This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 978 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 978 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The PNS splits into two systems. what are they? A) Upper and lower. B) CNS and PNS. C) Somatic and autonomic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Somatic and autonomic. 2. The long simple single bone that makes the upper arm A) Backbone. B) Skull. C) Humerous. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humerous. 3. ..... system involves breathing air in and out of the body. A) Skeletal. B) Muscular. C) Nervous. D) Respiratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Respiratory. 4. Brainstem A) Controls voluntary actions and emotional and intellectual processes. B) Controls heart beat, breathing, body temperature . C) Controls posture and balance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Controls heart beat, breathing, body temperature . 5. These neurons are considered to be efferent in location. A) Motor. B) Sensory. C) Interneuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor. 6. Where in your body can you find nerve cells? A) Brain. B) Spinal cord. C) Neurons. D) Everywhere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Everywhere. 7. Photoreceptors detect light, enabling me to see. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Which part our our brain regulates our sleep and wake cycles? A) Brain Stem. B) Hypothalamus. C) Thalamus. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thalamus. 9. Which system transmits action potentials from the CNS to cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and glands? A) Somatic Nervous System. B) Enteric Nervous System. C) Autonomic Nervous System. D) Peripheral Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autonomic Nervous System. 10. The brain stem controls involuntary actions, for example:breathing, blinking or digestion A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Which part of the neuron extends from the cell body and receives information? A) Dendrite. B) Axon. C) Cell body. D) Myelin sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrite. 12. The structure of the eye consists of 3 layers based on histological structure: A) Retina, Sclera, Choroid. B) Sclera, Choroid, Vitreous body. C) Retina, Sclera, Cornea. D) Choroid, Vitreous body, Iris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Retina, Sclera, Choroid. 13. Involuntary muscle is A) Muscle found in the heart. B) Muscle found in the organs. C) Muscle that works automatically. D) All of these are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are true. 14. Which part controls the movement, balance and coordination? A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Brain stem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 15. A gap between two nerve cells. Information is transmitted from one nerve cell to another across this gap by chemical signals or by electrical signals. "The gap." A) Motor neuron. B) Dendrite. C) Axon. D) Conclusion. E) Neurochemical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conclusion. 16. When Gretchen starts being chased by a dog, her brain sends a signal to her muscles to run. Which neurons are at work? A) Involuntary neurons. B) Voluntary neurons. C) Motor neurons. D) Sensory neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor neurons. 17. Your patient has been in an accident and sustained a severed spinal cord and damage to the brain. What substance might leak into surrounding tissues? A) Lymph fluid. B) Cerebrospinal fluid. C) Cerebral aqueduct. D) Choroid plexus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrospinal fluid. 18. Crying when you peel onions:Is it? A) Voluntary. B) Reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflex. 19. The swallowing center is located in the A) Cerebral cortex. B) Thalamus. C) Hypothalamus. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medulla oblongata. 20. A disorder that occurs during early development and is caused by damage to the motor areas of the brain A) Parkinson's. B) Epilepsy. C) Cerebral palsy. D) Stroke. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebral palsy. ← 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