This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 608 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 608 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This meninge is the membrane that is attached directly to the surface of the brain and spinal cord. A) Dura Mater. B) Arachnoid Mater. C) Pia Mater. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pia Mater. 2. What do neurons do? A) React to physical and chemical changes in their surroundings. B) Provide for movement of the body. C) Provide structure for the body. D) To break down food that is ingested. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) React to physical and chemical changes in their surroundings. 3. This part of the brain controls the endocrine system. A) Hypothalamus. B) Cerebral Cortex. C) Hippocampus. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypothalamus. 4. Regions of brain and spinal cord with dense collections of myelinated fibers is classified as ..... A) Gray Matter. B) White Matter. C) Fecal Matter. D) You Matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) White Matter. 5. What are the divisions of the Peripheral Nervous System? A) Somatic & Motor. B) Brake & Motor. C) Somatic and Autonomic. D) Sensory & Motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Somatic and Autonomic. 6. This part of the brain is responsible for sensing pain, touch and temperature. A) Temporal. B) Parietal. C) Occipital. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parietal. 7. Watery stool A) Heartburn. B) Kind of poop. C) Watery stools. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Watery stools. 8. The left side of your brain controls the ..... side of your body. A) Right. B) Left. C) Front. D) Back. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 9. What is the function of the medulla oblongata in the nervous system? A) Regulating body temperature. B) Controlling involuntary functions like breathing and heart rate. C) Transmitting signals between the brain and the rest of the body. D) Producing hormones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Controlling involuntary functions like breathing and heart rate. 10. The ..... is the gland that controls your hormone system. A) Thalmus. B) Hypothalamus. C) Pons. D) Mid drop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothalamus. 11. The dorsal columns are organized: A) Somatotopically with the medial fibers representing the cervical regions. B) Somatotopically with medial fibers representing sacral regions. C) With the medial fibers representing thoracic regions. D) There is NO somatotopic organization of the dorsal columns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatotopically with medial fibers representing sacral regions. 12. Passes the signal on to the muscle A) Motor neuron. B) Sensory neuron. C) Interneuron/spinal cord. D) Pain receptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor neuron. 13. An important role of an axon is to A) Carry a neural message towards a neighbouring neuron. B) Carry a neural message away from a neighbouring neuron. C) Integrate neural information and speed up its transmission. D) Insulate a neuron to speed up its transmission. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carry a neural message towards a neighbouring neuron. 14. Carries the nerve impulses away from the cell body A) Dendrites. B) Cell body. C) Axon. D) Axon terminals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon. 15. I am going to check your sensation A) I want to check your sense of taste. B) Can you pick it up?. C) Can you push my hand away?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I want to check your sense of taste. 16. Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) A) Consists of the brain and spinal cord. B) Division of the PNS that transmits action potentials from sensory organs to CNS. C) Efferent subdivision that transmits impulses from CNS to skeletal muscle. D) Consists of nerves, receptors, ganglia, and synapses outside the CNS. E) Efferent subdivision that transmits impulses from the CNS to smooth muscle, cardiac muscle and Glands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consists of nerves, receptors, ganglia, and synapses outside the CNS. 17. Which is "rest and digest", in the nervous system A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. C) Parasympathetic. D) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parasympathetic. 18. Our ..... receive stimuli and sends them to the brain. The brain sends messages to our effectors on how to respond. A) Heart. B) Lungs. C) Nerves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerves. 19. The part of the brain regulates heartbeat, respiration, swallowing, coughing, and blood pressure is the? A) Pons. B) Midbrain. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla oblongata. 20. What is the bone that protects the spinal cord? A) Rib Cage. B) Backbone. C) Femur. D) Skull. 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