This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 197 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 197 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Imagine you are learning about the human body in a biology class. Your teacher asks, 'What are the 3 main parts of the brain that we discussed?' A) Dendrites, axons, axon endings. B) Spinal cord, medulla, neurons. C) Brain, cerebellum, brain stem. D) Central, peripheral, axons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain, cerebellum, brain stem. 2. Which part of the brain is connected to the spinal cord and helps the body perform actions such as breathing, maintaining heart rate, and blood pressure? A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Brain stem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain stem. 3. A ..... is what your body does in reaction to a stimuli. A) Reaction. B) Response. C) Change tagsB.LS1.3. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Response. 4. The section of the peripheral nervous system that controls voluntary actions. A) Somatic Nervous System. B) Central Nervous System. C) Peripheral Nervous System. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic Nervous System. 5. Outermost layer of meninges and is the strongest A) Dura mater. B) Pia mater. C) Arachnoid mater. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dura mater. 6. Coffee and Soda are common (a) A) A stimulant. B) Medication. C) Depressant. D) Reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A stimulant. 7. Each neuron has only one axon and many dendrites. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Two main functions:* Receive sensory information from the body (vis PNS) & send messages to the brain for processing. * Receive motor information from the brain and send it to relevant parts of the body (via PNS) to control muscles, glands and internal organs. A) Brain. B) Spinal Cord. C) Nerves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal Cord. 9. The most common type of neuron is ..... A) Sensory neuron. B) Motor neuron. C) Mixed neuron. D) Reflex neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor neuron. 10. Identify the neuroglia described:Form scar tissue and regulate ion concentrations A) Astrocytes. B) Ependymal. C) Schwann Cells. D) Oligodendrocytes. E) Microglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astrocytes. 11. The nature of an nervous impulse is A) Slow. B) Electrical. C) Chemical. D) Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electrical. 12. Chemoreceptors detect chemicals and scents in the food that we eat. what branch of the PNS would they be a part of? A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic. 13. What is another word for autonomic? A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. C) Central. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involuntary. 14. Zvsgadxgshdms A) Dsf. B) Fd. C) Dfh. D) Vbgmbhfkzsdgfrdj.szkf. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vbgmbhfkzsdgfrdj.szkf. 15. Light must be refracted precisely so it is focused on the retina. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Of the 3 types of muscles, which muscles attach to bone. A) Cardiac Muscle. B) Smooth Muscle. C) Skeletal Muscle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal Muscle. 17. All nerves outside the brain and spinal cord are part of the ..... nervous system. A) Autonomic. B) Somatic. C) Central. D) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peripheral. 18. Describes the fact that a neuron fires at the same intensity despite the intensity of the stimulus. A) Threshold. B) Repolarization. C) All or None Response. D) Action Potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All or None Response. 19. Earthworms have setae, which are like bristles that help them ..... A) Move. B) Eat. C) Reproduce. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Move. 20. Type of neuron that carries impulses from receptors to the CNS A) Action potential. B) Polarized. C) Sensory neuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory neuron. ← 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