This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 126 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 126 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the response that would occur after this stimuli:You just finished running around the track 2x during P.E. A) You sweat. B) You produce more saliva. C) You pull your hand away. D) You squint your pupil will constrict, or get smaller. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You sweat. 2. What is the function of dendrites in a neuron? A) To transmit messages to other neurons. B) To protect the neuron. C) To insulate the axon. D) To receive signals from other neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To receive signals from other neurons. 3. A household plant is placed on a window sill gets direct, bright sunlight every afternoon. The plant starts to grow toward the window. What kind of response is described by this situation? A) A negative response to a stimulus. B) A learned behavior. C) Gravitropism. D) Phototropism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phototropism. 4. What role do astrocytes play in relation to blood capillaries and neurons? A) They generate electrical impulses in capillaries. B) They brace and anchor neurons to blood capillaries. C) They prevent blood capillaries from forming. D) They transport oxygen directly to neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They brace and anchor neurons to blood capillaries. 5. Tax/o A) Split. B) Coordination, order. C) Sheath (meninges). D) Weakness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coordination, order. 6. The largest and most complex organization of the nerve tissue in the body is the ..... A) Brain. B) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 7. In hyperpolarization, do neurotransmitters bind to the same receptor proteins as neurotransmitters in depolarization? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 8. Bi- A) Paralysis. B) Two. C) Nervous sensation. D) One, single. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two. 9. What is the purpose of the myelin sheath? A) Mechanical Insulation. B) Electrical Insulation. C) Thermal Insulation. D) Both Thermal and Electrical Insulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electrical Insulation. 10. Startling when touching something hot is caused by the work of which part? A) Cerebrum. B) Midbrain. C) Cranial nerves. D) Pith. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pith. 11. -plegia A) Paralysis. B) Speech. C) Weakness. D) Muscle coordination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paralysis. 12. The somatic nervous system is under what kind of control? A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voluntary. 13. It is dangerous to drive on icy streets. The streets are icy now so it is dangerous to drive now. A) Deductive. B) Inductive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deductive. 14. If you were having trouble balancing, what part of your brain might be affected? A) Occipital Lobe. B) Brain Stem. C) Cerebellum. D) Frontal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 15. Your brain sends a message to your finger to click the mouse when you are playing a game. This is an example of ..... A) A sensory neuron. B) A motor neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A motor neuron. 16. Syncope A) Fainting or sudden loss of consciousness caused by lack of blood. B) Major psychological disorder typified by disturbance in mood. C) Protrusion of the meninges. D) A manner of style of walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fainting or sudden loss of consciousness caused by lack of blood. 17. What composes the CNS? A) Brain, cerebrum, brain stem. B) Nerves. C) Brain and spinal cord. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain and spinal cord. 18. Which of the following is not one of the sections of the brain stem A) Cerebellum. B) Medulla. C) Pons. D) Midbrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 19. Jim is unable to move and having some respiratory distress. What might be the problem? A) West Nile. B) Multiple Sclerosis. C) Polio. D) Spinal cord Injury. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spinal cord Injury. 20. Because there are two different sets of neurons, the autonomic nervous system can quickly speed up the activities of major organs in response to a stimulus or slam on the brakes if necessary. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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