This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 521 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 521 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the brain region that controls the heart rate? A) Medulla. B) Neuron. C) Medruliona. D) Motor neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medulla. 2. The ouput or conductive part of a neuron is A) Dendrite. B) Cell body. C) Axon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon. 3. If you are having trouble with your BALANCE and COORDINATION, which part of your brain should be checked? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain stem. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 4. Air-filled space in temporal bone separated from external auditory canal by the tympanic membrane. A) Tympanic membrane. B) Ear ossicles. C) Auditory tube. D) Tympanic cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tympanic cavity. 5. Which of the following is an example of an external stimulus? A) A smelly kid sitting next to you. B) A virus in your stomach. C) Not having enough oxygen in your muscle cells. D) Drinking water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A smelly kid sitting next to you. 6. In PET scanning, the isotope produces what type of radiation A) A neutron. B) A positron. C) An electron. D) An x-ray. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A positron. 7. The ..... is a series of action potentials (or electrical messages) that move along the nerve cell. A) Impulse. B) Interneuron. C) Myelin. D) Node of Ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impulse. 8. Which type of sensory receptor responds to touch, pressure, or distortion of your skin? What type of sensory receptor responds to touch, pressure, or distortion of your skin? A) Photoreceptors. B) Mechanoreceptors. C) Chemoreceptors. D) Thermoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mechanoreceptors. 9. The visible part of your ear is called: A) Inner ear. B) Outer ear. C) Middle ear. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outer ear. 10. Three main regions of the brain A) Hippocampus, cerebellum, brain stem. B) Cerebrum, cerebellum, brain stem. C) Callosum, hippocampus, cerebrum. D) Brain stem, callus, cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum, cerebellum, brain stem. 11. The ..... is made of all the nerves that spread out from the brain and spinal cord. A) Peripheral nervous system. B) Average nervous system. C) Central nervous system. D) Linear nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peripheral nervous system. 12. What type of cell supports neurons all throughout the body? A) Glial Cells. B) Muscle Cells. C) Blood Cells. D) Epithelial Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glial Cells. 13. Which type of responses are associated with the parasympathetic division of the nervous system? A) Feed and Breed. B) Fight or Flight. C) Motor and Sensory. D) Stress & Digest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feed and Breed. 14. What does the somatic system do? A) Controls voluntary muscles of the skeleton. B) Carries messages from sense organs to the CNS. C) Carries nerve impluses to internal organs. D) Controls internal organs and glands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Controls voluntary muscles of the skeleton. 15. Cells of the CNS that encase axons in a lipid sheath (mylelin) A) Schwann. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Multipolar. D) Bipolar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oligodendrocytes. 16. Lobe of the cerebrum used in thinking and planning A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Occipital. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal. 17. The impulse is either conducted over the entire axon or it doesn't happen at all A) Depolarization. B) Action potential. C) Neurotransmission. D) All or none response. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All or none response. 18. The junction of the parietal, temporal and occipital association areas is called the ..... A) General somesthetic area. B) General interpretative area. C) Precentral gyrus motor region. D) Wernicke region. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) General interpretative area. 19. Nose is the organ of ..... A) Taste. B) Hearing. C) Smell. D) Touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smell. 20. The spinal cord has 37 individual vertebrae protecting it at all times. (a) A) To False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To False. ← 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