This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 703 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 703 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How is the function of arteries different from that of veins? A) Arteries carry red blood; veins carry blue blood. B) Arteries carry blood to the body cells; veins carry blood to the lungs. C) Arteries carry blood away from the heart; veins carry blood to the heart. D) Arteries carry blood to the heart; veins carry blood away from the heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arteries carry blood away from the heart; veins carry blood to the heart. 2. Which neurone carries an electrical impulse from the CNS to a muscle or gland? A) Receptor. B) Motor neurone. C) Sensory neurone. D) Relay neurone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor neurone. 3. If your temporal lobe was damaged, what might happen to you? You would have trouble ..... A) Breathing. B) Processing speech. C) Remembering things. D) Controlling body temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Remembering things. 4. Personality, behavior, emotionsJudgment, planning, and problem solving are all controlled by which lobe of the brain? A) Frontal Lobe. B) Parietal Lobe. C) Occipital Lobe. D) Temporal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal Lobe. 5. The ..... is the main pathway for information connecting the brain and the peripheral nervous system. A) Spinal Cord. B) Brain Stem. C) Cerebellum. D) Neural Tube. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal Cord. 6. What are the basic units of structure and function in living things? A) Organs. B) Tissues. C) Cells. D) Systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cells. 7. What are leukocytes and why are they important? A) White blood cells / fight disease. B) White blood cells / make ATP. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) White blood cells / fight disease. 8. What is the colored portion of the eye called? A) Iris. B) Sclera. C) Pupil. D) Cornea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iris. 9. The grooves in the surface of the brain is also called ..... A) Gyri. B) Sulci. C) Ridges. D) Brain matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sulci. 10. The lobe that receives and interprets nerve impulses from the sensory receptors. A) Parietal. B) Occipital. C) Frontal. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parietal. 11. Retrograde means A) Away from the cell body. B) Towards the cell body. C) Running parallel to the cell body. D) Not moving to or from the cell body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Towards the cell body. 12. Do two neurons ever touch? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 13. What is the function of the myelin sheath? (More than one answer) A) Increases the speed of the nerve impulse transmission. B) Receives sensory stimuli. C) Works with the brain. D) Covers the axon to protect and electronically insulate them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increases the speed of the nerve impulse transmission. 14. Division of the nervous system that carries impulses to and from the skeletal muscles A) Autonomic. B) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic. 15. The speed of a neural impulse traveling along the nerve is: A) 15, 000 kmph. B) 100 meters per second. C) 42, 000 mps. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 100 meters per second. 16. Region of brain which controls involuntary reflexes (vomiting, sneezing, heartbeat, breathing etc.) A) Hippocampus. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Hypothalamus. D) Broca's area. E) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medulla oblongata. 17. Which body system helps to deliver nutrients from the digestive system to every part of the body? A) Circulatory. B) Muscular. C) Nervous. D) Respiratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circulatory. 18. This side of the brain is associated with mathematics A) Left. B) Right. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left. 19. There are ..... cranial nerves A) 7. B) 8. C) 10. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 12. 20. ATP has how many phosphate groups? A) 2. B) 3. C) 1. D) 13. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. ← 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