This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 616 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 616 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following forms of motor output is under voluntary control? A) Skeletal muscle contraction. B) Smooth muscle contraction. C) Cardiac muscle contraction. D) Gland secretion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal muscle contraction. 2. The ..... consists of the brain and spinal cord. A) Central nervous system. B) Somatic nervous system. C) Sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system. D) Parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system. E) Afferent division of the peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central nervous system. 3. Your lungs help you breathe. How does the nervous system work with your lungs when you're doing exercise? A) It tells the lungs to take in less air. B) It doesn't communicate with the lungs. C) It tells the lungs to take in more air. D) It makes the lungs smaller. tagsMS-LS1.8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It tells the lungs to take in more air. 4. Learning and Memory A) Amygdala. B) Hippocampus. C) Hypothalamus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hippocampus. 5. What is the Control Center of your Nervous System? A) Brain. B) Nerves. C) Heart. D) Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 6. Lobe of cerebrum that processes vision A) Occipital. B) Frontal. C) Temporal. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Occipital. 7. Albert Einstein's brain was slightly larger than the average males. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. A group of nervous system disorders resultingfrom brain damage before or during birth, or inearly infancy A) Cerebral palsy. B) Epilepsy. C) Multiple sclerosis. D) Dementia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebral palsy. 9. A nerve impulse is received first by what part of the neuron? A) Axon. B) Conclusion. C) Dendrite. D) Soma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrite. 10. What are 3 of the major functions of the brain (in order) A) Forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain. B) Hindbrain, midbrain, forebrain. C) Thoughts, movements, functions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain. 11. The ..... fills the posterior part of the eye. A) Vitreous humor. B) Aqueous humor. C) Central pit. D) Optic disc. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vitreous humor. 12. What is the role of the inferior rectus muscle? A) It elevates and turns the eye laterally. B) It moves the eye laterally. C) It depresses and turns the eye medially. D) It elevates and turns the eye medially. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It depresses and turns the eye medially. 13. The two major ions that move back and forth across the cell membrane when the neuron is stimulated are A) Na+ and K+. B) Ca+ and K+. C) H2O and iron. D) Na+ and Ca+. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Na+ and K+. 14. During repolarization, the sodium channels are closed. How does this affect a neuron? A) The neuron cannot respond to new stimuli. B) The neuron becomes more sensitive to new stimuli. C) It does not affect the neuron; it can still respond to stimuli. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The neuron becomes more sensitive to new stimuli. 15. A mechanoreceptor is sensitive to A) Chemical substances. B) Physical stimuli:touch, pressure, sound waves, gravity. C) Light. D) Temperature change. E) Stimuli that cause pain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physical stimuli:touch, pressure, sound waves, gravity. 16. What is the part of the brain in charge of the feelings and memories? A) Brainstem. B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebellum. D) Amygdala. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amygdala. 17. What is the receptive part of a neuron? A) Axon hillock. B) Dendrite. C) Myelin sheath. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrite. 18. Disorder with the loss of control of the body with degrees of consciousness, seizures. A) Epilepsy. B) Knee jerk reflex. C) Central nervous system. D) Involuntary reflex. E) Sensory neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epilepsy. 19. Good circulation A) Blood circulation. B) Bloody urine. C) Smooth blood circulation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smooth blood circulation. 20. When neurotransmitters cross a synapse and bind to the receptors on a neuron ..... A) An action potential is initiated. B) An action potential is inhibited. C) An action potential is either inhibited or inhibited. D) None of the options is correct; neurotransmitters binding to receptors generally have little impact on action potentials. 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