This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 529 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 529 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What kind of neuron is responsible for sensing? A) Afferent. B) They will bring it out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Afferent. 2. Someone with a spinal cord injury might experience: A) Inability to move and respiratory distress. B) Hairloss. C) Increased appetite. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inability to move and respiratory distress. 3. Polio and rabies viruses invade A) Neurons. B) Ligodendrocytes. C) Macrophages. D) CD 4+ T cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurons. 4. Your brain and spinal cord are part of the A) Central nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central nervous system. 5. The "grooves", or valleys, on the surface of the brain are called ..... A) Gyri. B) Sulci. C) The brain. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sulci. 6. What are the two color regions of nerve tissue? A) Grey and blue matter. B) Grey and White matter. C) White and yellow matter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grey and White matter. 7. What allows our nervous system interact with and react to our environment? A) Central nervous system. B) 5 senses. C) Spinal cord. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5 senses. 8. Use of cerebro-spinal fluid A) It protects the brain against shocks/jerks along with the meninges and cranium. B) Supplies food to the nervous system. C) Always protects the heart with the help of Ribs. D) Protects the lungs from diseases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It protects the brain against shocks/jerks along with the meninges and cranium. 9. This type of muscle tissue moves food through the digestive track A) Skeletal. B) Cardiac. C) Smooth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smooth. 10. What part of the brain controls breathing, heart rate/ heart beat, and temperature? A) Occipital Lobe. B) Pons. C) Brain Stem/ Medulla. D) Frontal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain Stem/ Medulla. 11. Which is another part of nervous system? A) Spinal cord. B) Kidneys. C) Heart. D) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord. 12. The brain stem is composed of ..... A) The spinal cord, cerebrum, cerebellum. B) The medulla, pons and midbrain. C) The cerebral cortex, thalamus, and hypothalamus. D) Inner brain and gray matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The medulla, pons and midbrain. 13. What composes the central nervous system? A) Brain and spinal cord. B) Cranial and spinal nerves. C) Sensory and motor systems. D) Sympathetic and parasympathetic systems. E) Afferent and efferent systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain and spinal cord. 14. This is a progressive, painless loss of vision due to the clouding of the lens of the eye. A) Cataracts. B) Glaucoma. C) Conjunctivitis. D) Otitis externa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cataracts. 15. In the central nervous system, myelin is make by A) Astrocytes. B) Schwann cells. C) Oligodendrocytes. D) Ependymal cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oligodendrocytes. 16. Part of the eye that changes size to allow the proper amount of light to enter the eye A) Pupil. B) Lens. C) Optic Nerve. D) Retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pupil. 17. What is the pinna also known as? A) Tympanic membrane. B) Auricle. C) Cochlea. D) Eustachian tube. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Auricle. 18. What is the name of the organ that connects the brain to the nerves all over the body? A) Spinal cord. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) Brainstem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord. 19. Liquid surrounding the lens; anterior part of the eye A) Aqueous humor. B) Vitreous humor. C) Synovial fluid. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aqueous humor. 20. Nucleus and metabolic center of the cell A) Axons. B) Cell body. C) Myelin sheath. D) Neurofibrils. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell body. ← 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