This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 492 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 492 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the two major divisions of the nervous system? A) Sympathetic and parasympathetic. B) Central and muscular. C) Autonomic and somatic. D) Central and peripheral nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Central and peripheral nervous. 2. In the brain fenestrated type of capillaries are present. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. Which type of PNS neuroglial cells support and brace neurons and connect them to their nutrient/blood supply? A) Astrocytes. B) Schwann cells. C) Ependymal cells. D) Oligodendrocytes. E) Satellite cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Satellite cells. 4. List the conventional names for the following scientific names for major sensory processes:Audioception, Ophthalmoception, Gustaoception, Olfalcoception and Tactioception A) Hearing, Sight, Smell, Taste, Touch. B) Hearing, Smell, Sight, Touch Taste. C) Hearing, Sight, Taste, Smell, Touch. D) Hearing, Taste, Touch, Sight, Smell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hearing, Sight, Taste, Smell, Touch. 5. The vitamin essential for blood clotting A) Vitamin A. B) Vitamin B. C) Vitamin K. D) Vitamin C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vitamin K. 6. A thermoreceptor is sensitive to A) Chemical substances. B) Physical stimuli:touch, pressure, sound waves, gravity. C) Light. D) Temperature change. E) Stimuli that cause pain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature change. 7. Part of brain that plays a major role in memory A) Limbic system. B) Hypothalamus. C) Hippocampus. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hippocampus. 8. A part of the plays important roles in the consolidation of information (learning) from short-term memory to long-term memory, and in spatial memory that enables navigation. As well is involved with emotion and motivation. It has the shape of a seahorse A) Thalamus. B) Cerebellum. C) Hippocampus. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hippocampus. 9. Which part of the CNS sorts almost all of the ascending sensory information? (a) A) A Thalamus. B) Mesencephalon. C) Pons. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Thalamus. 10. A chronic nervous system disease characterizedby a slowly spreading tremor, muscularweakness, and rigidity A) Epilepsy. B) Muscular dystophy. C) Parkinson's disease. D) Meningitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parkinson's disease. 11. The innermost layer of the meninges is called the A) Dura mater. B) Pia mater. C) Arachnoid mater. D) Subarachnoid space. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pia mater. 12. Which part of the brain is responsible for balance and coordination? A) Brain stem. B) Parietal lobe. C) Frontal lobe. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 13. What are the grooves in the cerebrum called? A) Gyri. B) Sulci. C) White matter. D) Ridges. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sulci. 14. An end of the neuron has a ..... and the other end has dendrites. A) Nucleus. B) Cytoplasm only. C) Cell body only. D) No cell body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nucleus. 15. Short fibres arise from the cell body is called A) Dendrons. B) Dendrites. C) Axon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrons. 16. What is the term for pain in the nerve? A) Migraine headache. B) Cephalgia. C) Neuralgia. D) Neuritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neuralgia. 17. Muscles can only push to provide movement. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. Nervous System deals with A) Electrical impulses. B) Hormones. C) Glands. D) Radiowaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electrical impulses. 19. What cranial nerve is used for looking outward and up? A) Trochlear. B) Trigeminal. C) Glossopharyngeal. D) Optic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trochlear. 20. The sensory organs allow us to observe and understand the world around us. 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