This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 716 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 716 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Neurons do not have a nucleus. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 2. Atypical antipsychotics used as first-line therapy include all of the following, except: A) Risperidone (Risperdal\textregistered). B) Olanzapine (Zyprexa\textregistered). C) Levodopa (Larodopa\textregistered). D) Haloperidol (Haldol\textregistered). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Levodopa (Larodopa\textregistered). 3. Bundle of nerve fibers in the PNS A) Nerve. B) Neurons. C) Conclusion. D) Tract. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerve. 4. Which ion plays a role in the release of the neurotransmitter from the presynaptic cell to the post synaptic cell? A) Calcium. B) Sodium. C) Chlorine. D) Potassium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium. 5. In the autonomic division, this place where neurons meet is located close to the spinal cord to ensure excitatory messages can be quickly spread through the body: A) Sympathetic ganglia. B) Parasympathetic ganglia. C) Afferent neurons. D) Efferent neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic ganglia. 6. Where are the olfactory bulbs located? A) In the nasal passage. B) In the brain. C) In the tongue. D) In the eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the brain. 7. Faints A) Pass out. B) I ask. C) Tingling. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pass out. 8. Which part of the PNS controls the involuntary responses? (like regulating your heart beat or glands) A) Somatic nervous system. B) Autonomic nervous system. C) Spinal nervous system. D) Central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic nervous system. 9. When is the concentration of photoreceptors in the fovea? A) Many rods, many cones. B) Many rods, no cones. C) No rods, many cones. D) No rods, no cones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No rods, many cones. 10. Postganglionic neurons of the sympathetic nervous system release the neurotransmitter ..... A) Acetylcholine. B) Epinephrine. C) Adrenaline. D) Norepinephrine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Norepinephrine. 11. All of the animal groups listed below have a network of nerve cells for gathering information from the environment EXCEPT A) Sponges. B) Cnidarians. C) Platyhelminthes. D) Nematode. E) Mollusca. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sponges. 12. Chemoreceptors give us our sense of A) Taste and smell. B) Taste and hearing. C) Sight and hearing. D) Smell and touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taste and smell. 13. What animal(s) hunt by interpreting electrical impulses? A) Sharks. B) Bobcats. C) Eagles. D) Orcas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sharks. 14. Saltatory conduction involves ..... A) Nerve impulses leaping between the nodes of Ranvier. B) Transmission of a message along a nerve fibre. C) The movement of salts (ions) across a cell membrane. D) The way in which the cell repolarises after a membrane potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerve impulses leaping between the nodes of Ranvier. 15. Stimulus processed in the spinal cord for immediate response A) Reflex arc. B) Central nervous system. C) Motor neuron. D) Periphery nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reflex arc. 16. Star Shaped Cells that brace neurons, control chemical environment of the brain, and form the barrier between capillaries and neurons A) Astrocytes. B) Satellite cells. C) Schwann cells. D) Microglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astrocytes. 17. When an impulse reaches the end of an axon, the axon releases a ..... A) Chemical (neurotransmitters). B) Dendrite. C) Central nervous system. D) Interneurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemical (neurotransmitters). 18. This lobe of the cerebrum is associated with visual processing. A) Temporal. B) Parietal. C) Occipital. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occipital. 19. What is the insulating membrane that surrounds parts of the axon that helps the impulses travel faster called? A) Axon. B) Dendrites. C) Node of Ranvier. D) Myelin Sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myelin Sheath. 20. The area of the brain responsible for conscious thought, intellect, memory storage and processing, controlling the movement of skeletal muscles, and sensation is the A) Thalamus. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum. ← 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