This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 559 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 559 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The part of the neuron that passes the message along is called the ..... A) Axon. B) Dendrite. C) Nucleus. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon. 2. Sally has a brain injury; she knows what she wants to say but can't vocalize the words. The part of her brain that deals with the ability to say words properly is the ..... A) Medulla. B) Amygdala. C) Central sulcus. D) Broca's area. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Broca's area. 3. I. Allows impulse to pass through this structure (relay stations)II. Contains visual reflex centre The above statements refers to the function of A) Pons varolii. B) Midbrain (mesencephalon). C) Medulla oblongata. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Midbrain (mesencephalon). 4. The peripheral nervous system is made up of what parts? A) Brain and spinal cord. B) Brain only. C) Nerves only. D) Nerves and spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerves only. 5. Which Joint of skull can move? A) Lower jaw. B) Upper jaw. C) No part can move. D) All of these. E) Upper skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lower jaw. 6. Neuroglia that produce myelin on axons in the peripheral nerves are A) Schwann cells. B) Astrocytes. C) Oligodendrocytes. D) Microglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schwann cells. 7. Controls heartbeat, breathing, and blood pressure. A) Amygdala. B) Hippocampus. C) Hypothalamus. D) Medulla. E) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medulla. 8. Humans awaken and sleep in a fairly constant rhythm called a ..... rhythm. A) Circadian. B) Cerebral. C) Satiety. D) Reticular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circadian. 9. Nerve used in swallowing A) Trigeminal. B) Trochlear. C) Glossopharyngeal. D) Vagus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glossopharyngeal. 10. Type of receptors found in the eye A) Chemoreceptors. B) Mechanoreceptors. C) Photoreceptors. D) Thermoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photoreceptors. 11. Scientists of any century have studied the role of the spinal cord in neural control Scientists of which century have studied the role of the spinal cord in neural control? A) 16th &17th centuries. B) 17th & 18th centuries. C) 15th & 16th centuries. D) 19th & 20th centuries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 16th &17th centuries. 12. What ion is needed for the start of an action potential? A) Calcium. B) Magnesium. C) Sodium. D) Chlorine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium. 13. What kind of neuron is responsible for movement? A) Afferent. B) They will bring it out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They will bring it out. 14. The PNS contains the ..... neurons and the axons of the motor A) Sensory. B) Stimuli. C) Effector. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory. 15. The entire junction between 2 nerves or a nerve and another structure A) Axons. B) Synaptic cleft. C) Conclusion. D) Synaptic knob. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conclusion. 16. The tree-like white matter of the cerebellum is called the: A) The tree of Life. B) Missing. C) Peduncle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The tree of Life. 17. Where is the temporal lobe located in the brain? A) At the front (behind the forehead). B) At the back. C) Near the temples. D) At the top. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Near the temples. 18. What does the cerebellum do? A) Function in arousing and maintaining consciousness. B) Processes inputs of cerebral cortex and sensory receptors. C) Deficiency of the neurotransmitters dopamine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Processes inputs of cerebral cortex and sensory receptors. 19. Organs of taste are ..... and receptors of smell are ..... A) Nasal cavity hairs, tastebuds. B) Taste buds, cochlear hairs. C) Taste buds, nasal cavity hairs. D) Papillae, cochlear hairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taste buds, nasal cavity hairs. 20. Branches at the end of an axon that contain vesicles of neurotransmitters A) Axon terminal. B) Myelin sheath. C) White matter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon terminal. ← 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