This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 192 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 192 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the main function of the occipital lobe in the brain? A) Language processing. B) Visual processing. C) Emotion regulation. D) Motor coordination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visual processing. 2. Which statement best describes why your heart rate increases while exercising? A) Her bones needed more oxygen because they were moving faster. B) Her stomach needed more oxygen because it was digesting food faster. C) Her brain needed more blood to coordinate her rapid exercise movements. D) Her muscles needed more glucose and oxygen because they were working harder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her muscles needed more glucose and oxygen because they were working harder. 3. Which of the following muscles we can control A) Cardiac. B) Voluntary. C) Involuntary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voluntary. 4. Somatic Nervous System is in charge of A) Unconscious movements. B) Reflex actions and Voluntary responses. C) The movement of the smooth mucles. D) Intelectual Processes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflex actions and Voluntary responses. 5. What is the main function of the autonomic nervous system? A) Control voluntary movements of the muscles. B) Regulate the body's internal environment without conscious control. C) Process sensory information. D) Coordinate reflexes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regulate the body's internal environment without conscious control. 6. Unmyelinated axons are A) White matter. B) Gray matter. C) Ganglia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gray matter. 7. The peripheral nervous system is divided in to the somatic and autonomic systems. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. The nerves to and from your arm muscles are part of the ..... A) Traumatic brain injury. B) Impulses. C) Somatic system. D) Nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Somatic system. 9. A neuron:gland / muscle synapse is associated with ..... A) Sensory neurons. B) Motor neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor neurons. 10. What is the function of of the motor division? A) Communication service between brain and heart. B) Conducts nervous impulses. C) Conducts information from the brain to effector organs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conducts information from the brain to effector organs. 11. What is the 'response' function of the nervous system? A) The breakdown of food into nutrients. B) The activation of muscles (motor output) or glands. C) The storage of information as memories. D) The regulation of body temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The activation of muscles (motor output) or glands. 12. How are impulses from the skin brought to the brain? A) Projection tract. B) Association tract. C) Commisural tract. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Projection tract. 13. What occurs when a person touches something painful? A) Reflex Arc. B) Withdrawal reflex. C) Knee-jerk reflex. D) Gag reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Withdrawal reflex. 14. The most common problem of the nervous system that people experience. These are often brought on by physical or emotional stress. A) Epilepsy. B) Headaches. C) Concussion. D) Coma. E) Meningitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Headaches. 15. What is the sense organs to feel the air? A) Nose. B) Skin. C) Eyes. D) Ears. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skin. 16. The function of the dendrites is to A) Release neurotransmitters into the spatial junctions between neurons. B) Receive incoming signals from other neurons. C) Coordinate the activation of the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems. D) Control pain through the release of opiate-like chemicals into the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Receive incoming signals from other neurons. 17. Inflammation of the meninges of the brain and spinal cord A) Hydrocephalus. B) Meningitis. C) Cluster headaches. D) Meningocele. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meningitis. 18. Which of the following is NOT in the OUTER EAR? A) Auricle. B) Eustachian tube. C) External Auditory Meatus. D) Tympanic Membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eustachian tube. 19. What class of neurons helps the brain obtain senses? A) Motor neurons. B) Sensory neurons. C) Sight. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory neurons. 20. An example of an internal stimuli would be ..... A) A rabbit sees a fox is about to attack. B) A rabbit is hungry. C) A rabbit hears a shotgun go off. D) None of above. 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