This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 211 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 211 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the correct path that the nervous system processes information from the environment? A) Stimulus-response-sensory neuron-motor neuron-brain. B) Response-motor neuron-brain-receptor-stimulus. C) Stimulus-receptor-sensory neuron-brain-motor neuron-response. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stimulus-receptor-sensory neuron-brain-motor neuron-response. 2. This type of ion channel is opened when a certain compound binds with a receptor A) Voltage-gated. B) Chemically gated. C) Mechanically gated. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemically gated. 3. What are the 2 parts of the nervous system A) Brain/heart. B) Brain/spinal cord. C) Spinal cord/heart. D) Heart/liver. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain/spinal cord. 4. Tim says that the brain contains an "intricate network" of neurons. What is the best synonym for "intricate?" A) Small. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Massive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex. 5. The short, branched extensions of a neuron's cell body that receives information are called A) Axons. B) Dendrites. C) Axon terminals. D) Nuclei. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrites. 6. Calcium ions bind to the ..... molecule in skeletal muscle cells. A) Actin. B) Troponin. C) Tropomyosin. D) Myosin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Troponin. 7. The brain and spinal cord are parts of the ..... A) Digestive system. B) Respiratory system. C) Nervous system. D) Excretory system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nervous system. 8. The sixth cranial nerve, Abducens, is responsible for this type of eye movement? A) Up and down. B) Circular. C) Peripheral. D) Lateral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lateral. 9. Which lobe of the brain helps you judge which of the following answers is correct? A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Temporal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal. 10. Cerebral palsy A) A drug that lessens anxiety. B) Seizure disorder. C) Paralysis caused by damage to the area of the brain responsible for movement. D) Thalamus and hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paralysis caused by damage to the area of the brain responsible for movement. 11. Your brain controls some actions that are involuntary. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. T/F:An effect of the sympathetic division would be an increase in heartbeat. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. The center of visual perception A) Frontal lobe. B) Parietal lobe. C) Occipital lobe. D) Temporal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occipital lobe. 14. Where gases are exchanged between the air and the blood. Oxygen and carbon dioxide pass through the thin walls of capillaries that surround this structure. A) Alveoli. B) Bronchi. C) Pharynx. D) Trachea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alveoli. 15. The cerebrum is a bundle of nerves going down your back. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Form membrane that line some brain parts A) Ependymal cells. B) Microglial. C) Neurilemma. D) Astrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ependymal cells. 17. How much does the human brain weigh? A) 1 pound. B) 3 pounds. C) 100 pounds. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3 pounds. 18. True or False:the right side of the brain controls the right side of your body, while the left side of the brain controls the left side of your body. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Cranial nerve VIII is ..... A) Vestibulocochlear. B) Glossopharyngeal. C) Vagus. D) Facial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vestibulocochlear. 20. A disorder caused by dysfunction in the basal nuclei in the brain is called: A) Epilepsy. B) Multiple sclerosis. C) Painful tic. D) Parkinson's disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parkinson's disease. ← 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