This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 991 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 991 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This neurotransmitter is the most abundant excitatory neurotransmitter; plays a role in learning and memory; can strengthen or weaken signals between neurons A) Dopamine. B) GABA. C) Glutamate. D) Epinephrine and norepinephrine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glutamate. 2. Question 10Information about your surroundings is collected by:(V the right answer) A) Motor cells. B) Sensory cells. C) Receptor cells. D) Stimuli. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Receptor cells. 3. Which of the following is not true about the cerebral cortex? A) Made of gray matter. B) Made of myelinated axons. C) Made of cell bodies and dendtrites. D) Controls conscious activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Made of myelinated axons. 4. Part of the brain that controls the autonomic nervous system and manage homeostasis? A) Thalamus. B) Hypothalamus. C) Cerebellum. D) Occipital Lobe. E) Corpus Callosum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothalamus. 5. What inhibits a neuron from having a "rapid-fire" when stimulated repeatedly? A) Axon hillock filters excitatory signals. B) The refractory period needed to restore polarization of ions. C) Dendrites in the post-synaptic neuron lose conductivity capacity. D) Axons can only conduct once per millisecond. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The refractory period needed to restore polarization of ions. 6. Which neurons send impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the other systems? A) Motor neurons. B) Sensory neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor neurons. 7. Which part of the brain controls movement? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain stem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 8. Transparent part of the eye where light enters is called ..... A) Cornea. B) Pupil. C) Retina. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cornea. 9. Which from the list below is not one of the functions of skin? A) Releases nutrients. B) Keeps in moisture. C) Reproduces skin. D) Regulates body temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Releases nutrients. 10. Screaming due to fear is an example of a ..... A) Stimulus. B) Response. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Response. 11. If you call the LOWER CHAMBERS OF THE HEART VENTRICLES, what do you call the upper chambers? A) Veins. B) Atria or atrium. C) Heart wall. D) Plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atria or atrium. 12. Right and left hemisphere memories are connected by the ..... A) Presence of association fibers. B) Cerebellum. C) A calloused body. D) Convolutions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A calloused body. 13. Part of a neuron; it carries messages away from the cell body A) Axon. B) Brain stem. C) Dendrites. D) Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon. 14. Unlike your other sense, the sense of touch is not found in one place. It is in all areas of the skin. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. A tough clear covering over the iris and pupil A) Lens. B) Iris. C) Sclera. D) Cornea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cornea. 16. A junction where information is transmitted from one neuron to the next. A) Stimuli. B) Axon. C) Tract. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conclusion. 17. What is the main function of the Central Nervous System? A) Control body movements. B) Produce hormones. C) Process and coordinate information. D) Regulate body temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Process and coordinate information. 18. If a person sustains damage to their frontal lobe the result could be loss of speech, but their personality should not be affected.(Sousa, 2017, p.16) A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. There are ..... pairs of cranial nervesand ..... pairs of spinal nerves. A) 12, 31. B) 31, 12. C) 12, 13. D) 12, 21. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12, 31. 20. Elastic and collagen fibers which adheres to the brain and spinal cord. A) Dura mater. B) Pia mater. C) Arachnoid mater. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pia mater. ← 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