This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 150 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 150 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which types of neurons make up the Peripheral Nervous System? A) Sensory and interneurons. B) Motor and sensory neurons. C) Interneurons and motor neurons. D) Only interneurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor and sensory neurons. 2. Identify the response:You are walking home from school one day when a large dog jumps out at you from behind a tree. He starts to growl and shows his teeth. You quickly turn around and walk in the opposite direction. A) Dog growling and showing teeth. B) You quickly turn and walk away. C) Tree. D) Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You quickly turn and walk away. 3. What is any quick response to stimuli that bypasses the brain? A) Voluntary action. B) Knee jerk. C) Reflex action. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reflex action. 4. Voluntary actions are controlled by the ..... A) Cranial nerve. B) Spinal nerve. C) Spinal cord. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain. 5. Motor Neurons that control voluntary movement are part of the A) Central nNervous System. B) Autonomic Nervous System. C) Somatic Nervous System. D) Sympathetic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Somatic Nervous System. 6. Which describes a cell's resting potential? A) Charged ions rush into the cell and reverse charges inside and outside of the cell. B) The cell does not have a charge at all. C) Cell is negatively charged, environment is positively charged. D) Cell is positively charged, environment is negatively charged. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cell is negatively charged, environment is positively charged. 7. What are the two main parts of the nervous system? A) Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems. B) Brain and Spinal Cord. C) Somatic and Autonomic Nervous Systems. D) Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems. 8. Nerve that arises from the spinal cord A) Spinal nerve. B) Sensory nerve. C) Mixed nerve. D) Motor nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal nerve. 9. Short fibres which branch repeatedly and project out of the soma are ..... which also contains ..... A) Sensory, Ca2+ channels. B) Dendrites, nissl granules. C) Sensory, voltage gated receptors. D) Dendrites, ribosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrites, nissl granules. 10. High frequency causes ..... pitch A) High. B) Low. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High. 11. The smallest functional unit of a muscle fiber is the ..... A) 1.sarcomere. B) 1.myofibril. C) 1.fascicle. D) 1.myofilament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1.sarcomere. 12. What is the purpose of synapses? A) To stop two neurons from touching each other. B) To allow two neurons to interact with each other. C) To ensure nerve impulses travel in one direction. D) To stop neurons from communicating with each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To ensure nerve impulses travel in one direction. 13. The following are true of CSF except which one? A) Is produced by the choroid plexuses. B) Transports glucose and other brain nutrients. C) Flows under high pressure. D) Found in all ventricles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flows under high pressure. 14. Receptors for smell are called A) Olfactory receptors. B) Glossopharyngeal. C) Taste buds. D) Eustachian tube. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Olfactory receptors. 15. Small, oval neuroglial cells with spider-like process which carry out phagocytosis are called: A) Microglia. B) Astrocytes. C) Satellite cells. D) Ependymal cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Microglia. 16. Cells that do not conduct information but support the function of neurons A) Glial Cells. B) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glial Cells. 17. ..... are nerve endings that send signals to the nervous system when stimulated. A) Cells. B) Sensory receptors. C) Organ systems. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory receptors. 18. The system which controls and coordinates all the activities of our body is called the A) Skeletal system. B) Circulatory system. C) Nervous system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nervous system. 19. If someone is breaking into your house, this division of your nervous system might be activated: A) Parasympathetic division. B) Sympathetic division. C) Fight or flight response. D) Both b and c. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic division. 20. Parkinson's Disease results from the bodies inability to produce what? A) Sugars. B) Rods or Cones. C) White Blood Cells. D) Neurotransmitters. 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