This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 555 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 555 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Neurons can be classified off their structural and their functional use (T/F)? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Because action potentials are forced to "jump" from one node of Ranvier to the next due to myelin sheath, the conduction of an impulse along a neuron is called ..... A) Regulatory conduction. B) Saltatory conduction. C) Enhanced conduction. D) Conduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saltatory conduction. 3. Impulses from one neuron to another through a synapse can be either excitatory or inhibitory. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Structural classification of nerve:Extend from/ go to brain A) Cranial nerves. B) Spinal nerves. C) Sensory nerves. D) Motor nerves. E) Mixed nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cranial nerves. 5. Pain and temperature receptors: A) Golgi tendon organ. B) Lamellar corpuscle. C) Meissner's corpuscle. D) Free nerve endings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Free nerve endings. 6. Which of the following is NOT true of the Sodium-Potassium Pump? A) 3 sodiums are pumped out. B) 2 potassiums are pumped out. C) Energy is used. D) Ions are moved against the gradient. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2 potassiums are pumped out. 7. Statements related to graded potential? A) Ignited in the dendrite. B) Cannot be removed. C) Generated at the axon hillock. D) Transmitted to the axon terminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ignited in the dendrite. 8. The capillaries equivalent in the nervous systems are: A) Motor neurons. B) Relay neurons. C) Sensory neurons. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relay neurons. 9. What is the correct term for the specialised cells that detect changes in the external environment? A) Effectors. B) Co-ordination centres. C) Receptors. D) Detectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Receptors. 10. The meninges consist of A) The brain and spinal cord. B) Nerve tracts that run up and down the spinal cord. C) The membranes that delineate all of the major brain parts. D) The pia mater, arachnoid mater, and dura mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The pia mater, arachnoid mater, and dura mater. 11. Which branch of the autonomic nervous system would increase the heart rate? A) Parasympathetic. B) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic. 12. -Takes charge of the complex brain fun actions, such as intelligence, memory, behaviour, and feelings. It is composed of the brain and spinal cord. A) 1.Central Nervous System. B) 2. Peripheral Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1.Central Nervous System. 13. What does the olfactory nerve do? A) It is the organ of smell. B) Sends information to the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sends information to the brain. 14. What part of the nervous pathway sends electrical impulses to muscles or glands? A) Receptor. B) Sensory neurone. C) Response. D) Motor neurone. E) Relay neurone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor neurone. 15. Ethan, Mason, and Benjamin are studying the human nervous system. They are trying to identify which part is NOT part of the peripheral nervous system (PNS). Can you help them choose from the following options? A) Axons. B) Sensory receptors. C) Spinal cord. D) Motor neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord. 16. The taste hairs can distinguish between only five basic stimuli. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. How many axons do neurons have A) 90. B) 6. C) ∞. D) 17. E) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 1. 18. Sensory receptors that allow you to know where your body is without looking A) Hormones. B) Neurotransmitters. C) Stimuli. D) Proprioceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proprioceptors. 19. Neurons are physically connected. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. The increase in muscle tension that is produced by increasing the number of active motor units is called A) Recruitment. B) *complete tetanus. C) Incomplete tetanus. D) Wave summation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recruitment. ← 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