This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 631 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 631 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How does sensory receptors gather information? A) Detecting changes in the temperature and light. B) Magic. C) Stimulating nervous cells. D) Effectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Detecting changes in the temperature and light. 2. What is another name for the medulla? A) Brain stem. B) Stem brain. C) Brain flower. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain stem. 3. Which mixed nerve has sensory fibers associated with taste and motor fibers for conducting impulses for facial expressions, tear ducts, and salivary glands? A) Oculomotor (III). B) Facial (VII). C) Abducting (6). D) Hypoglossal (XII). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Facial (VII). 4. ..... are the lines of communication between the central nervous system, the various parts of the body, and the external environment. A) Peripheral nephrons. B) Peripheral nerves. C) Central nerves. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral nerves. 5. Which system is important in an emergency? A) Sympathetic system. B) Parasympathetic system. C) Central nervous system. D) Somatic system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic system. 6. This system directs the functions of all the human body systems; A) Cardiovascular System. B) Endocrine System. C) Nervous System. D) Lymphatic & Immune System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nervous System. 7. Where do oligodendrocytes primarily operate? A) In the peripheral nervous system. B) In the central nervous system. C) Outside the nervous system. D) In the digestive system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the central nervous system. 8. The axon externally covered by ..... Sheath A) Epidermal. B) Neurilemma. C) Myelin Sheath. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myelin Sheath. 9. How many pizzas did Kevin McCallister order? A) 2. B) 5. C) 10. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10. 10. Which division of the nervous system is in charge of voluntary movements like any movements involving our skeletal muscles. A) Autonomic. B) Somatic. C) Motor. D) Sensory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic. 11. The ..... division conducts impulses from the CNS to muscles and glands. A) Sensory. B) Motor. C) Sympathetic. D) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor. 12. Which lobe of the brain is responsible for sensing tactile (touch) stimulation? A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Occipital. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parietal. 13. Mark each of the following statements somatic nervous system or autonomic nervous system.controls digestion and heart rate A) Somatic nervous system. B) Autonomic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic nervous system. 14. Areas of rough endoplasmic reticulum concentration in the cell body A) Axon. B) Cell body. C) Collateral axon. D) Nissl bodies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nissl bodies. 15. Receptor that determines if your blood pressure is too high A) Baroreceptor. B) Proprioceptor. C) Chemoreceptor. D) Thermoreceptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baroreceptor. 16. What division of the peripheral nervous system is responsible for calming the body down so that it has the chance to digest food and conserve energy. A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic. 17. Which body system controls the body to maintain homeostasis? A) Excretory. B) Nervous. C) Circulatory. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nervous. 18. One of the functions of the nervous system A) Homeostasis. B) Telekinesis. C) Alveoli. D) Epidermis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homeostasis. 19. Correlation, association, and learning occur in the A) Cerebellum. B) Striped body. C) Medulla. D) Cerebrum. E) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum. 20. What is the primary function of microglial cells? A) To form myelin sheath around CNS nerve fibers. B) To line cerebrospinal fluid-filled cavities. C) To defend CNS cells. D) To surround neurons in the PNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To defend CNS cells. ← 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