This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 138 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 138 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Almond shaped structure located in the limbic system. Controls many of your emotional responses, especially fear and anger A) Hippocampus. B) Hypothalamus. C) Cerebellum. D) Amygdala. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amygdala. 2. A disorder characterized by loss of function belowthe neck A) Epilepsy. B) Paraplegia. C) Quadriplegia. D) Meningitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quadriplegia. 3. What is the tube that connects the pharynx to the lungs? A) Trachea. B) Diaphragm. C) Nose. D) Epiglottis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trachea. 4. Sensory receptors respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for immediate ..... or storage as memories. A) Behavior. B) Mechanical input. C) Nose. D) Eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Behavior. 5. This is where we find the main location for all motor functions. A) Frontal Lobe. B) Parietal Lobe. C) Thalamus. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal Lobe. 6. What is the part of the year that passes sound waves from theouter ear to the eardrum? A) Ear Drum. B) Ear Tunnel. C) Ear Canal. D) Middle Ear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ear Canal. 7. The phagocytic cells in the CNS are:? A) Astrocytes. B) Microglia. C) Oligodendrocytes. D) Ependymal cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Microglia. 8. ..... percent of brain is fat. A) 50. B) 209. C) 60. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 60. 9. Higher reasoning, voluntary body movements, speech A) Parietal lobe. B) Occipital lobe. C) Frontal lobe. D) Temporal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frontal lobe. 10. Division of the PNS that transmits information from CNS to the rest of the body A) Motor (efferent) division. B) Sensory (afferent) division. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor (efferent) division. 11. These types of glial cells are in the CNS. They have small "thorny" processes for defense and protection of the neuron. A) Astrocytes. B) Microglial. C) Oligodendrocytes. D) Ependymal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Microglial. 12. This neurotransmitter is released by all postganglionic neurons in the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system: A) Dopamine. B) Acetylcholine. C) Norepinephrine. D) Sodium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Norepinephrine. 13. What are the three parts of your nervous system? A) Brain, lungs, heart. B) Brain, nerves, spinal cord. C) Nerves, bones and muscles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain, nerves, spinal cord. 14. Glial cells which are spiderlike phagocytes that dispose of debris A) Microglia. B) Neuroglia. C) Ependymal cells. D) Satellite cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Microglia. 15. The "selectivity" of a particular ion channel refers to its A) Permitting passage by negative but not positive ions. B) Permitting passage by positive but not negative ions. C) Ability to change its size depending on the ion needing transport. D) Binding with only one type of neurotransmitter. E) Permitting passage only to a specific ion. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Permitting passage only to a specific ion. 16. What kind of receptor is stimulated here? A) Photoreceptor. B) Thermoreceptor. C) Chemoreceptor. D) Mechanoreceptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mechanoreceptor. 17. In testing the visual fields of gross peripheral vision, which of the following is a normal finding? A) Temporally, peripheral objects can be seen at right angles (110$^\circ$). B) The upward field of vision is normally 80$^\circ$. C) The downward field of vision is normally 70$^\circ$. D) The nasal field of vision is normally 30 away from the central point of vision because the nose is in the way. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The downward field of vision is normally 70$^\circ$. 18. Heart transplant A) Heart transplant. B) Heart failure. C) Heart disease. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heart transplant. 19. Part of the Nervous System located in the brain and spinal cord for the reception of stimuli and transmission of reactions and responsible for the integration of impulses A) Neurons. B) Nerve Tract. C) Cerebrospinal Fluid. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurons. 20. The gap between neurons is called a(n) ..... A) Nucleus. B) Ganglion. C) Conclusion. D) Neurotransmitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conclusion. ← 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