This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 983 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 983 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Pacinian corpuscles are responsible for A) Detecting movement of hair. B) Detecting light touch. C) Detecting deep pressure. D) Detecting temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Detecting deep pressure. 2. The thick bundle of nerves that run inside the spine is the ..... A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Spinal cord. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord. 3. Which lobes are in the anterior portion of the brain? A) Frontal. B) Occipital. C) Temporal. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal. 4. Which of the following can regenerate? A) The axon of a neruon in the central nervous system. B) The cell body of a neuron. C) The axon of a neron in the perioheral nervous system. D) The whole neuron can be replaced in the central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The axon of a neron in the perioheral nervous system. 5. Receptors that detect light A) Photoreceptors. B) Osmoreceptors. C) Mechanoreceptors. D) Chemoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photoreceptors. 6. Which of the following combining forms means own? A) Presby/o. B) I hold him/her. C) Corne/o. D) Own. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Own. 7. Producing a response that opposes the original stimulus. A) Negative feedback. B) Action potential. C) Reflex arc. D) Threshold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative feedback. 8. What's the central nervous system composed of? A) The brain and spinal cord. B) Heart, blood vessel, lungs. C) Sensory nerves. D) Motor nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The brain and spinal cord. 9. Thick, clear, gel-like fluid that fills the region between the cell membrane and the nucleus A) Mitochondria. B) Cytoplasm. C) Chloroplast. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cytoplasm. 10. Which substance is a harmful waste material in blood that travels through the respiratory system before being exhaled from the body? A) Ammonia. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Sulfur dioxide. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon dioxide. 11. Skin can help us feel PRESSURE A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. The basilar membrane contains 20, 000 cross hairs. A) True. B) False. C) Ewan q. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. The hypthalmus regulates and controls the autonomic nervous system, temperature, appetite and ..... A) Sleep. B) Water balance. C) Bllod vessel constriction and dilation. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. Nerve cells that send impulses from receptors to the CNS are ..... A) Relay neurone. B) Motor neurone. C) Sensory neurone. D) Brain cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory neurone. 15. We can differentiate sensory neurone from motor neurone by looking at A) How long the neurone is. B) The shape of cell body. C) Presence of cell body. D) Presence of nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The shape of cell body. 16. This is an example of receptors for your skin A) Nerves. B) Hot Stove. C) Shivering. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerves. 17. ..... muscles are found only in the heart. A) Skeletal. B) Smooth. C) Cardiac. D) Rough. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cardiac. 18. This part of the neuron receives impulses from other neurons and sends them to the cell body. A) Axon. B) Axon tip. C) Dendrite. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrite. 19. What are the very deep grooves on the surface of the brain? A) Sulci. B) Fissures. C) Gyri. D) Hippocampus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fissures. 20. The part of the neuron that receives messages from adjacent neurons A) Axon. B) Axon terminal. C) Dendrite. D) Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrite. ← 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