This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 697 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 697 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An organism's reaction to a stimulus A) Stimulus. B) Response. C) Reaction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Response. 2. What nerve activates the muscles of facial expression and the lacrimal and salivary glands? A) Facial. B) Vagus. C) Accessory. D) Optic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Facial. 3. Connects cerebral hemispheres A) Spinal cord elongated. B) Midbrain. C) Pons. D) Corpus Callosum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Corpus Callosum. 4. The Na/K pump moves ..... Na ions ..... for every ..... K ions it moves ..... (of) the cell. A) 2-out-3-in. B) 3-out-2-in. C) 2-in-3-out. D) 3-in-2-out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3-out-2-in. 5. A neurotransmitter is: A) A type of cell used by the nervous system. B) A type of membrane found exclusively in the nervous system. C) A type of process that occurs in the nervous system. D) A type of chemical messenger used by the nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A type of chemical messenger used by the nervous system. 6. When the smooth muscles around organs and other internal body parts contract & relax to move food, it is called ..... A) Churn. B) Peristalsis. C) Gastric Fluid. D) Chyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peristalsis. 7. An insulating laye that forms around nerves made up of protein and fatty substances allows electrical impulses to transmit quickly and efficiently along the nerve cells. A) Axon. B) Cerberal Cortex. C) Dendrites. D) Myelin Sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myelin Sheath. 8. What do axons do A) Are part of every nerve cell. B) Are part of only some nerve cells. C) Conduct electrical impulse away from the cell body. D) BRING electrical impulses TO the cell body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conduct electrical impulse away from the cell body. 9. A narrow gap that separates the synaptic neuron from the postsynaptic cell A) Synaptic cleft. B) Spatial summation. C) Inhibitory postsynaptic potentials. D) Substance P. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synaptic cleft. 10. Which part of the body is made up of bundles of neurons that carry impulses from all parts of the body to the brain and from the brain to all parts of the body? A) Central nervous system. B) Spinal cord. C) Brain. D) Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central nervous system. 11. Set of physiological changes that occurs in the body in response to stress to protect the organism A) Fight or flight condition. B) Mental health. C) Psychological stress. D) Biological stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fight or flight condition. 12. How can near sightedness be corrected? A) Using concave lens. B) Using convex lens. C) Using bifocal lens. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using concave lens. 13. What's the condition called when a person has no use of their legs? A) Paraplegia. B) Quadriplegia. C) Transient Paralysis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paraplegia. 14. Which of the following is not a mechanoreceptor? A) Free Nerve Endings. B) Myelin Sheaths. C) Tactile Corpuscles. D) Lamellated Corpuscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myelin Sheaths. 15. *The thin filaments of striated muscle are made of which protein(s)? A) *actin. B) Tropomyosin. C) Troponin. D) *all of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) *all of the above. 16. The bones that protect your spinal cord are called ..... A) Diaphragm. B) Cerebrospinal fluid. C) Vertebral column. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebral column. 17. How many parts are included in the BRAINSTEM? A) 2. B) 6. C) 1. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 18. Stimulatory binding of NT's at a neuron-neuron chemical synapse begins the process of ..... in a post-synaptic neuron A) Polarization. B) Depolarization. C) Repolarization. D) Hyperpolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Depolarization. 19. A loss of hearing could be associated with which cranial nerve? A) Olfactory. B) Trigeminal. C) Vestibulocochlear. D) Accessory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vestibulocochlear. 20. Would kicking a soccer ball be controlled by the somatic or autonomic nervous system? A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic. ← 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