This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 328 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 328 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which nerves give message to the brain A) Sensory Nerves. B) Motor Nerves. C) Mixed nerves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor Nerves. 2. What are the two main regions of the nervous system? A) Brain and Spinal Cord. B) Neurons and Glial Cells. C) Central Nervous System and Peripheral Nervous System. D) Motor Neurons and Sensory Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central Nervous System and Peripheral Nervous System. 3. The basic communication links of the nervous system are the A) Glia. B) Bones. C) Muscles. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurons. 4. What hormone is produced by the testes? A) Estrogen. B) Progesterone. C) Testosterone. D) Melatonin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Testosterone. 5. What is the main function of the temporal lobe? A) Speech, thinking, touch. B) Speech, taste, reading. C) Hearing, smell. D) Sight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hearing, smell. 6. An action potential occurs A) If the cell membrane potential reaches a threshold value. B) When negative ions rapidly enter the cell. C) When the inside of the cell becomes negative compared to the outside. D) When there is repolarization occurring. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If the cell membrane potential reaches a threshold value. 7. An example of an involuntary function is A) Walking. B) Smiling. C) Digesting. D) Closing the door. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Digesting. 8. Which of the following parts make up the brain stem or hindbrain? A) Pons, Medulla, and Midbrain. B) Cerebrum, Pons, Midbrain. C) Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Pontus. D) Cerebellum, Medulla, Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pons, Medulla, and Midbrain. 9. Our brains recognize different odors in the same part of the brain as we process ..... A) Memories. B) Danger. C) Heart rate. D) Muscle control. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Memories. 10. What is the function of the tympanic membrane (eardrum) in the middle ear? A) Vibrate freely in response to sound waves. B) Separate the outer from the inner ear. C) Maintain equilibrium and balance. D) Connect the eardrum to the inner ear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vibrate freely in response to sound waves. 11. Which part of the neuron is responsible for transmitting the impulse away from the cell body? A) Dendrite. B) Axon/Neurite. C) Myelin sheath. D) Cell body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon/Neurite. 12. Skin, the stomach, and inner ears have ..... receptors. A) Mechanical. B) Light. C) Chemical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mechanical. 13. Lobe used for sight A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Occipital. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occipital. 14. The components of the CNS include: A) He spinal cord and cranial nerves. B) The brain and spinal cord. C) The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. D) The cranial nerves and spinal nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The brain and spinal cord. 15. Which of the following sensory receptor responds to stimuli resulting from physical or chemical damage to tissue? A) Thermoreceptor. B) Photoreceptor. C) Nociceptor. D) Chemoreceptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nociceptor. 16. Sensory neurones transmit nerve impulses from A) The brain and spinal cord to muscles. B) Sense organs to muscles. C) One sense organ to another sense organ. D) Sense organs to brain and spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sense organs to brain and spinal cord. 17. Which division of the nervous system controls your heart, glands, and smooth muscle? A) Somatic. B) CNS. C) PNS. D) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autonomic. 18. Receive signals called impulses from other neurons and conduct the impulse to the cell body A) Dendrite. B) Cell body. C) -axon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrite. 19. A response is a behavior caused by the stimulus. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 20. The 2 hemispheres of the brain are connected by the ..... which allows the 2 sides to communicate. A) Medulla oblongata. B) Frontal lobe. C) Cerebellum. D) Callous bodies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Callous bodies. ← 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