This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 610 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 610 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Directs impulses received by the brain. A) Brain Stem. B) Inner neurons. C) Cerebrum. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inner neurons. 2. It is a neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions, associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain. A) Meningitis. B) Migraine. C) Neuralgia. D) Epilepsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epilepsy. 3. A visceral reflex arc includes (1) receptors (nerve endings that detect stretch, tissue damage, blood chemicals, body temperature, and other internal stimuli), (2) afferent neurons leading to (3) an integrating center and interneurons in the CNS, (4) efferent neurons carrying motor signals away from the CNS, and finally (5) an effector that carries out the end response. A) This is true. B) This is false. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) This is true. 4. What is an example of the autonomic nervous system at work? A) Skipping. B) Jumping. C) Sitting. D) Organ functions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Organ functions. 5. Thick filaments are in a myofibril are A) ATPase. B) Sarcoplasmic reticulum. C) Actin. D) Myosin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myosin. 6. What is the another name for nerves A) Nutorn. B) Neuron. C) Cell. D) Non of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neuron. 7. Something you detect using your body's receptors is called a A) Stimulus. B) Pain. C) Touch. D) Smell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stimulus. 8. Stimulus may be in the form of ..... A) Sound. B) Sight. C) Touch. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 9. Vibrations of the eardrum pass through the tiny bones in the ..... A) Inner ear. B) Outer ear. C) Middle ear. D) Earlobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Middle ear. 10. Which type of glial cells form a protective barrier around the brain and spinal cord tissues? A) Microglia. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Schwann cells. D) Ependymal cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ependymal cells. 11. Astrocytes are responsible for: A) Producing cerebrospinal fluid. B) Creating the blood brain barrier. C) Producing myelin sheath. D) Destroying cancer cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Creating the blood brain barrier. 12. Which organ is a sensory of taste A) Tongue. B) Nose. C) Ears. D) Eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tongue. 13. Which of the following is not classified in the peripheral nervous system (PNS)? A) Brain. B) Somatic nervous system. C) Autonomic nervous system. D) Spinal nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 14. Which of the following IS NOT one of the 4 regions of the brain? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Parietal. D) Diencephalon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parietal. 15. The coordination of muscle movement and the maintenance of equilibrium occurs in the A) Hypothalamus. B) Thalamus. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 16. Thread-like part of a neuron that receives impulses and sends them towards the cell body. A) Axon terminals. B) Axon. C) Dendrites. D) Cell body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrites. 17. Depolarizations that bring the membrane potential toward the threshold A) Synaptic cleft. B) Exicitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs). C) Synaptic vesicles. D) Undershoot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exicitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs). 18. Nerves are made up from nerve cells called ..... A) Protons. B) Chlorophyll. C) Neutrons. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurons. 19. An average adult male brain weighs about A) 1350 g. B) 1250 g. C) 1400 g. D) 1300 g. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1350 g. 20. There are 8 pairs of ..... nerves. A) Lumbar. B) Cranial. C) Cervical. D) Sacral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cervical. ← 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