This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 140 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 140 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Violent shaking of the brain. A) They would bring. B) Syncope. C) Concussion. D) Bell's palsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concussion. 2. The motor plan is made in what part of the brain? A) Cerebellum. B) Frontal lobe. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frontal lobe. 3. What is responsible for detecting information and sending it to the nervous system? A) Sense organs. B) Respiratory system. C) Digestive system. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sense organs. 4. The sympathetic nervous system has what effect on the pupil? A) Dilation. B) Inhibition. C) Constriction. D) Relaxation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dilation. 5. Synaptic vesicles release their contents into the synaptic cleft by ..... A) Exocytosis. B) Endocytosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exocytosis. 6. Multiple sclerosis primarily involves A) Destruction of regions of the motor cortex. B) Destruction of the hippocampus. C) Destruction of the myelin sheath. D) Deterioration of parts of the spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Destruction of the myelin sheath. 7. For kids with cerebral palsy, physical therapy: A) Can permanently cure their condition. B) Isn't much help. C) Prevents their symptoms from spreading. D) Can help them manage their symptoms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can help them manage their symptoms. 8. Which word represents the inability to speak? A) Dysphasia. B) Aphasia. C) Phases. D) Dementia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aphasia. 9. How does phantom pain affect nervous system? A) Internerves change. B) Motor Nerves Change. C) Peripheral nerves changes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral nerves changes. 10. What type of involuntary muscle controls movement of substances through various tubes inside of the body ( such as arteries, bronchi, and the small intestine)? A) Smooth muscle. B) Skeletal muscle. C) Cardiac muscle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smooth muscle. 11. The cerebrum controls balance, movement and coordination A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. During transmission across a typical chemical synapse, A) Neurotransmitters cause the release of vesicles. B) Action potentials make the vesicles fuse to each other. C) Vesicles diffuse to and fuse to the postsynaptic membrane. D) Neurotransmitters bind to receptors on the postsynaptic cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurotransmitters bind to receptors on the postsynaptic cell. 13. A CVA is a stroke. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. What is the function of the skeletal system? A) To send signals from the brain to the body. B) To eliminate waste in the body. C) To provide structural support for the body. D) To transport gases throughout the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To provide structural support for the body. 15. Separates the two hemispheres A) Longitudinal fissure. B) Transverse fissure. C) Callous body. D) Hippocampus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Longitudinal fissure. 16. Which activities of the body are controlled by the autonomic nervous system? A) "Involuntary". B) "Voluntary. C) All of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Involuntary". 17. What separates neurons from each other? A) Impulse. B) Axon. C) Dendrite. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conclusion. 18. This region of the brain is the largest, having two hemispheres. A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Hypothalamus. D) Sulci. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 19. Interbrain, sits atop the brain stem and is enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres. Has three major structures:the thalamus, hypothalamus, and the epithalamus. A) Axon terminals. B) Cerebral cortex. C) Diencephalon. D) Parietal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diencephalon. 20. Sodium channels opening and allowing sodium ions to diffuse inward results in A) Depolarization of the membrane. B) Repolarization of the membrane. C) Hyperpolarization of the membrane. D) Refractory period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Depolarization of the membrane. ← 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