This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 387 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 387 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which part of the brain is located at the base of the brain and controls vital and involuntary processes such as breathing, the beating of the heart, and digestion? A) Spinal cord. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) Brainstem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brainstem. 2. Which part of the body is the "control center" that receives information from the sensory receptors? A) Brain. B) Spinal cord. C) Nerve endings. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 3. Main Organs:Heart and blood vessels A) Outgrowths. B) Nervous. C) Circulatory. D) Respiratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circulatory. 4. The part of the brain that regulates heartbeat, respiration, swallowing, coughing and blood pressure. A) Frontal lobe. B) Occipital lobe. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Midbrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla oblongata. 5. Neurons with two processes (an axon and a dendrite) A) Multipolar neuron. B) Bipolar neuron. C) Unipolar neuron. D) Interneuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bipolar neuron. 6. What is the function of the TEMPORAL LOBE? A) Processes movement. B) Contains memory and planning. C) Processes your hearing and smell. D) Processes visual information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Processes your hearing and smell. 7. The purpose of the myelin sheath is ..... A) To carry nerve impulses toward the CNS. B) To carry nerve impulses away from the CNS. C) To insulate the axon of a neuron. D) The engulf "germs" near the neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To insulate the axon of a neuron. 8. True or False:The Central Nervous System is made of the Nerves and the Spinal Cord A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. What are the 3 parts of the brainstem? A) Amygdala, Hypothalamus, Thalamus. B) Midbrain, Pons, Thalamus. C) Medulla Elongata, Thalamus, Midbrain. D) Pons, Medulla Oblongata, Midbrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pons, Medulla Oblongata, Midbrain. 10. The ..... catches sound waves and funnels them through the ear canal. A) Cilia. B) Funnel. C) Eardrum. D) Pinna. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pinna. 11. Carries the signal away from the neuron A) Axon. B) Nerves. C) Conclusion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon. 12. These neurons are "association' in terms of location and connect the afferent and efferent neurons. A) Motor. B) Sensory. C) Interneuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interneuron. 13. Nerves throughout the body other than the brain and spinal cord. A) Autonomic Nervous System. B) Somatic Nervous system. C) Peripheral Nervous System. D) Central Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral Nervous System. 14. How many sections is the nervous system split into? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 15. Nerve 4 A) Olfactory. B) Optic. C) Oculomotor Nerve. D) Trochlear Nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trochlear Nerve. 16. The first step in the conduction of a nerve impulse is A) The neuron at rest has a negative resting potential. B) A stimulus causes the sodium ion channel to open. C) The resting potential is fully restored. D) The potassium channels open. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The neuron at rest has a negative resting potential. 17. Identify the stimulus:You are walking home from school one day when a large dog jumps out at you from behind a tree. He starts to growl and shows his teeth. You quickly turn around and walk in the opposite direction. A) Dog growling and showing teeth. B) Walking in opposite direction. C) Walking home from school. D) Tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dog growling and showing teeth. 18. Involuntary actions are actions controlled by the Medulla? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Decreasing lens elasticity, associated with aging, that makes it difficult to focus for close vision is: A) Hemianopia. B) Strabismus. C) Presbyopia. D) Myopia. E) Hyperopia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Presbyopia. 20. The spinal cord is made of bundles of A) Blood. B) Nerves. C) Brain. D) CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nerves. ← 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