Axon. C) Dendrite. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrite. 20. Belongs to the members of the nervous system A) Mi. B) Spinal cord. C) Nerves. D) All answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All answers are correct. ← 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