This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 649 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 649 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. TOM/O means splitting A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Which part of the brain controls the conscious mind? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain Stem. D) Midbrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 3. Light waves are what type of stimuli? A) Mechanical stimuli. B) Electromagnetic stimuli. C) All choices. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electromagnetic stimuli. 4. Cells in the retina capable of phototransduction when stimulated by light rays A) Phototransduction. B) Cones. C) Rods. D) Photorecepters. E) Bipolar Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Photorecepters. 5. Conduction pathway composed of white matter in the CNS A) Ganglion. B) Nerve. C) Nerve tract. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerve tract. 6. Dynamic equilibrium (balance) receptors are located in the A) Semicircular canals. B) Cochlea. C) Papillae. D) Tympanic membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semicircular canals. 7. Neurons that bring information into the CNS are: A) Sensory. B) Motor. C) Interneurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory. 8. The ..... hemisphere of the brain is considered the academic and logical side. A) Left. B) Right. C) Middle. D) Dominant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left. 9. When an impulse leaves a neuronal pool to stimulate several others it is known as A) Convergence. B) Divergence. C) Amplification. D) Threshold response. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Divergence. 10. This portion of the brain is responsible for hunger, thirst, blood pressure and body temperature. A) Hypothalamus. B) Thalamus. C) Limbic system. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypothalamus. 11. These types of nerves cells are non conducting and are involved in structural support and metabolism. A) Glial cells. B) Interneuron cells. C) Glioblast cells. D) Sensory cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glial cells. 12. The path of a message to the nerve cell is A) Dendrite, axon, nucleus. B) Axon, dendrite, nucleus. C) Brain, muscle, heart. D) AV, Lillian, Daddy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrite, axon, nucleus. 13. What is the first part of the eye that light hits? A) Lens. B) Retina. C) Optic Nerve. D) Cornea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cornea. 14. Dendrites conduct impulses: A) Toward cell bodies. B) Away from cell bodies. C) Within cell bodies. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Toward cell bodies. 15. Emergency condition in which the retina separates from the layer of blood vessels that supports it A) Retinal detachment. B) Astigmatism. C) Acoustic neuroma. D) Otitis media. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Retinal detachment. 16. The immediate action brought about in the body by a stimulus is: A) Response. B) Reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflex. 17. Which is the unique cell organalle of nerve cell? A) Lysosomes. B) Nissl bodies. C) Mitochondria. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nissl bodies. 18. The cell body contains A) Axon and brain. B) Nucleus and brain. C) Nucleus and cytoplasm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nucleus and cytoplasm. 19. Something in the environment that an organism can notice and react to. A) Stimulus. B) Response. C) Reflex. D) Peripheral. E) Nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stimulus. 20. The division of the nervous system that is generally self-regulating is called the ..... nervous system. A) Central. B) Somatic. C) Autonomic. D) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autonomic. ← 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