This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 407 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 407 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Sometimes our bodies can react faster than our brains (think of your lab during the Cotton Eye portion). A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. This part of the neuron carries the nerve impulse away from the nucleus. A) Axon. B) Cell body. C) Dendrite. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon. 3. If a person cant control the glucose level in the body can lead to what sick? A) Heart attack. B) High blood pressure. C) Stroke. D) Diabetes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diabetes. 4. Nerves that carry messages to your brain when you hear a very loud noise A) Afferent. B) They will bring. C) Mixed / interneurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Afferent. 5. The maximum number of teeth in an adult are ..... A) 28. B) 26. C) 30. D) 32. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 32. 6. A muscle that cannot be lengthened simultaneously over all the joints it crosses is said to be passively insufficient. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. What is the general term for the layers of tough membranes that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord? A) Neurotransmitters. B) Ventricles. C) Cerebellum. D) Meninges. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meninges. 8. This covering of the CNS is on the surface of the spinal cord and brain. A) Dura mater. B) Arachnoid membrane. C) Pia mater. D) Tow mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pia mater. 9. The nervous system controls everything you do including breathing, walking, thinking, and feeling A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. True or False:Your rib cage is involved in breathing A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. These are the spaces between myelin sheaths, give astrocytes something to hold on to and provides easier transfer of nutrients and materials. A) Neurons. B) Dendrites. C) Myelin Sheaths. D) Nodes of Ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nodes of Ranvier. 12. Release vesicles with neurotransmitters (little bubble looking things) into the space A) Neurotransmitter. B) Axon terminal. C) Vesicle. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon terminal. 13. How many synapses does your brain have by childhood A) Thousands. B) Millions. C) Billions. D) Trillions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trillions. 14. What type of cells in the CNS are involved in the formation of the myelin sheath? A) Microglial cells. B) Astrocytes. C) Oligodendrocytes. D) Ependymal cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oligodendrocytes. 15. What is the range of speed in a neuron? A) 1 m/s-100 m/s. B) 2 m/s-200 m/s. C) 1 m/s-120 m/s. D) 2 m/s-120 m/s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2 m/s-120 m/s. 16. What does each part of the brain do? A) Cerebrum (balance), medulla (thinking and senses), and cerebellum (involuntary actions). B) Cerebrum (thinking and senses), medulla (involuntary actions), and cerebellum (balance). C) Cerebrum (balance), medulla (thinking), and cerebellum (voluntary actions). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum (thinking and senses), medulla (involuntary actions), and cerebellum (balance). 17. This phenomenon states that light travels in straight lines but can be bent as it passes through materials of different densities. A) Refraction. B) Reflection. C) Retraction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refraction. 18. What is the function of the dermis? A) Contains adrenal glands and blood vessels. B) Protects the body from strain and contains pineal glands. C) Protects the body from strain and contains sweat glands. D) Contains blood vessels and nerves that conduct nerve impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protects the body from strain and contains sweat glands. 19. When did the New Year's Eve Ball first drop in Times Square? A) 1929. B) 1907. C) 1965. D) 1936. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1907. 20. Nerves are attached to your ....., which is in the back of your eye. A) Iris. B) Pupil. C) Lens. D) Retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Retina. ← 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