This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 123 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 123 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the best diagnostic test to screen for Multiple Sclerosis? A) X-ray. B) Bone Density Scan. C) CT Scan. D) MRI. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) MRI. 2. The days become colder and leaves start to fall off of the trees. Leaves falling off of the trees is a ..... A) Stimulus. B) Response. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Response. 3. Thec/o A) Sheath. B) Glue. C) Speech. D) Head. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sheath. 4. Nerves that originate from brain are called A) Cranial nerves. B) Spinal nerves. C) Afferent nerves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cranial nerves. 5. Why should a line graph be used? A) To compare categorical data. B) To see a relationship between two variables. C) To finish an experiment. D) Only if the data is over time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To see a relationship between two variables. 6. The division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles, under a person's conscious control. A) Parasympathetic nervous system. B) Sympathetic nervous system. C) Autonomic nervous system. D) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatic nervous system. 7. What is the purpose of the somatic nervous system? A) Controls voluntary responses of the skeletal muscle. B) Maintain homeostasis in involuntary organ functions. C) Fight or flight response. D) Receives sensory information and send the information to the CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Controls voluntary responses of the skeletal muscle. 8. What are nocireceptors? A) Pain receptors. B) Pressure receptors. C) Color receptors. D) Gravity receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pain receptors. 9. What is the role of adrenaline in the body? A) Increases readiness for action in response to stress. B) Controls automatic processes like breathing. C) Coordinates voluntary movements. D) Promotes overall fitness and well-being. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increases readiness for action in response to stress. 10. When a nerve impulse encounters, myelin, and jumps from one node of Ranvier to the next. A) Presynaptic neuron. B) Receptors. C) Reflex arc. D) Saltatory conduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saltatory conduction. 11. In order for you to realize there has been a sensory change, it has to reach the (a) level of processing. A) A perceptual. B) Abstraction. C) Receptor. D) Circuit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A perceptual. 12. What part of the neuron releases neurotransmitters? A) Axon terminal. B) Dendrites. C) Cell body. D) Myelin sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon terminal. 13. What area helps with understanding speech? A) Amygdala. B) Broca's. C) Wernicke's. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wernicke's. 14. The part of the human brain that is the hub for sensory impulses and is also the origin of involuntary movements, such as the constriction of the pupil of the eye in bright light is the ..... A) Hypothalamus. B) Midbrain. C) Left brain. D) Right brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Midbrain. 15. Spinal Nerves carry motor and sensory signals between the spinal cord and the body, the spinal nerve is part of ..... A) Autonomic Nervous system. B) Central Nervous system. C) Peripheral Nervous system. D) Somatic Nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central Nervous system. 16. The central nervous system ..... A) Is the control center of the body. B) The main body system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is the control center of the body. 17. Axon A) Part of neuron that carries messages toward the cell body. B) Part of a neuron that carries messages away from the cell body. C) Part of a brain cell. D) Found only in the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Part of a neuron that carries messages away from the cell body. 18. What protects your spinal cord A) Rib cage. B) Skull. C) They saw them. D) Backbone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Backbone. 19. Neurotransmitters derived from amino acids A) Biogenic amines. B) Serotonin. C) Neuropeptides. D) Endorphins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biogenic amines. 20. Cerebrospinal fluid is a clear liquid that protects what organ? A) Liver. B) Heart. C) Lungs. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain. ← 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