This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 550 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 550 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Chemical that transfers information between neurons? A) Hormone. B) Neurotransmitter. C) Impulse. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurotransmitter. 2. Cells that carry information through your nervous system. A) Nerve Impulse. B) Neurons. C) Nerve. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurons. 3. Aria is about to give a speech in front of the class. Most students would feel this way in her situation. What is the feeling called? A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic. 4. Soma A) Cell body of a neuron contains the nucleus and other structures common to living cells. B) The structures of neurons, which conduct electrical impulses toward the cell body of the nerve cell. C) Cable where electrical impulses from the neuron travel away to be received by other neurons. D) A collection of neuron al bodies found in the voluntary and autonomic branches of the peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell body of a neuron contains the nucleus and other structures common to living cells. 5. Do axons receive information or give it away? A) Receive. B) Give away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Give away. 6. The sodium-potassium pump pumps how many potassium ions inside the neuron? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. E) 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 7. Which of the following are the characteristics of an impulse? I It follows the all or nothing law II Speed of impulse transmission is faster in myelinated axonIII Speed of impulse transmission is faster in unmyelinated axon with a smaller diameter IV In the absolute refractory period, a new impulse cannot be generated even if a strong stimulus is received A) I, II and III. B) I, II and IV. C) I, III and IV. D) II, III and IV. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I, II and IV. 8. Located on the precentral gyrus of the frontal lobe A) Motor cortex. B) Sensory Cortex. C) Auditory Association Area. D) Visual Cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor cortex. 9. I am the brain of the cell and control all cell functions. A) Nucleus. B) Nucleolus. C) Ribosomes. D) Chloroplast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nucleus. 10. The process when the lens changes shape to focus close or far away A) Sensory adaptation. B) Accommodation. C) Transduction. D) Globe luxation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accommodation. 11. Sensory neurons transmit sensory information from sensory organs and receptors to the central nervous system. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 12. Deficiency of Vitamin A in the body results in insufficient rhodopsin in the rods which leads to ..... A) Colour blindness. B) Blindness. C) Night blindness. D) Astigmatism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Night blindness. 13. The majority of taste is A) Smell. B) Salt. C) Sugar. D) Umami. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smell. 14. A client went to the emergency department with a possible brain damage as evidenced by loss of coordination of motor movement, and staggering, wide based walking. The client is most likely having a damage in the A) Cerebellum. B) Hypothalamus. C) Medulla. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 15. The structure that carries impulses TOWARD the neuron's cell body is called the ..... A) Neuron. B) Nucleus. C) Axon. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dendrite. 16. This part of the nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord. A) Central Nervous System. B) Peripheral Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central Nervous System. 17. What are sulci? A) A raised ridges in the folds of a brain. B) A valley in the folds of the brain. C) A type of food. D) Colors of brain tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A valley in the folds of the brain. 18. Cerebrovascular accident A) Destruction of myelin sheath around nerve cells in the CNS. B) Blunt injury to the brain severe enough to cause loss of consciousness. C) Damage to blood vessels in the brain; a stroke. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Damage to blood vessels in the brain; a stroke. 19. Which type of neuron has many processes leaving the cell body? A) Unipolar. B) Bipolar. C) Multipolar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multipolar. 20. Wrap around nerve fibers and produce a fatty insulating material called myelin A) Ependymal Cells. B) Astrocytes. C) Microglia. D) Oligodendrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oligodendrocytes. ← 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