This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 600 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 600 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What part of the brain controls the motor functions of the body and emotions? A) Frontal lobe. B) Occipital lobe. C) Temporal lobe. D) Parietal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal lobe. 2. Repolarization occurs in the opposite direction of depolariation. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. The region of the brain that integrates visceral activities and functions to maintain homeostasis of body temperature and fluid balance, for example, is the A) Medulla oblongata. B) Cerebrum. C) Hypothalamus. D) Thalamus. E) Callous body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothalamus. 4. ..... Keeping the internal environment stable in spite of external changes A) Epidermis. B) Stimuli. C) Homeostasis. D) Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Homeostasis. 5. A cell membrane is usually ....., with an excess of negative charges on the inside of the membrane. This property is important to the conduction of nerve impulses. A) Depolarized. B) Polarized. C) Repolarized. D) Hyperpolarized. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polarized. 6. Arrange the pathway involved in detecting and responding to changes in the external environment ..... A) Stimulus-integrating centre-response-receptor-effector. B) Stimulus-receptor-effector-integrating centre-response. C) Stimulus-receptor-integrating centre-effector-response. D) Stimulus-response-effector-receptor-integrating centre. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stimulus-receptor-integrating centre-effector-response. 7. Which of the following is part of the brainstem? A) Medulla oblongata. B) Hypothalamus. C) The tree of Life. D) Diencephalon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medulla oblongata. 8. What are the 4 lobes of the brain? A) Parent, Occupy, Temporal, Frontal. B) Parent, Occipital, Temporal, Frontal. C) Parietal, Occipital, Temporal, Frontal. D) Parietal, Occipital, Temporal, Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parietal, Occipital, Temporal, Frontal. 9. The sense of hearing identifies different sounds. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Which of the following is NOT a typical early sign or symptom of a myocardial infarction? A) Bradycardia. B) Persistent chest pain, radiating to the left arm. C) Pallor. D) Rapid, weak pulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bradycardia. 11. The ..... of the brain regulates the heart beat and breathing. A) Medulla oblongata. B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebellum. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medulla oblongata. 12. The two names of the nervous system are what? A) Central Nervous System (CNS) and Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). B) Central Nervous System and Autonomic Nervous System. C) Central Nervous System and Sympathetic Nervous System. D) Central Nervous System and Parasympathetic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central Nervous System (CNS) and Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). 13. ..... is connected with the dendrites of the motor neuron. A) Muscles. B) Axon terminals of connector neuron. C) Dendrites of the sensory neurons. D) Axon terminals of sensory neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon terminals of connector neuron. 14. Whitish, fatty material which insulates the axon of a nerve A) Gray matter. B) Myelin. C) Nissl substance. D) Neurilemma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myelin. 15. Surgical repair of the skull A) Cranial. B) Cranioplasty. C) Craniectasis. D) Craniostomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cranioplasty. 16. -lysis A) Stone. B) Tripsy. C) Breakdown. D) Crushing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Breakdown. 17. The node of Ranvier A) Insulates the neuron. B) Contains the cell body. C) Allows diffusion into and out of the neuron. D) Conducts impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allows diffusion into and out of the neuron. 18. The process of breaking down food into usable material for the body is called? A) Digestion. B) Eliminating Waste. C) Mouth. D) Esophagus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Digestion. 19. Efferent is the "sensory" division which transmits information from the body and environment to the CNS (T/F)? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. These neurons carry impulses FROM the body to the Central Nervous system A) Motor. B) Sensory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory. ← 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