This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 411 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 411 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which type of receptor interprets taste and smell? A) Mechanical. B) Light. C) Chemical. D) Vibration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chemical. 2. All of the following areas are associated with memory EXCEPT A) Parts of the limbic system. B) Parts of the diencephalon. C) Parietal, occipital and temporal. D) Frontal lobe and cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frontal lobe and cerebellum. 3. The outer ear is also called as A) Eardrum. B) Cochlea. C) Pinna. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pinna. 4. Action potentials can be generated during Absolute Refractory Periods. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Given these components of a reflex:1. association neuron 2. skeletal muscle 3. afferent neuron 4. efferent neuron 5. sensory receptor Choose the sequence below that best represents the order followed in a reflex, from stimulus to response. A) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. B) 5, 3, 2, 4, 1. C) 5, 4, 3, 1, 2. D) 5, 3, 1, 4, 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5, 3, 1, 4, 2. 6. What receptors respond to chemicals and have to do with taste and smell? A) Chemoreceptors. B) Photoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemoreceptors. 7. How many main parts of the nervous system are there? A) 2 Main Parts. B) 7 Main Parts. C) 1 Main Part. D) 5 Main Parts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2 Main Parts. 8. Supplies motor fibers to the lateral rectus muscle, which rolls the eye laterally A) Abducting. B) Facial. C) Vestibulocochlear. D) Glossopharyngeal. E) Vagus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abducting. 9. Which one is a peripheral nervous system organ A) Brain. B) Giggle. C) Spine. D) Gorilla. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Giggle. 10. Specialized structures associated with the peripheral ends of sensory neurons specific to detecting a particular sensation and triggering nerve impulses in response, which are transmitted to the central nervous system A) Sensory receptors. B) Postganglionic fiber. C) Basal nucleus. D) Cell body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory receptors. 11. The ridges or bumps of the cerebrum are called A) Gyri. B) Sulci. C) Fissures. D) Spaghetti. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gyri. 12. Which type of perception is only found in a few animals? A) Thermoreception. B) Mechanoreception. C) Chemoreception. D) Electroreception. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Electroreception. 13. What is negative feedback in the body's response to stimuli? A) A response that ignores the initial stimulus. B) A response that amplifies the initial stimulus. C) A response that delays the initial stimulus. D) A response that counteracts or reduces the initial stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A response that counteracts or reduces the initial stimulus. 14. Tone A) To cut. B) Sheath. C) Thalamus. D) Spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To cut. 15. The central nervous system is consists of brain and spinal cord. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Which axons are fastest? A) Small, myelinated. B) Small, unmyelinated. C) Large, unmyelinated. D) Large, myelinated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Large, unmyelinated. 17. The main parts of the central nervous system are the: A) Brain, spinal cord, and autonomic nerves. B) Brain, spinal cord, nerves. C) Brain and spinal cord. D) Brain only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain and spinal cord. 18. Combining form meaning rapid contraction and relaxation. A) Esthesi/o. B) Ment/o. C) Polio. D) Clon/o. E) Coln/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clon/o. 19. What step comes next:Sodium enters the cell A) It then leaves through the sodium/potassium pumps. B) The charge of the cell now changes to +30mV. C) The charge of the cell drops, dipping beneath-70mV. D) Calcium releases neurotransmitters into synapse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The charge of the cell now changes to +30mV. 20. When the eyeball is too long causing Nearsightedness A) Myopia. B) Hyperopia. C) Astigmatism. D) Presbyopia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myopia. ← 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