This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 417 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 417 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the function of the vagus nerve? A) Controls the face & jaw muscles. B) Controls taste and salivation. C) Controls muscles in the neck. D) Controls the heart & digestive tract. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Controls the heart & digestive tract. 2. Parasympathetic action A) Is described as fight or flight. B) Acts to produce the sam effects as the sympathetic division. C) Increases overall vasotone. D) Has no effect on blood flow to the skeletal muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has no effect on blood flow to the skeletal muscle. 3. What type of muscles line your digestive system? A) Skeletal. B) Smooth. C) Cardiac. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smooth. 4. What is part of the PERIPHERAL nervous system? A) Nerves. B) Brain. C) Spinal Cord. D) Eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerves. 5. Which system includes bones, cartilage, and ligaments? A) Nervous. B) Muscular. C) Skeletal. D) Excretory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal. 6. Cranial nerve XII is ..... A) Hypoglossal. B) Glossopharyngeal. C) Trigeminal. D) Accessory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypoglossal. 7. The Autonomic Nervous system includes the A) CNS and PNS. B) Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous System. C) Somatic and Sympathetic Nervous System. D) Sensory and motor Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous System. 8. Gap between adjacent neurons A) Conclusion. B) Synaptic cleft. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synaptic cleft. 9. Photoreceptors that detect gray tones in low light A) Rods. B) Cones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rods. 10. Which two systems work together to ensure that all the parts of the body get nutrients from food? A) Skeletal system and nervous system. B) Nervous system and digestive system. C) Circulatory system and skeletal system. D) Digestive system and circulatory system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Digestive system and circulatory system. 11. The parasympathetic nervous system would be responsible for ..... blood flow to the intestines, ..... heart output, and activating ..... glands. A) Increasing, decreasing, salivary. B) Decreasing, increasing, salivary. C) Increasing, decreasing, sweat. D) Decreasing, increasing, sweat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increasing, decreasing, salivary. 12. Which of these parts of the eye is a gel-like or liquidy substance? A) Retina. B) Oval window. C) Vitreous humor. D) Cornea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vitreous humor. 13. Generally cube-shaped A) Long Bone. B) Short Bone. C) Irregular Bone. D) Flat Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Short Bone. 14. What is the role of synaptic vesicles in synaptic transmission? A) They bind to receptors on the postsynaptic neuron. B) They open Ca²⁺ channels on the presynaptic terminal. C) They release neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft. D) They re-uptake neurotransmitters from the synaptic cleft. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They release neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft. 15. What is medulla oblongata? A) Largest part. B) It takes 85% weight of the brain. C) Brain stem. D) The best part of the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain stem. 16. Station 2:What are the 3 general parts of the brain? A) Frontal lobe, parietal lobe, and occipital lobe. B) Cerebrum, cerebellum, and, brainstem. C) Cerebral cortex, central nervous system, and peripheral nervous system. D) 1, 2, and 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal lobe, parietal lobe, and occipital lobe. 17. Why do older dogs lose some hearing? A) Waxy build up. B) Arthritis in the middle ear. C) Arthritis in the outer ear. D) They don't, they are just ignoring you. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arthritis in the middle ear. 18. Which of the following is not a functional classification of neurons? A) Sensory (afferent) neurons. B) Motor (efferent) neurons. C) Unipolar neurons. D) Interneurons (association neurons). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unipolar neurons. 19. Which part of the brain is responsible forming long-term memories? A) Hippocampus. B) Cerebellum. C) A calloused body. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hippocampus. 20. Motor neurons transmit signals from the Central Nervous System (CNS) to muscles and glands. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. ← 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