This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 1008 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 1008 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This sense probably tells us more about the world than any other sense. Light entering the eye forms an upside-down image on the retina. The retina transforms the light into nerve signals for the brain. The brain then turns the image right-side up and tells you what you're seeing. A) Sense of Sight. B) Sense of Hearing. C) Sense of Taste. D) Sense of Smell. E) Sense of Touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sense of Sight. 2. The skins is the organ responsilble for the sense of ..... A) Hearing. B) Taste. C) Touch. D) Smell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Touch. 3. What are nociceptors? A) Pain receptors on the tongue. B) Thermal receptors in the skin. C) A receptor that detects blood pressure. D) Receptors that detect light in the retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pain receptors on the tongue. 4. The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) is involved in which of the following actions? A) Digesting Food. B) Chewing Food. C) Lifting the fork. D) Washing hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Digesting Food. 5. Nerve fibers that carry impulses toward the cell A) Axon. B) Axon terminal. C) Dendrite. D) Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrite. 6. Infection in meninges by bacteria, usually effects children under the age of 5 A) Bacterial meningitis. B) Alzheimer's. C) Cerebrovascular accident. D) Lou Gehrig's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bacterial meningitis. 7. The ..... surrounds the pupil and controls how much light enters the eye. A) Lens. B) Cornea. C) Pupil. D) Iris. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iris. 8. What is the name of the part of the brain that is colored red, yellow, blue and green in the above picture? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain Stem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 9. What is the role of the Motor (Efferent) Division of the PNS? A) It processes sensory information in the brain. B) It receives sensory stimuli from the body's external environment. C) It sends out information from the brain to effector organs like muscles and glands. D) It carries sensory information from the visceral organs to the CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It sends out information from the brain to effector organs like muscles and glands. 10. All of the following public health programs are geared towards dealing with health issues concerning nervous system EXCEPT ..... A) National Mental Health Program. B) Family Census Awareness Program. C) Rabies Prevention and Control Program. D) Universal Health Care Program. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Family Census Awareness Program. 11. Geese flying south for winter. A) Learned Behavior. B) Instinct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Instinct. 12. Cells that produce myelin for the cells of the brain and spinal cord are the A) Schwann cells. B) Microglia. C) Astrocytes. D) Oligodendrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oligodendrocytes. 13. The fluid (jelly) that surrounds the organelles is ..... A) Chloroplast. B) Cytoplasm. C) Vacuoles. D) Cell wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cytoplasm. 14. Voltage difference across the cell membrane while cell is at rest is called? A) Threshold. B) Action Potential. C) Resting Membrane Potential. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resting Membrane Potential. 15. Which of these is part of the peripheral nervous system? A) Brain. B) Nerves. C) Spinal cord. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nerves. 16. Receive message from SN in brain and spinal cord and decide what to do with the message (react or not) A) Sensory neurons. B) Motor neurons. C) Brainstem. D) Interneurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interneurons. 17. Part of the autonomic that activates in high stress emergencies A) Sympathetic. B) Reflexive. C) Parasympathetic. D) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic. 18. Does exercise help our bones grow strong? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 19. Another name for a three-neuron arc is the ..... A) Withdrawal reflex. B) Jerk reflex. C) Complex reflex. D) Inter-reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Withdrawal reflex. 20. This cranial nerve operates muscles that make facial expressions A) Optic. B) Oculomotor. C) Trigeminal. D) Facial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Facial. ← 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