This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 567 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 567 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Intracellular space is the space inside of the cell and extracellular space is outside of the cell. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Examples of Mechanoreceptors are ..... A) Touch and pressure. B) Taste and smell. C) Movement and body position. D) Temperature and heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Touch and pressure. 3. A clear flexible structure that makes an image on the eye's retina. The ..... is flexible so that it can change shape, focusing on objects that are close up and objects that are far away. A) Iris. B) Lens. C) Myelin. D) Optic nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lens. 4. Where does light refract? A) Lens. B) Cornea. C) Pupil. D) Optic Nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lens. 5. To surgically create an opening in the skull A) Craniectomy. B) Cranioplasty. C) Craniosynostosis. D) Craniotomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Craniotomy. 6. Which of the following is NOT an autonomic reflex? A) Pupil Size. B) Salivary Gland Activation. C) Smooth Muscle. D) Knee-jerk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knee-jerk. 7. Responsible for stress and emergency responses, "fight or flight" A) Motor neuron. B) Spinal cord. C) Sympathetic nervous system. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sympathetic nervous system. 8. Smelly urine A) Period. B) Pee has a smell. C) Smelly water. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pee has a smell. 9. The neuron situated proximal to a synapse. A) Presynaptic neuron. B) Receptors. C) Reflex arc. D) Saltatory conduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Presynaptic neuron. 10. How many spinal nerves are there in the peripheral nervous system? A) 12. B) 24. C) 31. D) 36. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 31. 11. The ..... maintains involuntary body functions necessary for life like breathing, swallowing and heart rate. A) Cerebrum. B) Pons. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla oblongata. 12. Neuropathy A) Disease of nerves. B) Pertaining to the posterior portion of the brain that controls equilibrium. C) Inflammation of the spinal cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disease of nerves. 13. What color do myelinated axons appear? A) White. B) Gray. C) Black. D) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) White. 14. Paresthesia A) Temporary loss of consciousness. B) The tough outer layer of the meninges. C) An abnormal sensation that feels like "pins and needles". D) Traumatic brain injury. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An abnormal sensation that feels like "pins and needles". 15. What is the largest and most advanced brain structure? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain stem. D) Thalamus tagsbrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 16. Acetylcholine A) Is a inhibitory neurotransmitter. B) Allows impulses to go in multiple directions. C) Changes the permeability of the cell membrane to cause action potential in a muscle fiber. D) Is an electrical impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Changes the permeability of the cell membrane to cause action potential in a muscle fiber. 17. Which organ is the main controller of the nervous system? A) Neurons. B) Nerves. C) Brain. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain. 18. The autonomic nervous system is a branch of your ..... nervous system. A) Central. B) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral. 19. Basic unit of the nervous system; another name for nerve cell. A) Brain stem. B) Axon. C) Dendrite. D) Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neuron. 20. The part of the neuron in the picture above that receives the impulse from the senses or another neuron is ..... A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. E) E. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. ← 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