This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 380 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 380 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which phrase best describes your entire nervous system? A) Extensive and complex. B) Localized and inefficient. C) Unicellular and microscopic. D) Mindless and automatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extensive and complex. 2. How many dendrites can there be? A) 10. B) Many. C) 20. D) 35. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Many. 3. It coordinates muscle actions. A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain Stem. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 4. What part of the eye sends messages to the brain from the retina? A) Optic Nerve. B) Iris. C) Lens. D) Cornea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Optic Nerve. 5. What area of the body is controlled by the somatic nervous system? A) Muscles surrounding the digestive tract. B) Skeletal muscle. C) Heart muscle. D) Secretion of glandular substances. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal muscle. 6. While looking at your chart, you see:HR:84. You know HR stands for: A) Heart rate. B) Hand rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heart rate. 7. Which classification of medication controls tremors and muscle rigidity by increasing dopamine in the brain? A) Antipsychotics. B) Antidepressants. C) Anesthetics. D) Antiparkinsonian Agents. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antiparkinsonian Agents. 8. Which sensory receptors send impulses to the brain about temperature? A) Thermoreceptors. B) Photoreceptors. C) Proprioceptors. D) Mechanoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thermoreceptors. 9. What is the cerebrum in charge of? A) Feelings. B) Motor skills. C) Thinking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thinking. 10. .... nerves are ones we control, like moving our arms or jumping with our legs. A) Autonomic. B) Motor. C) Sensory. D) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatic. 11. PART OF THE BRAIN THAT CONTROLS BASIC FUNCTIONS SUCH AS BREATHING AND HEARTBEAT A) CEREBRUM. B) BRAIN STEM. C) CEREBELLUM. D) NEURON. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BRAIN STEM. 12. What makes up the central nervous system (CNS)? A) Brain and heart. B) Brain and spinal cord. C) Heart and spinal cord. D) Spinal cord and lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain and spinal cord. 13. The instability caused by the malfunctioning of one system cannot be made stable by other systems because each system has its own function in the body. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 14. Your nerve cells have two main settings for communicating: ..... (immediate) and ..... (take more time to be read). A) Electrical, chemical. B) Chemical, electrical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electrical, chemical. 15. Which of the following is a non-motor response? A) Forming a memory. B) Pulling your hand away from a hot stove. C) Going to get a drink of water. D) Opening a window. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forming a memory. 16. Which lobe is involved in making plans and judgments? A) Parietal. B) Temporal. C) Occipital. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frontal. 17. In the peripheral nervous system the myelin sheath is formed by ..... A) Mitochondria. B) Ribosomes. C) Schwann Cells. D) Nodes of Ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schwann Cells. 18. We have many pairs of cranial nerves? A) 3. B) 9. C) 6. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 12. 19. Lobe responsible for intellect, movement, creativity, abstract reasoning & more. A) Occipital. B) Temporal. C) Parietal. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frontal. 20. What are the three distinct parts of the brain? A) Arteries, Veins, Capillaries. B) Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Brain Stem. C) Muscle, Epithelial, Smooth. D) Cardiac, Smooth, Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Brain Stem. ← 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