This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 474 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 474 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In order for a neuron to have an action potential, the neuron must receive more A) Excitatory neurotransmitters. B) Inhibitory neurotransmitters. C) Agnostic neurotransmitters. D) Antagonistic neurotransmitters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excitatory neurotransmitters. 2. A calloused body A) Projection tract. B) Association tract. C) Commissural tract. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commissural tract. 3. If someone suffered a stroke which interfered with their ability to speak, we would assume it affected A) Broca's area. B) Wernicke's area. C) Somatosensory cortex. D) Visual cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broca's area. 4. When a neuron is at rest, what ion is outside the cell membrane? A) Na+. B) K+. C) Cl-. D) No ions are outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Na+. 5. Which level of the nervous system is responsible for "fight or flight" reactions? A) Peripheral Nervous System. B) Sympathetic Division. C) Motor Division. D) Somatic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic Division. 6. The outermost layer of skin ..... A) Hypodermis. B) Dermis. C) Epidermis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epidermis. 7. What spinal cord cosists of? A) Cells. B) Blood. C) Bones. D) Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nerves. 8. Which part of the brain controls emotion, water balance and sleep? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Diencephalon. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diencephalon. 9. Which division of the nervous system contains nerve fibers that carry impulses away from the central nervous system to effector organs? A) Sensory (afferent) division. B) Motor (efferent) division. C) Central nervous system. D) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor (efferent) division. 10. Motor Neurons are a part of the ..... A) Sensing pathway. B) Processing pathway. C) Response pathway. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Response pathway. 11. THE BRAIN AND THE SPINAL CHORD MAKE UP THE ..... NERVOUS SYSTEM A) CENTRAL. B) PERIPHERAL. C) AUTONOMIC. D) SOMATIC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CENTRAL. 12. A sensory ..... is any structure specialized to detect a stimulus. A) Interceptors. B) Raptor. C) Receptor. D) Pain cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Receptor. 13. What do humans need to breathe in from the air? A) Oxygen. B) Nitrogen. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Ammonia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygen. 14. Can not see things far away without corrective lenses. A) Retina damaged. B) Pupil damaged. C) Farsightedness. D) Nearsightedness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nearsightedness. 15. What is another name for the cell body of a neuron? A) Soma. B) Clavicle. C) Neuron. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soma. 16. Point of contact at which impulses are passed from one cell to another A) Neurotransmitter. B) Reflex. C) Impulse. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conclusion. 17. Label 21 A) Stimulus. B) Depolarization. C) Repolarization. D) Refractory Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stimulus. 18. What is the relationship between the electrical potential at the nerve cell membrane? (Sec. 51) A. Movement of action potentials-nerve impulses B. Resting cell membrane potential-Sodium potassium pump c. Depolarization-Potassium channels open d. Repolarization-Sodium channels open. A) A and B. B) B and C. C) C and D. D) A and D. E) B and D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A and B. 19. Which of the following options contains two structures found in the peripheral nervous system? A) Brain and spinal nerves. B) Cranial nerves and spinal nerves. C) Spinal cord and spinal nerves. D) Spinal cord and cranial nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cranial nerves and spinal nerves. 20. An organelle that forms a maze of passageways in which proteins and other materials are carried from one part of the cell to another A) Cell Wall. B) Endoplasmic Reticulum. C) Golgi Apparatus. D) Cytoplasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endoplasmic Reticulum. ← 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