This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 574 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 574 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which division of the motor division of the peripheral nervous system is responsible for voluntary movements? A) Central Nervous System. B) Peripheral Nervous System. C) Somatic Nervous System. D) Autonomic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Somatic Nervous System. 2. What is white matter composed of? A) Unmyelinated axons and cell bodies. B) Bundles of myelinated axons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bundles of myelinated axons. 3. The lipid insulation of nervous tissue is called A) Glia. B) Myelin. C) Schwann cells. D) Astrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myelin. 4. An effector can refer to a muscle, gland, or organ. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. The outer most of the three cranialmeninges is A) Arachnoid membrane. B) Piamater. C) Dura mater. D) Myelin sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dura mater. 6. Difference in the amount of electrical charge on the inside as compared to the outside of the plasma membrane A) Nodes of Ranvier. B) Membrane potential. C) Action potential. D) Depolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Membrane potential. 7. If you lined up all the neurons in the body, how long would it be? A) 100 miles. B) 600 miles. C) 200 miles. D) 500 miles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 600 miles. 8. Broca's area is located in A) Frontal lobe. B) Temporal lobe. C) Parietal lobe. D) Occipital lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal lobe. 9. Which is these is NOT a response of the parasympathetic nervous system? A) Breathing rate decreases. B) Pupils dilate. C) Digestion activity increases. D) Airways to lungs constrict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pupils dilate. 10. When a neuron is resting (not transmitting impulses), the outside of the cell has a net positive charge, and the inside of the cell has a ..... A) Net negative charge. B) Net positive charge. C) Net neutral charge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Net negative charge. 11. What is the brain made of? A) Nerve tissue. B) Brain tissue. C) Cortex tissue. D) Stem tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerve tissue. 12. The largest spinal nerve is the ..... nerve. A) Trigeminal. B) Sciatic. C) Facial. D) Accessory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sciatic. 13. Effectors are a part of the ..... A) Sensing pathway. B) Processing pathway. C) Response pathway. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Response pathway. 14. Which part of a neuron receives information? A) Axon. B) Dendrite. C) Cell body. D) Axon terminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrite. 15. The part of the brain that has a function to regulate vision is ..... A) Cerebellum. B) Frontal lobe. C) Temporal lobe. D) Occipital lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occipital lobe. 16. Shortness of breath A) Respiratory tract. B) Breathing difficulties. C) Chest pain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Breathing difficulties. 17. Nausea A) Throws up. B) Loya. C) Diarrhea. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loya. 18. Maintains homeostasis; regulates many hormones, blood pressure, body temperature, heart rate, hunger, thirst, and emotions A) Thalamus. B) Hypothalamus. C) Pons and medulla oblongata. D) Callous body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothalamus. 19. Efferent or motor pathways carry impulses: A) Towards the CNS. B) Away from the CNS. C) From the PNS to the CNS. D) To the spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Away from the CNS. 20. A neuron's membrane contains more potassium leak channels than sodium leak channels. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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