This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 182 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 182 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Following a train accident, a man with an obvious head injury was observed stumbling about the scene. An inability to walk properly and a loss of balance was quite obvious. What brain region was injured? A) Pons. B) Cerebrum. C) Parietal lobe. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 2. Select the correct functional classification:This type of neuron are typically unipolar and they carry messages to your brain to let you know that you touched something hot. A) Sensory. B) Motor. C) Interneuron. D) Multipolar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory. 3. Name the nerve which carry messages from the brain to the muscles. A) Mixed Nerve. B) Sensory Nerve. C) Motor Nerve. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor Nerve. 4. All actions under the control of the autonomic nervous system except which? A) Hiccup. B) Speaking. C) Goosebumps. D) Foot jerking away when stepping on a nail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speaking. 5. A rapid, automatic response to a stimulus A) Reflex. B) Reflex arc. C) Conclusion. D) Action potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reflex. 6. Controls Body Temperature A) Pans. B) Brainstem. C) Hypothalamus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothalamus. 7. A student is walking past a house and a dog runs at them and barks. The student jumps back. The response is ..... A) Dog runs and barks. B) Student jumps back. C) Student is walking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Student jumps back. 8. When sound waves vibrate the tympanic membrane what structure of the ear is moved next: A) The vestibule. B) The cochlea. C) The semicircular canals. D) The malleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The malleus. 9. What nerve is mostly motor fibers that activate the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles? A) Vestibulocochlear. B) Accessory. C) Vagus. D) Facial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accessory. 10. Function of nervous system is ..... A) Digestion only. B) Circulation only. C) Control and coordination of the body. D) Breathing only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Control and coordination of the body. 11. What part of the cerebrum controls vision? A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Temporal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occipital. 12. Found at the base of the precentral gyrus. a specialized cortical area that is very involved in out ability to speak. A) Epithalamus. B) Broca's area. C) Gray matter. D) Axon terminals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broca's area. 13. The part of the cell that is external to the myelin sheath of neurons in the PNS and plays an important role in the regeneration of damaged neurons: A) Nissl Substance. B) No problem. C) Neurilemma. D) White matter. E) Gray matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurilemma. 14. What happens during depolarization? A) Sodium ions remain at rest while potassium ions flow into the cell. B) Sodium ions flow into the cell, making it more negatively charged. C) Potassium ions flow into the cell, making it more negatively charged. D) Sodium ions flow into the cell, making it more positively charged. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sodium ions flow into the cell, making it more positively charged. 15. Which one does not use the brainstem? A) Pons. B) Midbrain. C) Medulla. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 16. David is experiencing symptoms that include an inability to move and respiratory distress. His doctor is concerned that he may have which disorder? A) Multiple sclerosis. B) Poliomyelitis. C) Spinal Cord injury. D) West Nile virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal Cord injury. 17. The function of sneezing is to expel mucus containing foreign particles from the nasal cavity. A person sneezes when foreign particles pass through the nasal hair which triggers the release of chemical that activates body system causing sneezing. What body part is activated? A) Circulatory system. B) Digestive system. C) Nervous system. D) Excretory system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nervous system. 18. Somatic nervous system controls the voluntary muscles A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. ..... is responsible for conducting nerve impulses away from the body. A) Dendrite. B) Axon. C) Conclusion. D) Schwann. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 20. General sensory input, such as pain, touch, and temperature are carried to the A) Primary motor area. B) Association areas. C) Primary somatic sensory area. D) Prefrontal area. 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