This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 240 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 240 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The linings which surround and protect the brain and spinal cord A) Meninges. B) Ventricles. C) Cranial nerves. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meninges. 2. Stimulus is perceived by a cell or organ called a A) Stimulus. B) Receptor. C) Effector. D) Impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Receptor. 3. The brain uses ..... of the body's oxygen. A) 50%. B) 80%. C) 20%. D) 10%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 20%. 4. Cochlear duct is separated from scala vestibuli by the ..... A) Vestibular membrane. B) Basilar membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vestibular membrane. 5. Which part of the brain stem relays information from the cerebrum to the cerebellum and is also called the bridge? A) Midbrain. B) Pons. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pons. 6. Where are taste buds mainly located? A) On the surface of the tongue. B) Inside of papillae on the tongue. C) In the gustatory cortex of the brain. D) On the roof of the mouth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inside of papillae on the tongue. 7. Part of the brain responsible for balance and muscle movement A) Brainstem. B) CereBELLUM. C) Cerebrum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CereBELLUM. 8. Neuroid A) Resembling a nerve. B) Lumbar puncture. C) Chronic degenerative disease of the CNS, includes resting tremors. D) Inflammation of many nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resembling a nerve. 9. What is the smallest bone in a human? A) Femur. B) Humerus. C) Backbone. D) Stirrup. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stirrup. 10. Sensory nerves bring messages from the A) Muscles. B) Sensory organs. C) Arteries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory organs. 11. The somatic nervous system carries information: A) Towards the central nervous system. B) Away from the central nervous system. C) Both to and from the central nervous system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both to and from the central nervous system. 12. The cell membrane of a neuron contains thousands of protein channels that may allow ions to pass through, depending on the "gates" within the channels A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Spiderlike phagocytes that dispose of debris A) Schwann cells. B) Microglia. C) Satellite. D) Astrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Microglia. 14. What do neuroglia do? A) Release neurotransmitters. B) Support and nourish neurons. C) Release calcium to activate neurons. D) Absorb nutrients from neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Support and nourish neurons. 15. Part of the nervous system outside the central nervous system A) Peripheral nervous system. B) Somatic nervous system. C) Autonomic nervous system. D) Central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peripheral nervous system. 16. Shrugs the shoulders A) Accessory. B) Vestibulocochlear. C) Abducting. D) Trigeminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accessory. 17. Numbers 7, 10, 8, & 12 make up what part of the ear? A) Middle Ear. B) Inner Ear. C) Outer Ear. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inner Ear. 18. Which of the following is a recognized function of skeletal muscle? A) Produce movement. B) *maintain body temperature. C) *maintain posture. D) *all of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) *all of the above. 19. Once a neuron receives a message through its dendrites, the signal then travels through the cell body of the neuron, and down what? A) Cell body. B) Dendrites. C) Axon. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon. 20. How many senses do we have as humans? A) 1. B) 3. C) 5. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. ← 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