This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 553 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 553 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Any defects in or loss of the power to express oneself by speech, writing, or signs, or to comprehend spoken or written language due to disease or injury of the cerebral cortex is called ..... A) Aphasia. B) Disorder. C) Amnesia. D) Inaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aphasia. 2. What is a type of Peripheral nerve that allows you to feel pain and other sensations by connecting the brain and spinal cord to your skin? A) Autonomic. B) Magnetic. C) Motor. D) Sensory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory. 3. These nerves are responsible for picking up input from the senses A) Sensory nerves. B) Motor nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory nerves. 4. What is the most abundant glial cell in the CNS? A) Astrocyte. B) Ependymal cell. C) Neurolemmocyte. D) Microglial cell. E) Oligodendrocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astrocyte. 5. Which type of neuron relays information from the body to the CNS? A) Sensory neuron. B) Interneuron. C) Motor neuron. D) Myelinated neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory neuron. 6. Which of the following is NOT a function of the axon in a neuron? A) Transmits signals away from the cell body. B) Insulates and speeds up signal transmission. C) Receives signals. D) Contains the nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contains the nucleus. 7. Which section of the brain is responsible for coordinating muscle movements, balance and posture, and muscle tone? A) Cerebellum. B) "Diencephalon. C) Brain stem. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 8. Cerebellum Functions A) Coordinates all movement; Helps maintain posture, muscle control, and balance. B) Sensory perception and integration of all senses. C) Visual perception, including color, form, and motion. D) Processes auditory info and encodes memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coordinates all movement; Helps maintain posture, muscle control, and balance. 9. The brainstem is the portion of the brain that connects the brain with our spinal cord. It controls your ..... A) Balance and coordination. B) Breathing, heart rate, blood pressure. C) Voluntary movement, speech, hearing, vision, memory, reasoning. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Breathing, heart rate, blood pressure. 10. White matter of the nervous system is composed of ..... A) Neuron Cell Bodies. B) Neuron fibers. C) Nuclei. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neuron fibers. 11. Which organ does not belong to the nervous system? A) Brain. B) Heart. C) Nerves. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heart. 12. This portion of the nervous system is responsible for "fight or flight" responses A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. C) Afferent. D) They will bring it out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic. 13. It is a temporary interruption of blood flow to the brain that causes stroke-like symptoms. A) Huntington Disease. B) Transient Ischemic Attack. C) Epidural Abscess. D) Parkinson's Disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transient Ischemic Attack. 14. What are the dendrites? A) It is the neucleus. B) They are short branching structures arising from the axon. C) They are short branching structures arising from the cell body. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are short branching structures arising from the cell body. 15. One of many branch like processes that extends from the neuron cell body and functions as a contact for incoming signals (synapses) from other neurons or sensory cells. A) Dendrite. B) Action Potential. C) Process. D) Myelin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrite. 16. Which part of the nervous system controls voluntary muscles? A) Parasympathetic nervous system. B) Autonomic nervous system. C) Sympathetic nervous system. D) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatic nervous system. 17. Organs A) Accessory. B) Hypoglossal. C) Vagus. D) Olfactory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vagus. 18. The ..... is where more chemical digestion happens than anywhere else. A) Gallbladder. B) Duodenum. C) Pyloric Valve. D) Pancreas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Duodenum. 19. Elevated ridges of tissue on the surface of the cerebrum A) Reflex arc. B) Action potential. C) Gyri. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gyri. 20. The minimum stimulus to cause an action potential to be produced is a ..... A) Threshold. B) Action potential. C) Dendrite. D) Reflex arc. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Threshold. ← 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