This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 128 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 128 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This type of reflex would involve skeletal muscles A) Visceral. B) Drawn. C) Automatic. D) Withdrawal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Withdrawal. 2. What is the role of the myelin sheath in a neuron? A) Connects the cerebral cortex to the brain stem. B) Speeds up transmission of action potential and insulates the axon. C) Connects the brain to the spine. D) Processes information from sense organs & controls body movements. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speeds up transmission of action potential and insulates the axon. 3. The bundle of nerves that run up and down the length of the back and transmit most messages between the body and brain is called the A) Sensory and motor. B) Spinal cord. C) Brain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord. 4. Skeletal muscle contraction is initiated when the ..... sends a message to the muscle cell. A) Muscle cell. B) Neuron. C) Gland. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neuron. 5. What nervous system controls the voluntary functions of the five senses? A) Central. B) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central. 6. Cranial nerves and spinal nerves are your peripheral nervous system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Carbohydrates are broken down into ..... and their main function is ..... A) Monosaccharides; provide living things with energy. B) Monosaccharides; provide body insulation. C) Amino acids; provide living things with energy. D) Amino acids; provide body insulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monosaccharides; provide living things with energy. 8. Produces calming effects and lowers blood pressure A) Glutamate. B) Dopamine. C) GABA. D) Adrenaline. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) GABA. 9. Any signal molecule that binds to a receptor is called a ..... A) Neurotransmitter. B) Ligand. C) Receptor. D) Acetylcholine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligand. 10. Which part of the nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord? A) Central Nervous System (CNS). B) Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). C) Sensory Division. D) Motor division. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central Nervous System (CNS). 11. What structure connects the two hemispheres of the brain? A) Longitudinal fissure. B) Callous body. C) Cerebrum. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Callous body. 12. The ..... part of the autonomic nervous system is responsible for the fight or flight response. A) Sympathetic. B) Somatic. C) Parasympathetic. D) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic. 13. Which are the nerves that make it up peripheral system? A) Cranial nerves. B) Spinal nerves. C) Ganglia. D) Nervous plexuses. E) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All the above. 14. What are the nerves that take messgaes away from the CNS, they tell the muscles to move, they take messages to the glands and they tell gland like the sweat gland to make sweat. A) Muscle Nerves. B) Efferent Nerves. C) Gland Nerves. D) Organelle Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Efferent Nerves. 15. Which type of neuron is most common in structure and includes motor & association neurons? A) Sensory neuron. B) Unipolar neuron. C) Bipolar neuron. D) Multipolar neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Multipolar neuron. 16. Which system works with the skeletal system to move the body? A) Muscular. B) Circulatory. C) Nervous. D) A. Respiratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muscular. 17. This type of glia cell produces myelin for cells in the brain. A) Microglia. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Astrocytes. D) Neurolemma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oligodendrocytes. 18. Withdrawal reflex and knee-jerk reflex are controlled by the A) Spinal cord (spinal). B) Brain (cranial). C) Neurones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord (spinal). 19. Part of the brain that controls coordination in movement A) Midbrain. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) Brain stem. E) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 20. Inside of a cell membrane more negatively charge that the outside A) Polarized. B) Depolarized. C) Repolarization. D) Refractory Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polarized. ← 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