This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 460 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 460 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The brainstem controls ..... A) Vital functions like breathing, heart rate, and blood circulation. B) Intelligence, logic, and reasoning. C) Muscle coordination and balance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vital functions like breathing, heart rate, and blood circulation. 2. Conducts impulses toward the cell body A) Nodes of Ranvier. B) Nuerofibrils. C) Axon terminals. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dendrites. 3. What is the role of the dendrites in a neuron? A) To receive signals from other neurons. B) To generate action potentials. C) To insulate the neuron. D) To provide energy to the neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To receive signals from other neurons. 4. Which of the following is not a type of neuroglia shown in the diagram? A) Astrocyte. B) Schwann cells. C) Neuron. D) Oligodendrocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neuron. 5. Circulatory medium within the CNS that is produced by ependymal cells in the choroid plexus filtering the blood. A) Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF). B) Ventricle. C) Oligodendrocyte. D) Microglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF). 6. A type of substance released by a nerve cell that allows information to by passed to another nerve cell. "The information substance." A) Motor neuron. B) Dendrite. C) Axon. D) Conclusion. E) Neurochemical. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Neurochemical. 7. Remove part of a nerve A) Neuropathy. B) Neurectomy. C) Neurolysis. D) Neuritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurectomy. 8. Action potentials are ..... A) Electrical signals. B) Chemical signals. C) Electrochemical signals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electrical signals. 9. Interneurons are found: A) In the PNS. B) Between afferent and efferent nerves. C) In the motor division of the nervous system. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between afferent and efferent nerves. 10. Which lobe of the brain is responsible for hearing, behavior, memory, speech, and vision? A) Parietal lobe. B) Occipital lobe. C) Temporal lobe. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal lobe. 11. How many spinal nerves are there? A) 12. B) 14. C) 31. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 31. 12. Part of the brain involved with collecting and directing sensory information? A) Thalamus. B) Hypothalamus. C) Corpus Callosum. D) Amygdala. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thalamus. 13. Combining form that means anxious; uneasy A) RIP/oh. B) Gli/0. C) The root. D) Traumatized. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RIP/oh. 14. How many parts does the brain has? A) 2. B) 5. C) 3. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 15. A single motor neuron together with all the muscle fibers it innervates is called A) A motor unit. B) A myotome. C) An end foot. D) *an end plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A motor unit. 16. Which body system receives stimuli from inside and outside of the body and communicates a response to all of the body's systems? A) Respiratory System. B) Nervous System. C) Musculoskeletal System. D) Excretory System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nervous System. 17. The space between an axon of a neuron that is communicating with a dendrite of another neuron is called a A) Brain message. B) Conclusion. C) Neuron. D) Impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conclusion. 18. Which reflex is the pulling away from a painful stimulus? A) Babinski sign. B) Knee jerk. C) Patellar. D) Withdrawal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Withdrawal. 19. ..... are simple, rapid, involuntary, programmed responses to stimuli. A) Transmissions. B) Reflexes. C) Impulses. D) Conductions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflexes. 20. There are ..... parts to the ear. A) 3. B) 5. C) 8. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. ← 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