This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 1010 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 1010 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. All of the following are functions of the cones in the retina except which one? A) Photoreceptors for color vision. B) Photoreceptors for non-color vision. C) They are responsible for the best visual acuity. D) Photoreceptors for brighter light conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photoreceptors for non-color vision. 2. Division of PNS which relays impulses to the CNS A) Motor division. B) Sensory division. C) Autonomic nervous system. D) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory division. 3. Where do images focus? A) On the retina. B) On the cornea. C) On the lens. D) On the optic nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the retina. 4. Motor speech area A) Insula. B) Frontal lobe. C) Parietal lobe. D) Temporal lobe. E) Occipital lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frontal lobe. 5. Primarily senses the external environment and controls voluntary activities about which decisions and commands come from the cerebral cortex of the brain. A) Somatic nervous system. B) Autonomic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic nervous system. 6. What organs make up the central nervous system? A) The brain and the spinal chord. B) The brain and the nerves. C) The cerebrum and the brain stem. D) The nerves and neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The brain and the spinal chord. 7. A type of neuroglial cell that surrounds an axon of a peripheral neuron, forming the neurilemmal sheath and myelin A) Schwann cells. B) Axon. C) Basal nucleus. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schwann cells. 8. What is the ideal form of rest after a concussion? A) No physical activity, but they can continue with school work. B) Physical & mental rest, but the athlete should not be allowed to sleep. C) Physical & mental rest, athlete should rest in a dim lit room. D) No mental activity, no homework/TV/texting but athlete can do light jogging. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physical & mental rest, athlete should rest in a dim lit room. 9. Functions of the Nervous System20 ..... information from the body's senses A) Communicates. B) Receives. C) Controls. D) Responds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Receives. 10. Depolarization of neurons results from the entry of sodium ions into the cell. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. The time following an action potential in which no new action potential can be generated is called A) The refractory period. B) The nerve impulse. C) The stationary phase. D) The threshold period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The refractory period. 12. Which part of the brain helps you stay awake and alert? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Thalamus. D) Hypothalamus. E) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thalamus. 13. What does the myelin sheath do the the action potential carried on an axon? A) Increases its frequency. B) Increases its amplitude. C) Increases the velocity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increases the velocity. 14. The part of a neuron that takes information AWAY from the cell body: A) Soma. B) Axon. C) Dendrite. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 15. Which part of the blood is designed to help in clotting? A) White blood cells. B) Platelets. C) Red blood cells. D) Plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Platelets. 16. True or False:-phasia means speech A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 17. Which part of the neuron hold the nucleus? A) Cell body. B) Axon. C) Neuron. D) Axon terminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell body. 18. Major functions of the Nervous system A) Detects impulses from the senses. B) Sends efferent signals. C) Integrates information. D) All of the these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the these. 19. A nerve cell with a unique structure for receiving and passing on information: A) Neuron. B) Impulse. C) Interneurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuron. 20. The ..... nervous system is responsible for "Rest and Digest" and works to conserve homeostasis within the body? A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic. ← 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