This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 132 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 132 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Ears pick up sound waves caused by vibrations that your brain interprets A) Smell and taste. B) Hearing. C) Touch. D) Vision. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hearing. 2. Identify Letter J A) Trachea. B) Larynx. C) Left/Right Bronchi. D) Bronchioles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Left/Right Bronchi. 3. This nerve is responsible for balance A) Vagus. B) Accessory. C) Trochlear. D) Vestibulocochlear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vestibulocochlear. 4. What do the nodes of Ranvier do? A) Help speed up impulse. B) Help slow down impulse. C) Protecting the axon. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Help speed up impulse. 5. Part of neuron that receives impulses from other cells and transmits to cell body. A) Dendrite. B) Cell body. C) Axon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrite. 6. Which part our our brain is in charge of memories and hormone production? A) Brain Stem. B) Hypothalamus. C) Thalamus. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothalamus. 7. These parts of the brain are MOST important for maintaining homeostasis. A) Cerebellum and frontal lobe. B) Hypothalamus and brain stem. C) Cerebellum and hypothalamus. D) Brain stem only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothalamus and brain stem. 8. What is the sympathetic NS in charge of? A) Fight & flight response. B) Bringing things back down to steady state once excited. C) Relaying info to & from skin and skeletal muscles. D) Relaying things from CNS to muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fight & flight response. 9. The fact that an action potential will occur as long as the threshold is exceeded is known as the ..... A) All or none principle. B) Action potential principle. C) Threshold principle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All or none principle. 10. Color of the stool A) Color of urine. B) Yellow. C) Color together. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Color together. 11. Which term means 'little brain'? A) Cerebrum. B) Wonderbell. C) Medulla. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 12. What are the glial cells that protect the nervous system from infections? A) Microglia. B) Astrocytes. C) Oligodendrocytes. D) Satellite cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Microglia. 13. Cells that "eat" germs near neuron A) Astrocytes. B) Microglial cells. C) Ependymal cells. D) Oligodendrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Microglial cells. 14. Consists of a network of nerves that branch out from the central nervous system and connect it to the rest of the body. A) Secondary nervous system. B) Central nervous system. C) Peripheral nervous system. D) Primary nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral nervous system. 15. Which is the correct order in brain process? A) Receptors sensory nerve interneuron motor nerve. B) Receptors interneuron sensory nerve motor nerve. C) Motor nerve interneuron sensory nerve receptors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Receptors sensory nerve interneuron motor nerve. 16. What part of the neuron can be described as a tail like structure that carries the impulse away from the cell body? A) Axon. B) Cell Body. C) Dendrites. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon. 17. What is the organ that controls your body A) Spinal cord. B) Nerves. C) Muscles. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain. 18. Example of involuntary muscle A) Hand muscles. B) Eyelids blinking. C) Quads. D) Abs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eyelids blinking. 19. What controls all skeletal system activities? A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Spinal cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 20. Type of neuron that relays messages from the brain to muscles of glands A) Afferent. B) Sensory. C) Motor. D) Interneuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor. ← 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