This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 583 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 583 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We only use 10 percent of our brain A) True. B) Fake news!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fake news!. 2. One or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body. A) Neurons. B) Axon. C) Nerves. D) Senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerves. 3. These nerves send a signal to the brain from one of the 5 senses A) Motor nerves. B) Sensory nerves. C) Brain nerves. D) Short twitch nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory nerves. 4. Your brain stem is directly connected to what other area of your body? A) Spinal cord. B) Heart. C) Lungs. D) Tongue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord. 5. Which lobe of the brain lets you process music? A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Temporal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal. 6. What kind of cells make up the nerves? A) Blood Vessels. B) Neurons. C) Plasma. D) Nerve fibers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurons. 7. Your brain controls some actions involuntarily. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. A balance state where the sympathetic and parasympathetic work together A) Homeostasis. B) Quadriplegia. C) Medulla oblongata. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homeostasis. 9. Which statement about the sympathetic system drugs is not correct? A) Epinephrine is an endogenous catecholamine and used to treat anaphylaxis. B) Prazosin is a alpha-receptor antagonist and used primarily in men with concurrent hypertension and benign prostatic hyperplasia. C) Propranolol is a B-receptor antagonist an id cannot be used for patients with asthma. D) Metoprolol is a B-receptor antagonist and provides a prophylactic effect for migraine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metoprolol is a B-receptor antagonist and provides a prophylactic effect for migraine. 10. Cerebrospinal fluid helps by ..... A) Lubricating the nerves. B) Cushioning the brain and spinal cord. C) Providing oxygenated blood to the neurons. D) Carrying away nervous system waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cushioning the brain and spinal cord. 11. ..... is a short period of time after an action potential when a threshold stimulus will NOT trigger another action potential. A) Threshold period. B) Hyperpolarization. C) Excitatory period. D) Refractory period. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refractory period. 12. In order to determine the relative density of touch receptors in any area of the body, we would use a two-point discrimination test. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. A cranial dural sinus contains which type of fluid? A) Arterial blood. B) Mucus. C) Venous blood. D) Pure cerebrospinal fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Venous blood. 14. Describe "synapse": A) Gap or junction between 2 neurons. B) Stretching of collagen fibers and its rebound. C) The scraping of the opposable thumb against the 2nd digit. D) The area inside the cell body which houses the nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gap or junction between 2 neurons. 15. Which of the following cranial nerves serve both sensory and motor functions? A) Cranial nerve III, VII, XI, XII. B) Cranial nerve V, X, XI, XII. C) Cranial nerve III, V, VII, X. D) Cranial nerve V, VII, IX, X. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cranial nerve V, VII, IX, X. 16. This is the structure which connects the two hemispheres of the brain. A) Callous body. B) Brain stem. C) Reticular formation. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Callous body. 17. People who develop shingles, once had which disease in childhood? A) Chicken pox. B) Measles. C) Skin cancer. D) Shingles is not associated with any other disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chicken pox. 18. Neurons are really? A) Big. B) Small. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Small. 19. Your peripheral nervous system consists of A) Motor neurons. B) Sensory neurons. C) Motor and sensory neurons. D) Brain and spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor and sensory neurons. 20. What parts of the body belong to the peripheral nervous system? A) Brain, spinal cord, and nerves. B) Brain and spinal cord. C) Spinal cord and nerves in the arms/legs. D) All of the nerves in the arms/legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the nerves in the arms/legs. ← 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