This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 330 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 330 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. These are the elevations on the surface of the cerebrum that give it a wrinkled appearance. A) Ganglia. B) Gyri. C) Sulci. D) Basal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gyri. 2. How many miles per hour does a nerve impulse travel? A) 150. B) 268. C) 350. D) 1, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 268. 3. ..... get nerve impulses from other neurons. A) Dendrites. B) Synapses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrites. 4. This lobe of the brain contains the somatosensory cortex and is crucial for processing the information from touch. A) Frontal. B) Temporal. C) Parietal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parietal. 5. During falling phase, which channel(s) open? A) Na+. B) K+. C) K+ and Na+. D) No channel is open. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) K+. 6. What two organ systems control all the other systems? A) The nervous and skeletal systems. B) The nervous and muscular systems. C) The nervous and endocrine systems. D) The muscular and endocrine systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The nervous and endocrine systems. 7. Which of the following is a somatic reflex? A) Pulling your hand from a hot stove (withdrawal reflex). B) Secretion of salivia. C) Change in the pupil size. D) Change in blood pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pulling your hand from a hot stove (withdrawal reflex). 8. Label 24 A) Stimulus. B) Depolarization. C) Repolarization. D) Refractory Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refractory Period. 9. A channel opens on a postsynaptic membrane that causes a negative ion to enter the cell. What type of graded potential is this? A) Depolarizing. B) Repolarizing. C) Hyperpolarizing. D) Non-polarizing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperpolarizing. 10. I can ..... with my tongue A) See. B) Touch. C) Smell. D) Taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Taste. 11. Which of the following is NOT a fact about nerves? A) Nerves are transmitted by electrical signals. B) Nerves are extremely small. C) Nerves are only found in certain parts of our body. D) Nerves carry messages to and from the Central Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerves are only found in certain parts of our body. 12. Many A) Meninges. B) Four. C) Hard, dura mater. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meninges. 13. When you are running, the ..... speeds up your heart rate and the blood flow to the skeletal muscles, stimulates the sweat glands and adrenal glands, and slows down the contractions of the smooth muscles in the digestive system. A) Autonomic nervous system. B) Sensory nervous system. C) Somatic nervous system. D) Central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic nervous system. 14. Where are tears produced in the eye? A) Lacrimal Duct. B) Sclera. C) Lacrimal gland. D) Conjunctiva. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lacrimal gland. 15. When the eyeball is too short, causing Farsightedness A) Hyperopia. B) Myopia. C) Glaucoma. D) Astigmatism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperopia. 16. The nerves connect your body to the central nervous system A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. What is the difference between the small and large intestine? A) The small intestine is shorter. B) The large intestine is skinnier. C) The small intestine is skinnier and longer. D) The large intestine is longer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The small intestine is skinnier and longer. 18. What number is the Optic Nerve A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 19. Functions that you perform without conscious thought are called A) Decisions. B) Voluntary responses. C) Planned reactions. D) Reflexes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reflexes. 20. What tissue is not innervated by the autonomic nervous system? A) Glands. B) Skeletal Muscle. C) Cardiac Muscle. D) Smooth Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal Muscle. ← 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