This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 470 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 470 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 3 parts of the nervous system? A) Brain, spinal cord, nerves. B) Brain, blood, heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain, spinal cord, nerves. 2. You are sitting at a Mexican restaurant waiting for your food. The waiter brings a very hot plate, telling you to be careful about touching it. You touch it anyway, producing a pain sensation in your fingers, a withdrawal of your hand, and an auditory comment of what you are thinking. This scenario represents a ..... neuronal circuit. A) Consensual. B) Convergent. C) Serial. D) Parallel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallel. 3. Hearing A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Temporal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal. 4. The Central Nervous System made up of: A) Brain and skull. B) Brain and spinal cord. C) Skull and neurons. D) Brainstem, cerebellum, and skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain and spinal cord. 5. What are the 3 parts of the nervous system? A) Bone, Muscle, Brain. B) Brain, Spine, Nerves. C) Hair, Skin, Nails. D) Smooth, Cardiac, Skeletal Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain, Spine, Nerves. 6. ..... Process messages sent FROM sensory neurons that are headed TOWARD motor neurons. A) Active Neurons. B) Interneurons/Interphase neurons. C) Refraction Neurons. D) Flower Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interneurons/Interphase neurons. 7. What is the sensory organ that we use to know when there's a thunder? A) Eyes. B) Ears. C) Skin. D) Nose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ears. 8. The major parts of the brain are the CEREBRUM, the CEREBELLUM, and the MEDULLA OBLONGATA or brain stem. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 9. What is the impact of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's on neurotransmitter production? A) No impact. B) Increase in dopamine and acetylcholine. C) Decrease in serotonin and GABA. D) Decrease in dopamine and acetylcholine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decrease in dopamine and acetylcholine. 10. What are the three components of the nervous system? A) Arteries, Veins, Capillaries. B) Heart, Blood vessels, Blood. C) Brain, Spinal Cord, Peripheral Nerves. D) Nose, Trachea, Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain, Spinal Cord, Peripheral Nerves. 11. Simultaneous firing of two adjacent neurons makesthose neurons A) More inclined to fire together in the future. B) Less inclined to fire together in the future. C) Rearrange their connections. D) Prune connections that cannot adapt to theactivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More inclined to fire together in the future. 12. What cells transmit information from their dendrite, cell body, and axon through a synapse, and on to the next cell? A) Neurons. B) White blood cells. C) Spinal cells. D) Neurotransmitters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurons. 13. Units that form the fatty myelin sheaths around nerve fibers in the parasympathetic nervous system A) Schwann cells. B) Neuron. C) Oligodendrocytes. D) Astrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schwann cells. 14. A ..... is a cell that sends electrical messages throughout the body. A) Neuron. B) Dendrites. C) Cardiac. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuron. 15. Division of the Autonomic Nervous System that's is responsible for 'rest & digest' A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. C) Somatic. D) Motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic. 16. Neurons with specialized dendrites of sensory neurons found in sensory organs. A) Sensory Neurons. B) Motor Neurone. C) Inner neurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory Neurons. 17. A neurotransmitter that belongs to a group of compounds called catecholamines. A) Sensory neuron. B) Serotonin. C) Sympathetic system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Serotonin. 18. Which detect pressure and vibration A) Bare nerve endings. B) Pacinian corpuscles. C) Proprioceptors. D) Muscle Spindle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pacinian corpuscles. 19. What is the largest bone in the body? A) Skull. B) Ribs. C) Femur. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 20. Which part of the nervous system does not need our conscious control? It controls body functions like digestion and heart rate. A) Somatic nervous system. B) CNS. C) PNS. D) Autonomic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autonomic nervous system. ← 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