This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 620 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 620 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 26 small bones that make up your backbone and protect your spinal cord A) Brain. B) Myelin sheath. C) Brain stem. D) Nerves. E) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Vertebrae. 2. This is a hole on the microscope stage, through which the transmitted light from the source reaches the stage. A) Iris diaphragm. B) Aperture. C) Condenser. D) Stage clip. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aperture. 3. What is a dependent variable? A) Variable you change on purpose. B) Variable you measure for results. C) Variable that stays the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Variable you measure for results. 4. Which of the following is NOT a type of muscle? A) Smooth. B) Rough. C) Cardiac. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rough. 5. A 5-year-old boy presented with severe headache, fever, and vomiting following a persistent middle ear infection. A diagnosis of severe otitis media with acute mastoiditis was made. MRI result showed right cerebral abscess.The MOST likely region of the cerebrum of this patient where the abscess is located is A) Occipital lobe. B) Frontal lobe. C) Thalamus. D) Temporal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temporal lobe. 6. What does the voluntary nervous system control? A) Digestion and metabolism. B) Quick actions of the body. C) Physical and mental activity. D) Functions of the body at rest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physical and mental activity. 7. Which type of PNS neuroglial cells wrap a myelin sheath around the long axons of neurons? A) Astrocytes. B) Schwann cells. C) Ependymal cells. D) Oligodendrocytes. E) Satellite cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Schwann cells. 8. What is the function of the Axon Terminal? A) Releases neurotransmitters at a synapse. B) Releases neurotransmitters at dendrites. C) Releases neurotransmitters in the brain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Releases neurotransmitters at dendrites. 9. Thermoreceptors are sensitive to changes in what? A) Chemicals. B) Touch. C) Light. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature. 10. ..... are biochemical substances that are released into the synaptic cleft to stimulate or suppress other neurons. A) Receptors. B) Hormones. C) Neurotransmitters. D) Interneurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurotransmitters. 11. Which part of the brain is responsible for perception of touch, pressure and pain? A) Motor Cortex. B) Auditory Cortex. C) Sensory Cortex. D) Brain Stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory Cortex. 12. Passes the signal to the brain and back. A) Motor neuron. B) Sensory neuron. C) Interneuron/spinal cord. D) Pain receptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interneuron/spinal cord. 13. What layer of skin senses pain? A) Callus. B) Epidermis. C) Dermis. D) Hypodermis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dermis. 14. What are strands of tough connective tissue that connect skeletal muscles to bones? A) Ligaments. B) Veins. C) Neurons. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tendons. 15. Unilateral paralysis of the nerves that control the facial muscles, causing one side of the face to droop A) Bell's palsy. B) Cerebral palsy. C) Epilepsy. D) Otitis media. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bell's palsy. 16. The stomach does BOTH mechanical and chemical digestion. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. A change or signal that makes an organism react is called a A) Response. B) Stimulus. C) Reflex. D) Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stimulus. 18. A person with damage to the cerebellum will like have trouble with which sense? A) Taste. B) Hearing. C) Movement. D) Vision. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Movement. 19. Glial cells that wrap around nerve fibers and produce a fatty insulating material called myelin A) Oligodendrocytes. B) Axon. C) Myelin. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oligodendrocytes. 20. Your nails grow from a ..... A) Follicle. B) Root. C) Nail bed. D) Matrix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Root. ← 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