This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 1033 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 1033 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Sends an impulse to a muscle or gland, enabling it to respond A) Motor Neuron. B) Sensory Neuron. C) Interneuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor Neuron. 2. Human brain is made up of how many parts? A) 2. B) 5. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 3. Based on studies, who has a quicker reaction time? A) Boys. B) Girls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boys. 4. What type of receptor detects temperature? A) Merkel cell. B) Encapsulated. C) Free nerve ending. D) Ruffini corpuscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free nerve ending. 5. This section of the brain contains the reflex centers for chewing, facial expression, and eyeball movement A) Pons. B) Thalamus. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Midbrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pons. 6. Which lobe is responsible for social skills, making decisions, and interpreting social behaviors? A) Frontal. B) Occipital. C) Temporal. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal. 7. During a biology class, Arjun was asked to explain the function of the ....., which is the network of billions of nerve cells that send information to all parts of the body. Can you help Elijah and Priya identify what Arjun was talking about? A) Nervous system. B) Digestive system. C) Respiratory system. D) Circulatory system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nervous system. 8. A nerve cell that allows sensory and motor neurons to communicate with each other. A) Sensory neuron. B) Motor neuron. C) Relay neuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relay neuron. 9. What are gyri? A) Wrinkles on the brain. B) Folds in the cerebellum. C) Sandwiches in Greek restaurants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrinkles on the brain. 10. What is the name for the space between the axon of one neuron and the dendrite of another one? A) Nucleus. B) Neurilemma. C) Conclusion. D) Choroid plexus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conclusion. 11. Cluster of neuron cell bodies in the PNS A) Ganglion. B) Nerve. C) Nerve tract. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ganglion. 12. Subdivision of the efferent division that transmits action potentials from the CNS to skeletal muscle only A) Afferent division. B) Somatic nervous system. C) Central nervous system. D) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic nervous system. 13. Relay neurons have A) Short dendrites, long axon. B) Long dendrites, short axon. C) Short dendrites, short axon. D) Long dendrites, long axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short dendrites, short axon. 14. What are cells that detect change inside and outside the body? A) Interneurons. B) Receptors. C) Motor neurons. D) Reflex arc. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Receptors. 15. Converts to phenytoin when administered, however, only used for short term until phenytoin can be used. A) Apomorphine. B) Fosphenytoin. C) Phytonadione. D) I got married. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fosphenytoin. 16. Coordination; order A) Syncope/o. B) Psych/o. C) Tax/o. D) Syncope/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tax/o. 17. This releases neurotransmitters which are sent into the synaptic gap A) Axon. B) Axon terminal. C) Gene. D) Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon terminal. 18. Fine tunes the focus so an image forms on the retina: A) Iris. B) Lens. C) Retina. D) Optic nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lens. 19. The brain, spinal cord, and bundles of ....., which form the nerves, make up the ..... A) Neurones-nervous system. B) Reflex-autonomic. C) Reaction time-voluntary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurones-nervous system. 20. External environment relates to occurrences within your body. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← 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