This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 392 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 392 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Responsible for organization, problem solving, personality ..... A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Temporal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal. 2. Why does cortisol increase the amount of glucose (sugar) in your blood during fight-or-flight mode? A) Because you need sweet tastes. B) Because the heart rate needs to go up. C) Because you need energy. D) Because the blood pressure goes up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because you need energy. 3. The sympathetic nervous system is responsible for increasing cardiac output and shunting blood to the skeletal muscles to enable the? A) Fight or flight. B) Rest and digest. C) Fight for blue devils. D) Dance or skip. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fight or flight. 4. Increased breathing and heartrate are controlled by the A) Sympathetic nervous system. B) Parasympathetic nervous system. C) Somatic nervous system. D) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic nervous system. 5. The brain in not involved when performing reflex actions. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Abnormal electrical impulses in the neurons of hte brain cause ..... A) Cerebral palsy. B) Cerebrovascular accident(CVA). C) Epilepsy. D) Parkinson's disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epilepsy. 7. Which lobe of the brain is responsible for intelligence, language, reading, and sensation? A) Frontal lobe. B) Occipital lobe. C) Parietal lobe. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parietal lobe. 8. The Central Nervous System consists of what two parts? A) Spinal cord. B) Brain and spinal cord. C) Brain. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain and spinal cord. 9. What would be the hypothetical result if a person lacked motor neurons? A) Would be unable to feel a deep cut. B) Would be unable to swing hammer. C) Would be unable to breath. D) Would be unable to feel a hot plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would be unable to swing hammer. 10. A thick bundle of nerve fibers that runs from the base of the brain to the hip area, running through the spine (vertebrae). Controls reflexes. A) Spinal cord elongated. B) Spinal Cord. C) Cerebellum. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal Cord. 11. Ratio of Na+ to K+ A) 2:3. B) 3:2. C) 1:1. D) 4:3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3:2. 12. Decreased breathing rate is from ..... A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic. 13. What are the two different nervous systems A) Peripheral Nervous System. B) Secondary Nervous System. C) Central Nervous System. D) Primary Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peripheral Nervous System. 14. ..... controls the muscle movement and balance of the body. A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Spinal Cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 15. True or false? One of the jobs of the nervous system is to maintain homeostasis. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Swatting a fly is an example of ..... response A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. C) Neither A nor B. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voluntary. 17. Sound waves are what type of stimuli? A) Mechanical stimuli. B) Electromagnetic stimuli. C) Chemical stimuli. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mechanical stimuli. 18. The right side of the brain controls the movements of the left side of the body. A) T. B) F. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T. 19. Allows nutrients/waste products to enter/leave cell, allows nerve impulses to move along neuron A) Cell body. B) Axon terminal. C) Node of ranvier. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Node of ranvier. 20. Receptors that detect where your assorted parts are in space are ..... A) Thermoreceptors. B) Mechanoreceptors. C) Chemoreceptors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mechanoreceptors. ← 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