This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 614 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 614 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Astrocytes, which help form the blood-brain barrier, are excitable cells. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 2. Is the control center for recognition and analysis of hunger, thirst, fatigue, anger, and body temperature. A) Hypothalamus. B) Thalamus. C) Brain stem. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypothalamus. 3. What is the function of motor (efferent) nuerons A) Carries impulses from the peripheral body parts to the CNS. B) Transmit motor information to the central nervous system. C) Carry impulses from the CNS to the peripheral body parts. D) Lie within the CNS and form links with other neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carry impulses from the CNS to the peripheral body parts. 4. What are the two regions of the inner ear responsible for hearing and balance? A) Cochlea and Vestibule. B) Cochlea and Eustachian tube. C) Vestibule and Semicircular canals. D) Semicircular canals and Eustachian tube. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cochlea and Vestibule. 5. What is the change in polarity of a neuron that causes the transmission of electrical impulses? A) Action potential. B) Membrane potential. C) Resting potential. D) Threshold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action potential. 6. What is the tropism? A) Response of an organism to seasonal changes in day length. B) Directional movement of plant to directional stimulus. C) Non-directional movement of plant. The direction is determined by plant. D) Response of plant to the touching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Directional movement of plant to directional stimulus. 7. The cells responsible for color vision in vertebrates are called A) Rod cells. B) Cone cells. C) Bipolar cells. D) Cupula cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cone cells. 8. Cones (light receptors in eyes) are responsible for detecting ..... A) Color. B) Dim light and motion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Color. 9. Hydrocephalus A) Accumulation of fluid in the spaces of the brain. B) Mental disorder marked by confusion; uncontrolled excitement; ADJ. delirious. C) A slowly progressive decline in mental abilities, including memory, thinking, and judgment, that is often accompanied by personality changes. D) The surgical removal of a portion of the skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accumulation of fluid in the spaces of the brain. 10. Gaps in the myelin sheath are called Nodes of ..... A) River. B) Debris. C) Ranvier. D) Jumper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ranvier. 11. What is the outer layer of the brain where conscious thinking occurs called? A) Cerebral Cortex. B) Corpus Callosum. C) Cerebellum. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebral Cortex. 12. The patient is ..... A) Coma. B) Comatose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comatose. 13. This is another name for the parasympathetic division of the nervous system A) Thoracolumbar division. B) Craniosacral division. C) Cervical division. D) Brachial division. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Craniosacral division. 14. The Cerebellum is located towards the ..... of the brain. A) Front. B) Back. C) Right. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Back. 15. The nervous system that is under your conscious control is called the ..... nervous system. A) Central. B) Autonomic. C) Enteric. D) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatic. 16. We know the basic five senses-taste, touch, sight, hearing and smell. Do animals have other senses? A) Yes. B) No. C) Sometimes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 17. A cerebrovascular accident can be caused by an obstruction of blood flow to the brain or a hemorrhage. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Which of the following is not an involuntary action? A) Beating of the heart. B) Knee jerk reflex. C) Sweating. D) Talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Talking. 19. Name the part of the body that begins at the medula of the brain and extends all along the back A) Spinal cord. B) Vertebrae. C) Vertebral column. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord. 20. This region of your brain coordinates voluntary muscle activity and maintains balance and muscle tone: A) Cerebellum. B) Diencephalon. C) Spinal cord elongated. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. ← 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