This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 499 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 499 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This part of your brain controls involuntary muscular movement including the muscles that allow you to keep your balance without giving it a second thought. A) Medulla oblongata. B) Cerebrum. C) Thalamus. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 2. What does the retina do? A) Transmit impulses from retina to brain. B) Helps the eye focus. C) Receives light and sends it to brain. D) Transmits light rays to retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Receives light and sends it to brain. 3. Bladder constricts (allows for urination) A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic tagsPNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic tagsPNS. 4. In a resting neuron: A) The inside is relatively negative to the outside. B) The inside is relatively positive to the outside. C) The inside and outside are equal. D) There is more potassium ions on the outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The inside is relatively negative to the outside. 5. What is the main pathway of information that connects the brain to the rest of the body? A) Spinal cord. B) Central nervous system. C) Conclusion. D) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord. 6. Most of our digestion takes place in the A) Mouth. B) Esophagus. C) Stomach. D) Intestines. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intestines. 7. Type O blood can donate blood to all blood groups but cannot receive blood from Type A, B and AB. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 8. What happens after a sensory neuron collects an impulse? A) The impulse jumps across the synapse. B) The impulse continues to travel through the interneurons. C) The impulse travels from the dendrite, to the cell body and to the axon. D) The brain processes the impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The impulse travels from the dendrite, to the cell body and to the axon. 9. The ..... nervous system carries impulses from the central nervous system to the heart and other organs. A) Autonomic. B) Somatic. C) Cerebral. D) Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic. 10. This is what the brainstem is associated with having control of in your body. A) Body temperature, blood pressure and breathing. B) Breathing, heartbeat, and blood pressure. C) Visual processing. D) Coordination, posture, and balance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Breathing, heartbeat, and blood pressure. 11. The ..... is directly behind the central fissure in the front of the parietal lobe. A) Wernicke's Area. B) Broca's Area. C) Primary Motor Cortex. D) Somatosensory Cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatosensory Cortex. 12. Which part of the bone is found at the end of the bone and protects it? A) Cartilage. B) Blood vessels. C) Outer covering. D) Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 13. Part of the brain that controls the most basic functions of life A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brainstem. D) Diencephalon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brainstem. 14. What do you call bundle of axons A) Conclusion. B) Impulses. C) Dendrites. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 15. The part of the brainstem that joins the hemispheres of the cerebellum and connects the cerebrum with the cerebellum. A) Cerebellum. B) Spinal cord elongated. C) Pons. D) Pituitary gland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pons. 16. Cephalic A) Towards the head. B) Weakness. C) Muscle coordination. D) Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Towards the head. 17. The circular, transparent area in the front portion of the eye is A) Iris. B) Cornea. C) Retina. D) Pupil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cornea. 18. Cerebrospinal fluid provides nutrition tobrain. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Select the axon's electrical signal A) Action potential. B) Graded Potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action potential. 20. It is a brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and, eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest tasks. A) ALZHEIMER'S. B) CEREBRAL PALSY. C) EPILEPSY. D) MULTIPLE CLEROSIS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ALZHEIMER'S. ← 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