This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 477 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 477 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The hammer, anvil, and stirrup are known as what A) The auditory bones. B) The optic bones. C) The sensory bones. D) The blacksmiths favorite tools. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The auditory bones. 2. Which receptors are responsible for both smell and taste? A) Mechanoreceptors. B) Chemosensory receptors. C) Gustatory receptors. D) Olfactory receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemosensory receptors. 3. These allow you to sense where your body parts are without looking. A) Free nerve endings. B) Encapsulated nerve endings. C) Corpuscles. D) Proprioceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proprioceptors. 4. What is the role of the autonomic nervous system? A) Controls voluntary movements. B) Controls involuntary functions. C) Processes sensory information. D) Transmits information to the CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Controls involuntary functions. 5. Which of the following describes one of the functions of the stomach? A) To remove excess water from food. B) To temporarily store food. C) To introduce carbohydrates to food. D) Produces bile to make fats easier to digest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To temporarily store food. 6. The pons regulates which of the following? A) Coughing. B) Sneezing. C) Breathing. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Breathing. 7. Made of Schwann cells that insulate the axon A) Dendrite. B) Cell Body. C) Axon. D) Synaptic terminal. E) Myelin Sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Myelin Sheath. 8. ( ) is a strong connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone. A) Tendon. B) Skeletal muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendon. 9. Thermoreceptors are located in or on A) Nose and tongue. B) Skin and ears. C) Eyes (retina). D) Skin. E) Throughout the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skin. 10. Muscles or glands that effect changes in the body A) Effectors. B) Motor nerve. C) Neurons. D) Plexus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Effectors. 11. How to check pulse? A) Bend the elbow. B) Place one finger on the pulse point and count for 30 seconds. C) Feel for the pulse. D) Place two fingers on the pulse point and count for a whole minute. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Place two fingers on the pulse point and count for a whole minute. 12. Ganglia, are cluster of cell bodies found in the ..... A) CNS. B) PNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PNS. 13. The very end of a neuron that will synapse with another neuron is the A) Axon terminal. B) Myelin sheath. C) Node of Ranvier. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon terminal. 14. What do the sensory and motor divisions have in common A) Both help with movement. B) Both send signals to the brain. C) Both are in the digestive system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both send signals to the brain. 15. The process by which the body breaks down food so that it can be used for energy. A) Composition. B) Digestion. C) Deposition. D) Absorption. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Digestion. 16. Some of the synapses used for signal transmission in the CNS of human beings are Chemical synapses. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. What is the part of an eye where light from an object passes through? A) Cornea. B) Pupil. C) Retina. D) Cochlea. E) Olfactory Cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pupil. 18. Sensory(afferent) and Motor(efferent) pathways that branch off the spinal cord A) Peripheral Nervous System. B) Central Nervous System. C) Brain. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peripheral Nervous System. 19. What part of the brain is the centre of thought and intelligence A) The brain stem. B) The cerebellum. C) The cerebrum. D) The hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The cerebrum. 20. Most eye movement (4 out of the six eye muscles) A) Trochlear. B) Accessory. C) Facial. D) Oculomotor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oculomotor. ← 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