This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 100 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 100 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which part of the skeletal system protects the heart and lungs? A) Cranium/skull. B) Pelvis. C) Scapula. D) Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ribs. 2. A person with Parkinson's Disease likely has damage to their A) Frontal lobe. B) Cerebellum. C) Pons. D) Substania nigra (in the midbrain). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Substania nigra (in the midbrain). 3. What can you infer about "thermo" from the info about thermoreceptors? A) Refers to vibrations. B) Refers to pain. C) Refers to touch. D) Refers to temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refers to temperature. 4. This disease is characterized by uncoordinated muscle movement and being unbalanced A) Stroke. B) Cerebellar Ataxia. C) Aphasia. D) Prader Willi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellar Ataxia. 5. Excitable cells that respond to stimuli by conducting impulses to transmit signals A) Neurons. B) Neuroglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurons. 6. An example of LOCAL cell communication is: A) White blood cells bumping into each other sharing antigen info. B) Neurons communicating across a synapse. C) Hormones traveling through the blood stream to target tissues. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurons communicating across a synapse. 7. Combining form that means sleep A) Hard. B) Hypn/o. C) Sketch. D) Contus/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypn/o. 8. Nerves are ..... branched structures ..... A) Fur-like. B) Good-like. C) Thread-like. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thread-like. 9. Theeardruuum is present in the ..... ear. A) Outer ear. B) Middle ear. C) Inner ear. D) None fo the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Middle ear. 10. Region where a motor neuron comes in close contact with a muscle cell. A) Neurotransmitter. B) Muscular dystrophy. C) Muscle tension. D) Neuromuscular junction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neuromuscular junction. 11. What type of neuron has only two processes? A) Unipolar neurons. B) Multipolar Neurons. C) Bipolar Neurons. D) Interneurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bipolar Neurons. 12. QA-What makes up the CNS A) Brain and spinal cord. B) Brain and neurons. C) Brain. D) Spine and neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain and spinal cord. 13. Which part of the CNS coordinates muscle movements? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 14. What is the function of the brain? A) To collect information and make decisions. B) To breakdown food for energy. C) To move the body, inside and out. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To collect information and make decisions. 15. The sympathetic nervous system causes a "resting and digesting" state A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Which of the following controls the body functions you never think about, like breathing or heart rate? A) Autonomic Nervous System. B) Somatic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic Nervous System. 17. A portion of the brainstem that relays information concerning vision, hearing, motor activity, sleep and wake cycles, alertness, and temperature awareness. A) Midbrain. B) Pons. C) Medulla oblongata. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Midbrain. 18. Which layer of the meninges is the one that contains the cerebrospinal fluid? A) Dura mater. B) Arachnoid mater. C) Piamater. D) Subarachnoid space. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subarachnoid space. 19. ..... ions start inside the cell and then move out of the cell to cause repolarization of a neuron A) Chlorine. B) Proteins. C) Sodium. D) Potassium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Potassium. 20. Carry messages from the brain or the spinalcord to the muscles and glands telling them what and how much to do A) All. B) Nothing. C) Mixed nerves. D) Motor nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor nerves. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 9Nervous System Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books