This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 364 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 364 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these is NOT a function of the digestive system? A) Breaks down food. B) Absorbs nutrients. C) Eliminates waste. D) Takes oxygen to body cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Takes oxygen to body cells. 2. Flatworms nervous system A) Ladder-like nervous system. B) Brain and spinal cord. C) Just nervous cells. D) Each segment have ganglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ladder-like nervous system. 3. Neurons..... A) Send and receive signals. B) Transport nutrients to other cells. C) Clean up cellular debris and eat bacteria. D) Make cerebral spinal fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Send and receive signals. 4. What do the ventricles of the brain do? A) Circulate CSF. B) Produce afferent signals. C) Receive efferent signals. D) Interpret reflex arcs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circulate CSF. 5. Structures specialized in detecting stimuli A) Stimulus. B) Receptor. C) Sense. D) Taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Receptor. 6. The body system that allows an animal to sense and respond to its environment and control body functions, made up of the brain, spinal cord, nerves and sense organs. A) The Nervous System. B) Organ. C) Skin. D) Hormone System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Nervous System. 7. What is the primary advantage to a spinal reflex? A) It depends upon the decision-making abilities of the brain. B) It efficiently controls regions farthest from the brain. C) It involves both gray and white matter. D) It is very fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is very fast. 8. Which type of neuron allows for sensory input? A) Sensory neurons. B) Interneurons. C) Motor neurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory neurons. 9. Bundles of thousands of nerve cells that run throughout the body like wires A) Nerves. B) Neurons. C) Senses. D) Sensory receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerves. 10. Which part of the human brain is being described:The largest part of the brain, responsible for conscious thought, memory, language, perception, and voluntary movements. A) Cerebellum. B) Hippocampus. C) Cerebrum. D) Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum. 11. What part of the brain controls you movement, sense of touch, taste, and temperature? A) Temporal lobe. B) Occipital lobe. C) Parietal lobe. D) Cerebellum. E) Frontal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parietal lobe. 12. What is the function of the central nervous system in homeostasis? A) Secreting hormones. B) Detecting specific stimuli. C) Processing and interpreting nerve impulses. D) Generating movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Processing and interpreting nerve impulses. 13. The different parts of the brain A) Lungs, Trachea and Bronchi. B) Cerebrum, Cerebellum and Medulla. C) Sclera, Pupil and Iris. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum, Cerebellum and Medulla. 14. Which part of the brain controls thought, memory, learning? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Diencephalon. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 15. Auditory Canal A) Shaped like a snail's shell and contains delicate hairlike cells which compose the organ of corti. B) Has special glands that produce cerumen. Allows for sound waves to travel through to the tympanic membrane. C) (Pinna), elastic cartilage covered by skin. Outer part, visible part of the ear. D) Middle layer of the eye, that is interlaced with many blood vessels that nourish the eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has special glands that produce cerumen. Allows for sound waves to travel through to the tympanic membrane. 16. How many neurons are in your brain? A) 3 trillion. B) 250 billion. C) 100 billion. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 100 billion. 17. Oligodendrocytes..... A) Send and receive signals. B) Transport nutrients to other cells. C) Make cerebral spinal fluid. D) Make myelin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Make myelin. 18. What are the two types of cells that nervous tissue is composed of? A) Neurons and neuroglia. B) Ependymal cells and oligodendrocytes. C) Astrocytes and microglial cells. D) Schwann cells and satellite cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurons and neuroglia. 19. Which of the following describes how the nervous system works? A) Stimulus > receptor > sensory nerve > co-ordination centre > motor nerve > effector. B) Stimulus > effector > sensory nerve > co-ordination centre > motor nerve > receptor. C) Stimulus > receptor > motor nerve > co-ordination centre > sensory nerve > effector. D) Receptor > sensory nerve > co-ordination centre > motor nerve > effector > stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stimulus > receptor > sensory nerve > co-ordination centre > motor nerve > effector. 20. Surface area to volume ratio is important because A) It determines how big a cell can grow to be. B) It affects how fast/slow cells can diffuse nutrients & heat. C) It determines which enzymes are needed for metabolism. D) It determines what kind environment the cell needs to live. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It affects how fast/slow cells can diffuse nutrients & heat. ← 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