This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 637 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 637 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Nerves that enable communication between the right and left cerebral hemispheres. A) Callous body. B) Cerebral hemispheres. C) Biological clock. D) Wires. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Callous body. 2. What type of waves does the brain exhibit when it is fully awake and engaged? A) Alpha. B) Beta. C) Delta. D) Gamma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beta. 3. The light enters through you ....., and goes through your eye lens. A) Iris. B) Pupil. C) Lens. D) Retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pupil. 4. What is the function of the Cerebellum in the brain? A) It is responsible for higher cognitive functions. B) It maintains posture and balance. C) It controls involuntary actions like heartbeat and breathing. D) It processes visual information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It maintains posture and balance. 5. Damage to which lobe causes difficulty naming objects, writing words, reading, drawing, doing math, and difficulty distinguishing L & R and poor visual perception? A) Frontal lobe. B) Parietal lobe. C) Occipital lobe. D) Temporal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parietal lobe. 6. When sound enters our ear, the eardrum ..... A) Vibrates. B) Recognises the sound. C) Dances. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vibrates. 7. Which of the following is NOT in the MIDDLE EAR? A) Auricle. B) Eustachian tube. C) Malleus. D) Tympanic Membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Auricle. 8. The basic structural unit of the nervous system is the A) Dendrite. B) Neuron. C) Nucleus. D) Neurilemma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neuron. 9. Ganglions in the PNS are equivalent to what in the CNS? A) Root. B) Tract. C) Nerve. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nucleus. 10. You've been practicing your jump shot for basketball every day. When you get into a game, which section of your brain allows you to use these motions easily and without thought? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain stem. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 11. Which three body systems allow you to move? A) Muscular, skeletal, digestive. B) Nervous, excretory, digestive. C) Nervous, muscular, skeletal. D) Muscular, skeletal, circulatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nervous, muscular, skeletal. 12. The sciatic nerve contains fibers of only one spinal nerve. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. Which part of the body is the control center for the nervous system? ¿Qué parte del cuerpo es el centro de control del sistema nervioso? A) Spinal cord. B) Brain. C) Nerves. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain. 14. Awareness and conscious occurs in what structure? A) Hypothalamus. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum. 15. Interneurons definition A) Central nodes of neural circuits, enabling communication between sensory or motor neurons and the central nervous system. B) Are nerve cells within the nervous system responsible for converting external stimuli from the organism's environment into internal electrical impulses. C) A nerve cell forming part of a pathway along which impulses pass from the brain or spinal cord to a muscle or gland. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central nodes of neural circuits, enabling communication between sensory or motor neurons and the central nervous system. 16. The cerebellum is the portion of the brain located in the back of the head between the cerebrum and the brain stem. It controls your ..... A) Balance and coordination. B) Breathing, heart rate, blood pressure. C) Voluntary movement, speech, hearing, vision, memory, reasoning. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Balance and coordination. 17. Subarachnoid space within the meninges is where CSF is located A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Cells that form the myelin sheath around the axons A) Astrocytes. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Schwann cells. D) Neuroglial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schwann cells. 19. Skeletal muscles are part of the A) Somatic Nervous System. B) Autonomic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic Nervous System. 20. Neurons connect to each other to transmit messages. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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