This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 496 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 496 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The 3 components of the brainstem are: A) The medulla oblongata, pons and midbrain. B) The cerebrum, cerebellum and pons. C) The medulla oblongata, thalamus and hypothalamus. D) The cerebrum, pons and thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The medulla oblongata, pons and midbrain. 2. Sensory neuron is responsible for carrying messages from sense organs to brain and spinal cord. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. ..... is the largest organ of the body. A) Skin. B) Stomach. C) Heart. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skin. 4. Your cardiovascular system, or the circulatory system, consists of your heart, blood vessels, and ..... A) Blood. B) Plasma. C) Platelets. D) Atrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blood. 5. The Somatic Nervous System (SNS) corresponds to which of the following? A) Being hungry. B) Breathing. C) Toasting food. D) Heartbeat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Toasting food. 6. The immovable end of the muscle A) Insertion. B) Origin. C) Motor unit. D) Recruitment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Origin. 7. Which of the following is not a reflex action? A) Pulling away of the hand when touched a hot object. B) Getting goosebumps when in a cold room. C) Winking of the eye. D) Blinking of the eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Winking of the eye. 8. Motor Neurons carry messages from: A) Our body to brain. B) Our stomach to brain. C) Our brain to body. D) Our hands to brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Our brain to body. 9. What is the bony structure that you feel at the back of your neck (backbone) which is part of the spinal cord and is gently curved like a double S when viewed at the side where its shape makes in an effectve shock absorb and protects the spinal cord from injury and, therefore, also protects its precious functions? A) Vertebra. B) Vertebral column. C) Vertebral row. D) Vertebrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebral column. 10. The motor division is further divided into the ..... nervous system and the ..... nervous system. A) Somatic and autonomic. B) Central & cerebellum. C) Sympathetic & parasympathetic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic and autonomic. 11. Which of the following is regulated by the autonomic nervous system A) Breathing. B) Kicking a soccer ball. C) Balancing on one foot. D) Raising your hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Breathing. 12. Audi- A) Hearing. B) Smaller. C) Brain. D) Treelike. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hearing. 13. This system is made up of the brain and the spinal cord. A) Central nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central nervous system. 14. Long column of spinal tissue. Connects the brain to the rest of the body A) Vertebrae. B) Vertebral column. C) Brain stem. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spinal cord. 15. Which part of the brain is in charge of balance? A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Brain Stem. D) Frontal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 16. Receives vibrations from the stapes and transforms them into nerve impulses and sent to the brain. A) Cochlea. B) Eustachian tube. C) Hair cells. D) Tympanic membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cochlea. 17. Type of nerve that carries messages from the brain to muscles, organs and glands A) Motor. B) Mixed. C) Conclusion. D) Sensory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor. 18. Conducts local electrical currents toward the cell body A) Axon. B) Axon terminal. C) Dendrite. D) Neuron cell body. E) Nissl bodies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrite. 19. What is the role of the sodium-potassium pump in a neuron's activity? A) Generating action potentials. B) Maintaining the resting membrane potential. C) Facilitating neurotransmitter release. D) Conducting impulses across the synaptic gap. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maintaining the resting membrane potential. 20. The approximate ratio of glial cells to neurons is A) 1:1. B) 2:1. C) 1:5. D) 10:1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10:1. ← 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