This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 535 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 535 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the control unit of the body? A) Heart. B) Brain. C) Stomach. D) Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain. 2. Which part of the peripheral nervous system is responsible for voluntary actions? A) Central nervous system. B) Autonomic nervous system. C) Somatic nervous system. D) Sympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Somatic nervous system. 3. Muscles that you DO NOT control are known as ..... A) Involuntary. B) Fast Twitch. C) Voluntary. D) Slow Twitch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Involuntary. 4. What is a bundle of nerves that begins at the brain stem and continues down the center of the back through the vertebrae? A) Cerebellum. B) Spinal cord. C) Peripheral nerves. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord. 5. The part of the brain that is for balance and coordination A) Cerebrum. B) Brainstem. C) Cerebellum. D) Callous body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 6. Which of the following is an involuntary action and might require you to leave class immediately? A) You have to call your mom. B) You forgot your Chromebook in another class. C) You're going to throw up. D) Another students wants to talk to you. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You're going to throw up. 7. Sensory nerves carry messages from ..... to ..... A) Brain/Spinal cord $\rightarrow$Body parts. B) Brain/Spinal< Body parts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain/Spinal< Body parts. 8. What is #7 in the diagram? A) Reuptake pump. B) Vesicle. C) Postsynaptic receptor. D) Nodes of Ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vesicle. 9. During the threshold and rising action potential (depolarization), what channels are opening? A) Sodium. B) Potassium. C) Calcium. D) Both sodium and Potassium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sodium. 10. ..... is responsible for memories, hearing, and smell A) Frontal lobe. B) Parietal lobe. C) Temporal lobe. D) Occipital lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal lobe. 11. Carry impulses away from the cell body A) Dendrite. B) Axons. C) Myelin Sheath. D) Cell Body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axons. 12. ..... controls and coordinates functions throughout the body and responds to internal and external stimuli A) The nervous system. B) The somatic system. C) The peripheral nervous system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The nervous system. 13. Functions of the Nervous System 21 ..... to information from the body's senses A) Responds. B) Memory and Learning. C) Communicates. D) Controls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Responds. 14. The action potential seems to "leap" from node to node A) Saltatory Conduction. B) Membrane Potential. C) Schwann Cells. D) Microglial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saltatory Conduction. 15. What are the main parts of the brain? A) Axon, dendrite, and soma. B) Nodes of Ranvier, myelin sheath, and axon terminals. C) Cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem. D) Medulla oblongata, midbrain, and pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem. 16. ) Why is it hard to diagnose a football player with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy? A) ) Many athletes are non-compliant and don't report their symptoms. B) ) There aren't many doctors trained in the art of diagnosing CTE. C) ) The examination takes too much time away from sports. D) ) CTE can only be confirmed through a post-mortem examination of the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ) CTE can only be confirmed through a post-mortem examination of the brain. 17. Intermediate cytoskeleton that maintains cell shape A) Dendrites. B) MIcroglia. C) Neurofibrils. D) Neurilemma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurofibrils. 18. Consists of all nerves that lead to and from the spinal cord and brain, known as cranial and spinal nerves A) Sensory neuron. B) Spinal cord. C) Peripheral nervous system. D) Sympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral nervous system. 19. The CNS is responsible for ..... A) Homeostasis. B) Funny face. C) Hair loss. D) Big nose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homeostasis. 20. Nerves that conduct impulses from sensory neurons to motor neurons. A) Interneuron. B) Meninges. C) Microglial. D) Motor neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interneuron. ← 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