This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 384 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 384 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A network of nerves that branch out from the spinal cord and connect to the rest of the body and transmit signals to and from the brain through the spinal cord. A) Spinal cord. B) Cerebellum. C) Peripheral nerves. D) Brainstem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral nerves. 2. The mind and body are inseperable A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. The part of the brain that stores and MEMORIES A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Dendrites. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 4. A resting membrane is measured at ..... while a depolarized membrane will measure at ..... A) +30 mV;-70 mV. B) 0 mV;-70 mV. C) -70 mV; +55 mV. D) -70 mV; +30 mV. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -70 mV; +30 mV. 5. "Fight or flight" is mostly associated with which subdivision of the nervous system? A) Somatic. B) Central. C) Sympathetic. D) Parasympathetic. E) Spinal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sympathetic. 6. What type of message diffuses across the synapse? A) Electrical. B) Chemical. C) Physical. D) Mental. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemical. 7. What do the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic nervous systems belong to? A) Autonomic. B) Somatic. C) Sensory. D) Central. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic. 8. The only nutritional source for brain metabolic activity is oxygen A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. What is the average mass of the brain? A) 1 pound. B) 3 pounds. C) 5 pounds. D) 7 pounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3 pounds. 10. Damage to the ..... has wide-spread effects in large areas of the body. A) Central nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central nervous system. 11. It is involved in breathing and heart beat. A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain Stem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain Stem. 12. The condition in which the spinal cord and meninges protrude through the spine, is called A) Meningitis. B) Occult. C) Myeloma. D) Spina Bifida. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spina Bifida. 13. ..... wrap around the axon of a neuron to create the ..... A) Schwann cells, myelin sheath. B) Microglia, immune response. C) Astrocytes, capillaries. D) Ependymal cells, cerebrospinal fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schwann cells, myelin sheath. 14. .... regulates voluntary activities such as muscular movement. It also controls reflexes. It is one of the divisions of peripheral nervous system. A) Dendrites. B) Nerve impulse. C) Nerve system. D) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatic nervous system. 15. Samuel is learning about the human body in his biology class. His teacher, Olivia, explains that the somatic nervous system's job is to control breathing and the respiratory system. Is this statement true or false? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Change in a cell membrane potential from rest toward zero. A) Depolarization. B) Astrocyte. C) Repolarization. D) Myelin Sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Depolarization. 17. Three important parts of the brain are: A) Cerebrum, spinal cord, and nerves. B) Cerebrum, spinal cord, and cerebellum. C) Cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem. 18. This releases neurotransmitters which are sent into the synaptic cleft for receptors on the post-synaptic neuron to receive A) Dendrite. B) Axon terminal. C) Schwann cells. D) Myelin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon terminal. 19. Which of these molecules is too big to enter cells? A) Amino acids. B) Oxygen. C) Glucose. D) Starch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Starch. 20. The functional cell type of the nervous system is the A) Nerve. B) Brain. C) Neuron. D) Chemical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neuron. ← 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