This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 673 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 673 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This is the cerebral lobe that is found on the back of the brain. A) Occipital. B) Frontal. C) Temporal. D) Insula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Occipital. 2. Number 1 A) Axon. B) Dendrite. C) Cell body. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrite. 3. Someone experiencing serve headache, nausea and vomiting might be suffering from what disorder? A) Epilepsy. B) Hydrocephalus. C) Meningitis. D) Cerebral palsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meningitis. 4. Which of these muscles are under our control A) Smooth. B) Skeletal. C) Cardiac. D) Both smooth and cardiac. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal. 5. Relay neurons A) Sensory nerves. B) Motor nerves. C) Interneurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interneurons. 6. Which of the following defines Axons? A) Contains the nucleus. B) Fibers that send messages to other neurons. C) Fibers that receive messages from other neurons. D) Gap that is found between two neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fibers that send messages to other neurons. 7. Heart beating A) Voluntary Action. B) Involuntary Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involuntary Action. 8. This is the "superhighway" of the nervous system. A) Brainstem. B) Spinal cord. C) Back bone. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord. 9. Is the brain soft and delicate A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. What two senses is the ear involved with? A) Hearing and balance. B) Taste and smell. C) Touch and sight. D) Smell and touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hearing and balance. 11. The two main types of cells that make up the nervous system are ..... A) Neurons and neuroglial cells. B) Spinal cord and brain. C) Neurons and nerve cells. D) Epithelial and connective cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurons and neuroglial cells. 12. What is dystonia A) Slowed movements. B) A movement disorder in which a persons muscles contract uncontrollably. C) The framework of the body, consisting of bones and other connective tissues, which protects and supports the body tissues and internal organs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A movement disorder in which a persons muscles contract uncontrollably. 13. Brain size has some relationship to intelligence. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Your brain has about..... neurons. A) 500 million. B) 100 million. C) 100 billion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 100 billion. 15. Scattered throughout the cytoplasm of membranous sacs are called? A) Chromoatphilic substance. B) Neurofibromas. C) Neurilemma. D) Neurofibrils. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chromoatphilic substance. 16. You are working quietly in the library when a friend sneaks up from behind and scares you, making your heart race. At this time, your ..... nervous system would be dominant. A) Parasympathetic. B) Sympathetic. C) Somatic. D) Central. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic. 17. A ..... neuron may conduct impulses from your brain and spinal cord to the muscles in your legs A) Sensory. B) Enclosed. C) Motor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor. 18. Tracts of unmyelinated fibers in the CNS A) Gray matter. B) White matter. C) Schwann cells. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gray matter. 19. Receptors for taste and smell are called A) Chemoreceptors. B) Gustatory hairs. C) Olfactory hairs. D) Decibels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemoreceptors. 20. This butterfly shaped structure has 2 hemispheres, it is white on the inside and gray on the outside. This structure controls balance and equilibrium, coordination, and makes you aware of your body position. A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Diencephalon. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. ← 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