This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 578 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 578 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Three kinds of muscle are A) Cardiac, smooth and skeletal. B) A billy goat's breath. C) Skull, heart and lungs. D) Cardiac, smooth and rough. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cardiac, smooth and skeletal. 2. Unmyelinated fibers A) Nervous tissues containing lots of myelinated fibers. B) Nerve fibers that have a myelin sheath; impulses travel faster. C) Nervous tissues containing lots of cell bodies and unmyelinated fibers. D) Nerve fibers that does not have a myelin sheath; impulses travel slower. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nerve fibers that does not have a myelin sheath; impulses travel slower. 3. The inner layer of the meninges is called A) Pia. B) Dura. C) Arachnoid. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pia. 4. Damage to the temporal lobe is most likely to result in: A) Memory problems. B) Loss of motor function. C) Visual impairment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Memory problems. 5. If the body is infected with bacteria or viruses, the most common response is ..... A) Fever. B) Vomiting. C) Shivering. D) Sweating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fever. 6. Carry message from body to brain from the brain to body. A) Nerves. B) Neuron. C) Brain. D) Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerves. 7. Conduction of nerve impulse is: A) A wave of depolarisation followed by repolarisation. B) A wave of polarisation followed by depolarisation. C) A series of electrical impulses, powered by the sodium pump. D) A series of chemical impulses, powered by the sodium pump that uses ATP energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A wave of depolarisation followed by repolarisation. 8. Which of the following is NOT a major structure of the nervous system? A) Brain. B) Lungs. C) Spinal chord. D) Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lungs. 9. Inhibitory binding of NT's at a neuron-neuron chemical synapse causes ..... in a post-synaptic neuron A) Polarization. B) Depolarization. C) Repolarization. D) Hyperpolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperpolarization. 10. After sodium rushes into the cell from the sodium channel A) Hyperpolarization. B) Depolarization. C) Action Potential. D) Repolarization. E) Threshold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Depolarization. 11. Your fight or flight response and your rest and digest response are under voluntary control A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. What are the 2 parts of the human nervous system? A) Central, peripheral. B) Peripheral, brain. C) Brain, spinal cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central, peripheral. 13. Which of the following are part of the Central Nervous System? A) Spinal cord and peripheral nerves. B) Brain and peripheral nerves. C) Brain and Spinal Cord. D) Brain Only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain and Spinal Cord. 14. Mechanoreceptors are located in or on A) Nose and tongue. B) Skin and ears. C) Eyes (retina). D) Skin. E) Throughout the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skin and ears. 15. Membrane channel that uses ATP to actively transport Na+ and K+ ions to the original ionic state of the resting potential A) Depolarization. B) Proprioceptors. C) Sodium-potassium pump. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sodium-potassium pump. 16. Why is the overall charge of the cytosol negative in a resting neuron? A) Presence of Na ions. B) Presence of K ions. C) Presence of proteins and other anions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Presence of proteins and other anions. 17. The opposing effects of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervoussystems help the body maintain ..... A) Homeostasis. B) Balance. C) Electrical charges. D) Nutrients. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homeostasis. 18. The signal sent through neurons A) Impulse. B) Voluntary response. C) Neuron signalling. D) Calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impulse. 19. Depolarization is caused by A) Opening of potassium channels letting, potassium in. B) Opening of sodium channels, letting sodium in. C) Opening of calcium channels to let calcium in. D) There are a lot of ions responsible for depolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opening of sodium channels, letting sodium in. 20. Warm Blooded means animals are ..... A) Ectotherm, homeotherm. B) Ectotherm, heterotherm. C) Endotherm, heterotherm. D) Endotherm, homeotherm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endotherm, homeotherm. ← 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