This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 497 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 497 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If a neuron is going to/coming from musculoskeletal structures, or the skin and fascia, they are considered somatic afferent or efferent neurons. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. The brain is divided in ..... hemispheres. A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 3. The ..... connects the throat to the middle ear. A) External auditory canal. B) Round window. C) Semicircular canal. D) Auditory tube. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Auditory tube. 4. Neurons can be classified by their functional differences. What type of neurons transport information from the CNS to the rest of the body? A) Sensory neurons. B) Interneurons. C) Motor neurons. D) Myelinated neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor neurons. 5. Cranial Nerve I is responsible for vision. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Gland that produces insulin as well as other chemicals needed for digestion A) Pancreas. B) Esophagus. C) Large intestine. D) Gall bladder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pancreas. 7. Participate with the blood vessel endothelium to form a permeability barrier called the blood-brain barrier, between the blood and nerve cells A) Astrocytes. B) Ependymal cells. C) Microglia. D) Oligodendrocytes. E) Schwann cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astrocytes. 8. The brain and the spinal cord make up the: A) Peripheral Nervous System. B) Somatic Nervous System. C) Autonomic Nervous System. D) Central Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Central Nervous System. 9. What type of neuroglia helps anchor nerve cells in place? A) Astrocytes. B) Microglia. C) Ependymal cells. D) Oligodendrocytes. E) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astrocytes. 10. Regulates unconscious, involuntary actions A) Somatic Nervous System. B) Autonomic Nervous System. C) Sympathetic System. D) Parasympathetic System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic Nervous System. 11. Name the three parts of our nervous system A) Brain, Cerebrum, Nerves. B) Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Medulla. C) Brain, Nerves, Spine. D) Spinal Cord, Nerves, Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spinal Cord, Nerves, Brain. 12. What controls balance and movement A) Cerebellum. B) Marrow. C) Cerebrum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 13. Which lobe of the cerebrum is responsible for processing visual information like color, light and movement? A) Frontal. B) Temporal. C) Parietal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occipital. 14. Which of the following is not part of the Central Nervous Tissue support cells? A) Satellite cells. B) Astrocytes. C) Microglia. D) Ependymal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Satellite cells. 15. The largest portion of brain A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 16. What does the term epineurium 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: A) Outermost layer of connective tissue that surrounds each spinal nerve. 17. The purpose of your immune system is to structurally support your body. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. Cavities within the brain that produce and circulate CSF, lateral ventricle/third ventricle/fourth ventricle A) The pons. B) Ventricles. C) Choroid plexus. D) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ventricles. 19. Organ of the central nervous system found within the vertebral cavity and connected with the periphery through spinal nerves; mediates reflex behaviors. A) Spinal Cord. B) Nucleus. C) Choroid Plexus. D) Astrocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal Cord. 20. Tender A) Treelike. B) Nerve. C) Glue. D) Between. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Treelike. ← 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