This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 570 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 570 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What part of the neuron is myelinated? A) Cell Body. B) Axon. C) Conclusion. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 2. What is the longest bone in a human? A) Humerur. B) Stirrup. C) Femur. D) Backbone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 3. As an impulse enters a nerve cell, describe the way it travels through this nerve cell. A) Cell body $\rightarrow$ axon $\rightarrow$ dendrite. B) Cell body $\rightarrow$ dendrite $\rightarrow$ axon. C) Dendrite $\rightarrow$ axon $\rightarrow$ axon. D) Dendrite $\rightarrow$ cell body $\rightarrow$ axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dendrite $\rightarrow$ cell body $\rightarrow$ axon. 4. A soccer player has been taken to the hospital with a painful injury. The doctor explains that she has ripped the place in her ankle where the bone was attached to the muscle. Bones cannot move without muscles. What did the soccer player rip? A) Joint. B) Ligament. C) Socket. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tendon. 5. Neurotransmitter destroyed by A) Enzymes. B) Amino acids. C) Hydrogen carboxyl complex. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enzymes. 6. The part of the brain which controls emotion, behavior, memory, emotional learning, fear, anxiety, & pleasure is ..... A) Limbic System / Frontal Lobe. B) Hepatic System / Midbrain. C) Autonomic System / Medulla. D) Parasympathetic System / Corpus Callosum. E) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limbic System / Frontal Lobe. 7. What is any quick response to stimuli that skips the brain? A) Voluntary action. B) Knee jerk. C) Reflex. D) Blink. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reflex. 8. Which of the following acts as a relay center for somatesthetic sensation? A) The thalamus. B) The hypothalamus. C) The red nucleus. D) The cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The thalamus. 9. Your senses are connected to which system? A) Frontal lobe. B) Peripheral nervous system. C) Circulatory. D) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral nervous system. 10. The main function of the nervous system is to maintain A) Homeostasis. B) Tranquility. C) Chaos. D) Motor functions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homeostasis. 11. This tissue is found in the camera eyes of cephalopods and vertebrates and is densely packed with photoreceptors. A) Cornea. B) Sclera. C) Choroid. D) Retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Retina. 12. Astrocytes A) Are phagocytic cells. B) Anchor neurons to blood capillaries. C) Circulate cerebrospinal fluid in the CNS. D) Insulate neurons to increase impulse velocity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anchor neurons to blood capillaries. 13. Which muscle can you not consciously control? A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. C) Smooth. D) Cardiac. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involuntary. 14. Which of the following is the name of the cell that supports the transmitting cells of the nervous system? A) Conclusion. B) Afferent Neuron. C) Efferent Neuron. D) Neuroglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neuroglia. 15. Which neurotransmitter is involved in the "Fight or Flight" response? A) Acetylcholine. B) Endorphins. C) Norepinephrine. D) Serotonin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Norepinephrine. 16. When your nervous systems lets you decide what happens to you body like raising a hand or going for a walk this is considered a ..... A) Involuntary Control. B) Neuron. C) Reflex. D) Voluntary control. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Voluntary control. 17. This controls the sensory function of touch to the skin. A) Occipital. B) Parietal. C) Temporal. D) Insula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parietal. 18. What two systems work together as your body's communication system? A) Endocrine/nervous. B) Nervous/respiratory. C) Nervous/muscular. D) Endocrine/respiratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endocrine/nervous. 19. Mrs. Rogers likes to light scented candles during Christmas time. After a few days she could no longer smell the candles. This is an example of A) Bone conduction. B) Afterimage. C) Olfactory fatigue (nose blind). D) Accurate depth perception. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Olfactory fatigue (nose blind). 20. Specialized cells of the nervous system that carry messages through an electrochemical process. A) Soma. B) Neurons. C) Axons. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurons. ← 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