This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 504 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 504 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which response is involuntary action A) Reading a book. B) Surfing the internet. C) Withdraw foot when it steps on a sharp object. D) Eating during lunch time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Withdraw foot when it steps on a sharp object. 2. A wave of electrical disturbance that runs through the nerves is called ..... A) Response. B) Impulse. C) Receptor. D) Effector. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impulse. 3. This controls the sensory function of smell. A) Parietal. B) Occipital. C) Insula. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insula. 4. What is the peripheral nervous system made up of? A) Cells. B) Sense organs. C) Nerves. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerves. 5. These are the elevations on the surface of the brain. A) Sulci (Sulcus). B) Fissures. C) Gyri (Gyrus). D) Cerebral Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gyri (Gyrus). 6. What do astrocytes do? A) Produce myelin. B) Regulate blood flow in the brain. C) Clean up debris such as dead cells. D) Connect neurons to each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regulate blood flow in the brain. 7. This would consist of coughing, sneezing, swallowing, and vomiting. A) Cardiac Center. B) Center of Other Controls. C) Vasomotor Center. D) Respiratory Center. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Center of Other Controls. 8. Which list describes the correct sequence of a simple reflex arc? A) A receptor, relay neurone, motor neurone, sensory neurone, effector. B) B receptor, relay neurone, sensory neurone, motor neurone, effector. C) C receptor, sensory neurone, motor neurone, relay neurone, effector. D) D receptor, sensory neurone, relay neurone, motor neurone, effector. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D receptor, sensory neurone, relay neurone, motor neurone, effector. 9. Meningitis A) Paralysis of the lower portion of the body. B) Inflammation of the membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord. C) Malignant tumor of the brain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inflammation of the membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord. 10. If someone is feeling tired and sleepy, this person is feeling the effects of the: A) Central nervous system. B) Sympathetic nervous system. C) Parasympathetic nervous system. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parasympathetic nervous system. 11. The Nervous System controls every action in our body (T/F)? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. The sympathetic division has a calming effect on many body functions. It is associated with reduced energy expenditure and normal bodily maintenance, including such functions as digestion and waste elimination. This is often called the resting-and-digesting state. A) This is true. B) This is false. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This is false. 13. In which lobe of the brain do memory and hearing take place? A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Occipital. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temporal. 14. What are the three main part of our nervous system A) Brain, bones, femur. B) Brain, spinal cord, stapes. C) Brain, spinal cord, nerves. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain, spinal cord, nerves. 15. What is included in the anatomy of the CNS? A) Brain & Spinal Cord. B) Brain & Eyes. C) Spinal Cord & Peripheral Nerves. D) Brain & Peripheral Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain & Spinal Cord. 16. Which part of the brain is responsible for processing visual information? A) Frontal Lobe. B) Temporal Lobe. C) Occipital Lobe. D) Parietal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occipital Lobe. 17. Which joint is present at the hip and shoulder girdles? A) Hinge Joint. B) Gliding Joint. C) Pivot Joint. D) Ball and Socket Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ball and Socket Joint. 18. Which lobe is responsible for hearing, selective attention, and language comprehension? A) Frontal Lobe. B) Temporal Lobe. C) Parietal Lobe. D) Occipital Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temporal Lobe. 19. LARGEST PART OF THE BRAIN. CARRIES OUT PROCESSES, SUCH AS SPEECH, LANGUAGE, EMOTIONS, AND REASONING A) BRAIN STEM. B) CEREBELLUM. C) CEREBRUM. D) SPINAL CORD. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CEREBRUM. 20. Poor (muscle) tone A) Dysasthenia. B) Dystonia. C) Dysesthesia. D) Dysthenia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dystonia. ← 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