This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 493 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 493 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ridges on surface of cerebrum that are responsible for convolution are called ..... A) Gyrus. B) Diencephalon. C) Cerebral Cortex. D) Central Sulcus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gyrus. 2. The set of neurons in the autonomic nervous system that are proximal to the ganglia, are relatively short in the sympathetic division, and relatively long in the parasympathetic: A) Preganglionic fibers. B) Sensory fibers. C) Autonomic fibers. D) Postganglionic fibers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preganglionic fibers. 3. ..... affects the muscles behind the ear and the base of the skull. A) Cervical nerve. B) Buccal nerve. C) Temporal nerve. D) Posterior auricular nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Posterior auricular nerve. 4. What does the term perineurium mean? A) Outermost layer of connective tissue that surrounds each spinal nerve. B) Period during which potassium ions diffuse out of the neuron. C) Wrapping that forms fiber bundles called fascicles. D) Layer of loose connective tissue surrounding each axon. E) State in which the resting potential is reversed as sodium ions rush into the neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wrapping that forms fiber bundles called fascicles. 5. After dinner, you have a bad case of diarrhea. Which organ is most likely not functioning properly? A) Stomach. B) Small intestine. C) Large intestine. D) Liver. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Large intestine. 6. A synapse is a(n) A) Chemical messenger that triggers muscle contractions. B) Automatic response to sensory input. C) Neural network. D) Junction between a sending and a receiving neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Junction between a sending and a receiving neuron. 7. Microscopic pouches in the lungs that are covered with blood vessels A) Alveoli. B) Veins. C) Atria. D) Ventricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alveoli. 8. This body system is the control and command system of the body. A) Endocrine System. B) Excretory System. C) Digestive System. D) Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nervous System. 9. Which Cranial Nerve is called the Trigeminal Nerve? A) III. B) IV. C) V. D) VI. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) V. 10. ..... nerves are nerves that we control. A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. C) Motor. D) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic. 11. Motor neurons are usually what type of nerve cell? A) Multipolar neurons. B) Unipolar nerve cell. C) Bipolar neurons. D) All correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multipolar neurons. 12. What is meant by cerebrum A) It helps us to see. B) It helps us to smell. C) It helps us to think and remember. D) It helps us to walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It helps us to think and remember. 13. Division of the Autonomic Nervous System (which is a subdivision of the Peripheral Nervous System) that is FIGHT OR FLIGHT A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic. 14. Rods are light sensitive cells in the retina that A) Give you color vision in dim light. B) Respond in dim light. C) Give you color vision in bright light. D) Respond in bright light. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Respond in dim light. 15. The efferent division of the PNS is also called the ..... division. A) Motor. B) Sensory. C) Brain. D) Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor. 16. These are stem cells in the taste bud that develop to replace taste cells as they die. A) Taste cells. B) Basal cells. C) Support cells. D) Receptors for taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Basal cells. 17. Coma A) Paralysis from the waist down. B) Weakness on one side of the body. C) Nerve cells. D) State of profound unconsciousness from which person cannot be aroused. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) State of profound unconsciousness from which person cannot be aroused. 18. The right hand is controlled by the ..... hemisphere of the cerebrum. A) Both left and right. B) Left. C) Right. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left. 19. Would would you be unable to do without your nervous system? A) Learn. B) Breath. C) Move. D) All of the answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the answers. 20. Part of the brain that coordinates muscles A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Medulla. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. ← 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