This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 534 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 534 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The nervous system uses millions of sensory receptors to monitor changes occurring both inside and outside the body. The gathered information is called ..... A) Stimuli. B) Sensory input. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory input. 2. The branchlike structures that receive messages from other neurons are called ..... A) Axon. B) Dendrites. C) Nerve bundles. D) Synapses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrites. 3. Sue just got diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. What symptoms would Sue present with? A) Fine muscle tremors. B) Shuffling gait. C) Involuntary tics or grunts. D) Memory and thought disturbances. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Memory and thought disturbances. 4. Which side was in charge of finding the way to survive? A) Left hemisphere. B) Right hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left hemisphere. 5. An axon carries impulses..... A) Toward the CNS. B) Away from the CNS. C) Toward the cell body. D) Away from the cell body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Away from the cell body. 6. The brain is encased in the skull. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Sudden involuntary actions of the body in response to a thing or an event = Reflex actions A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. The VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR nerve has what function? A) Hearing and balance. B) Lateral eye movement. C) Vision. D) Swallowing reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hearing and balance. 9. Wearing protective gear during sports and physical activities can protect the ..... A) Peripheral. B) Autonomic. C) Nervous system. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nervous system. 10. Transfers information or impulses toward the cell body A) Axon. B) Conclusion. C) Dendrite. D) Neurotransmitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrite. 11. Part of the blood that keeps it in liquid form. It is mostly made of water. A) Red blood cells. B) Platelets. C) Plasma. D) White blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plasma. 12. Where are the thalamus and the hypothalamus found? A) The brain stem and the cerebrum. B) The frontal lobe and occipital lobe. C) The parietal lobe and the temporal lobe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The brain stem and the cerebrum. 13. Which muscles work automatically without you thinking about it? A) Voluntary muscles. B) Involuntary muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involuntary muscles. 14. ..... connect the CNS to the muscles and glands of the body A) Sensory neurons. B) Interneurons. C) Motor neurons. D) Some other kinda neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor neurons. 15. Two major functions of the neurons are? A) Protect and defend. B) Movement and contractions. C) Lubricate and secrete. D) Irritability and conductivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irritability and conductivity. 16. In which order do the layers of skin occur from the outside to the inside A) Dermis, Epidermis, Hypodermis. B) Hypodermis, Dermis, Epidermis. C) Epidermis, Dermis, Hypodermis. D) Epidermis, Hypodermis, Dermis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epidermis, Dermis, Hypodermis. 17. This part of your brain is responsible for vision, hearing, sleep and wake cycles A) Midbrain. B) Pons. C) Medulla. D) Forebrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Midbrain. 18. According to function a neuron (interneuron) that forms bridges would A) Transmit impulses from brain and spinal cords to muscles and glands directing action. B) Carry Impulses from skin and organs to the spinal cord and brain about the external and internal environment. C) Transmit impulses between other neurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transmit impulses between other neurons. 19. The soft delicate jelly-like part of the body is called A) Spinal cord. B) Network of nerves. C) Brain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain. 20. What substance surrounds the spinal cord? A) Gray matter. B) Spinal cord. C) Spinal cord. D) Mixed nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gray matter. ← 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