This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 1038 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 1038 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do sensory nerves do? A) Send messages from the senses to the brain. B) Carry messages from the brain to the muscles. C) Carry both sensory and motor nerves. D) Send messages from the brain to the organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Send messages from the senses to the brain. 2. When voltage gated Ca open at a neuron-neuron chemical synapse what occurs? A) Ca enters the neuron. B) Ca exits the neuron. C) An action potential is generated. D) A neurotransmitter is released. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ca enters the neuron. 3. Largest part of the brain, consisting of the left and right hemispheres. A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Diencephalon. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 4. Which type of neuron is found in the brain and spinal cord? A) Sensory. B) Interneuron. C) Motor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interneuron. 5. The innermost part of the bone, where blood cells are made is called the A) Cancellous bone. B) Bone Marrow. C) Periosteum. D) Hollow bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone Marrow. 6. Which system controls internal organs? (like maintaining your heart beat and breathing) A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. C) Sympathetic. D) Parasympthetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic. 7. Which body system controls a person's ability to understand what they read? A) Circulatory system. B) Muscular system. C) Nervous system. D) Respiratory system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nervous system. 8. It receives the messages and carry them to the cell body. A) Axon. B) Dendrites. C) Cell body. D) Sensory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrites. 9. Which type of neurons send impulses to the central nervous system? A) Motor (efferent) neurons. B) Sensory (afferent) neurons. C) Somatic neurons. D) Autonomic neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory (afferent) neurons. 10. Laura is a very analytical student who excels in statistics and trigonometry. She is an excellent problem solver when given a specific strategy for dealing with situations. She is currently displaying characteristics of which hemisphere? A) Left. B) Right. C) Frontal. D) Northern. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left. 11. Which part of the brain is responsible for coordinating movement during exercise? A) Cerebellum. B) Thalamus. C) Hippocampus. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hippocampus. 12. Division of the PNS that carries signals from nerve endings to CNS A) Sensory (afferent) division. B) Motor (efferent) division. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory (afferent) division. 13. Which of the following is NOT a job of the nervous system? A) Eating food. B) Feeling things. C) Remembering your name. D) Moving your hand tagsMS-LS1.8. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eating food. 14. Contains the nucleus and other organelles A) Axons. B) Dendrites. C) Myelin sheaths. D) Cell body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cell body. 15. The lumbar enlargement gives rise to nerves to the A) Upper limbs. B) Lower limbs. C) Appendicular skeleton. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lower limbs. 16. Excess neurotransmitters in the synapse that goes back into the presynaptic neuron. A) Resting potential. B) Reuptake. C) Retroactivity. D) Repolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reuptake. 17. Combination of the receptor, sensory neuron, motor neuron, and effector involved in a quick response to a stimulus A) Reflex arc. B) Conclusion. C) All or none principle. D) Good things happen to good people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All or none principle. 18. You quickly jerk your hand away from a hot stove A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic. 19. Which of the following cells surround the neuronal cell body in the ganglion? A) Oligodendrocyte. B) Satellite cells. C) Schwann cells. D) Astrocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Satellite cells. 20. More than ..... billion nerve cells operate constantly all over the body. A) 80. B) 100. C) 200. D) 150. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 100. ← 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