This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 156 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 156 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which type of human body tissue can contract, or shorten? A) Epithelial tissue. B) Connective tissue. C) Muscle tissue. D) Nerve tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscle tissue. 2. True or False. Our autonomic nervous system has less myelination than our somatic nervous system A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Point/o A) Pons. B) Gray matter. C) Away from center. D) Nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pons. 4. -esthesia A) Medulla oblongata. B) Nervous sensation. C) Sensation, feeling. D) Nerve root. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensation, feeling. 5. Arterial blockage of blood to the brain A) "pill-rolling" movements. B) Painful tic. C) Bell's palsy. D) Stroke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stroke. 6. The division of the nervous system that controls motor movement A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic. 7. Which of these protects the spinal cord? A) Rib cage. B) Skull. C) Backbone. D) Girdles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Backbone. 8. The forebrain consists of the following A) Cerebrum, thalamus, hypothalamus. B) Hypothalamus, thalamus, brain. C) Brain, thalamus, midbrain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum, thalamus, hypothalamus. 9. What is the English Meaning of the Medical Term Lept/o [ LEPTO ]? A) Pain, Painful Condition. B) Weakness, Debility. C) Thin, Slender. D) One. E) Near, Beside, Beyond. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thin, Slender. 10. Without your sense of smell, food would taste better. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. What part of the nervous system is responsible for slowing down breathing and pulse? A) Voluntary. B) Sympathetic. C) Parasympathetic. D) Central. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parasympathetic. 12. Gray matter of the nervous system is composed of ..... A) Neuron cell bodies. B) Neuron fibers. C) Nuclei. D) Axons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuron cell bodies. 13. Wood A) Under, below. B) Mind. C) Bruise. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mind. 14. The brainstem contains the thalamus and hypothalamus. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. What type of neurons carry signals to the locomotor system? A) Motor neurons. B) Brain. C) Sensory neurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor neurons. 16. Which letter represents the Nodes of Ranvier? A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. E) E. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) E. 17. Hypn/o A) Fatigue. B) Water. C) Sleep. D) Mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sleep. 18. The autonomic nervous system is divided into what branches? A) Somatic and sympathetic branches. B) Somatic and parasympathetic branches. C) Sympathetic and parasympathetic branches. D) Sympathetic and sensory branches. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sympathetic and parasympathetic branches. 19. In the autonomic division, this place where neurons meet is located close to the effector organs so that messages tend to be very specific to that organ: A) Sympathetic ganglia. B) Parasympathetic ganglia. C) Postganglionic neuron. D) Preganglionic neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic ganglia. 20. This part of the brain is responsible for hearing and language understanding. A) Temporal. B) Parietal. C) Occipital. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temporal. ← 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