This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 615 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 615 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is the middle meninge? A) Dura mater. B) Arachnoid mater. C) Pia mater. D) Cranial mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arachnoid mater. 2. The suffix-esthesia means A) Easy, normal. B) Feeling. C) Numb. D) Unfeeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feeling. 3. A patient has a TBI (traumatic brain injury) with left hemiplegia. You note that on the right side of his body he has an atrophied trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscle. What is the nerve involvement on the right side? A) Spinal accessory XI. B) Radial nerve. C) Ulnar nerve. D) Musculocutaneous nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal accessory XI. 4. Light entering the eye is focused behind the retina instead of directly on it, objects close to the eye look blurry A) Iris. B) Near Sighted. C) Astigmatism. D) Far Sighted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Far Sighted. 5. Which organ looks like a long tree trunk where INFORMATION TRAVELS from the brain to the nerves and back (from the nerves to the brain)? A) Nerves. B) Brain. C) Spinal cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord. 6. -inflammation of the brain causing headaches, seizures, comas, and death A) Meningitis. B) Cerebral palsy. C) Encephalitis. D) Quadriplegia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Encephalitis. 7. The cerebrum is the brain region that has two hemispheres and stores memories A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. True or False:Neurons use passive transport of ions to create a gradient A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. The ..... interprets sense, controls movement and carries out complex mental processes A) Caribou. B) Cerebrum. C) Carabiner. D) Chocolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 10. Delivers visual information from the retina to the visual centers in the occipital lobe A) Optic Nerve. B) Fovea. C) Lens. D) Cornea. E) Vitreous Humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Optic Nerve. 11. The second part of an action potential that creates movement of the membrane potential in a negative direction is A) Depolarization. B) The resting membrane potential. C) Repolarization. D) Hyperpolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repolarization. 12. Patients with Alzheimer's disease may exhibit an apraxic gait pattern, which is characterized by: A) Stiff and slow movements. B) Short, shuffling steps. C) Inability to initiate walking despite the capability. D) Frequent falls. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inability to initiate walking despite the capability. 13. In a cross section of the spinal cord, the peripheral white portion consists of ..... forming nerve tracts, and the central gray portion consists of ..... A) Unmyelinated neurons, myelinated neurons. B) Myelinated neurons, unmyelinated sensory receptors. C) Myelinated neurons, unmyelinated neurons. D) Myelinated neurotransmitters, unmyelinated axons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myelinated neurons, unmyelinated neurons. 14. Definition:a junction between two nerve cells, consisting of a minute gap across which impulses pass by diffusion of a neurotransmitter. A) Neurons. B) Conclusion. C) Axon. D) Dendrites tagsneurotransmitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conclusion. 15. What cell is found in the CNS and connects neurons to blood vessels? A) Microglial. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Astrocytes. D) Ependymal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astrocytes. 16. What part of the brain controls heart rate? A) Thalamus. B) Midbrain. C) Pons. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medulla oblongata. 17. Which lobe allows us to use words to express what we are thinking or how we are feeling? A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Temporal. D) Insula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parietal. 18. Meaning spinal cord A) My. B) The root. C) Myel/o. D) Encephal/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myel/o. 19. Interprets sensations such as:touch, pressure, pain; understanding of speech, use words to express thoughts and feelings A) Temporal lobe. B) Parietal lobe. C) Frontal lobe. D) Occipital lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parietal lobe. 20. The parts of this system are organized into the somatic system and autonomic systems A) Autonomic system. B) Central nervous system. C) Peripheral nervous system. D) Somatic system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral nervous system. ← 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