This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 74 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 74 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This connects the brain and spinal cord. A) Brain stem. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Puns. D) Cerebral cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain stem. 2. Schwann cell A) Forebrain. B) Peripheral Nervoussystem. C) Cyton. D) Hind brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral Nervoussystem. 3. What does the motor (efferent) division of the peripheral nervous system control? A) Sense organs. B) Skeletal muscles. C) Cardiac and smooth muscles, glands. D) Both B and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both B and C. 4. Which actions are controlled by the Nervous System? A) Blinking. B) Running. C) Breathing. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of them. 5. When you hit your funny bone you have hit A) The radial nerve. B) The ulnar nerve. C) The median nerve. D) Sciatic nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ulnar nerve. 6. What system*transports nutrients to cells*transports waste away from the cells*transports disease fighting white blood cells to areas of infection A) Digestive. B) Respiratory. C) Circulatory. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circulatory. 7. What part of the eye is #3 pointing to? A) Iris. B) Pupil. C) Sclera. D) Cornea. E) Retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sclera. 8. Touch receptors are classified as A) Mechanoreceptors. B) Nociceptors. C) Chemoceptors. D) Photoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mechanoreceptors. 9. Which external stimulus is detected by sensory receptors in the skin? What external stimulus do the skin's sensory receptors detect? A) Sound. B) Light. C) Odor. D) Pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pressure. 10. There are more than ..... known neurotransmitters. A) 52. B) 25. C) 24. D) 42. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 25. 11. The structure that connects the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex is the A) Pineal gland. B) Pons. C) Reticular formation. D) Callous body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Callous body. 12. What type of impulse does a neuron fire when it is stimulated? A) Electrical. B) Chemical. C) Mechanical. D) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electrical. 13. A nerve ending on receptor cells that responds to a stimulus in the environment. A) Neuron. B) Conclusion. C) Response. D) Sensory Receptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory Receptor. 14. The ..... lobe of the brain is responsible for movement and balance. A) Frontal. B) Occipital. C) Parietal. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parietal. 15. This part of the neuron receives information from other neurons. A) Dendrite. B) Axon. C) Nerve. D) Myelin sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrite. 16. A junction between an axon and another cell is called a A) Conclusion. B) Presynaptic cell. C) Postsypnatic cell. D) Neurotransmitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conclusion. 17. Whitish, fatty material that covers most long nerve fibers. has a waxy appearance. they protect and insulate the fibers and increase the transmission rate of nerve impulses A) Repolarization. B) Myelin. C) Midbrain. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myelin. 18. The messages carried by the nervous system are electrical signals called ..... A) Impulses. B) Dendrites. C) Axon. D) Nodes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impulses. 19. What protects the brain and spinal cord? A) Plasma. B) Muscles. C) Blood. D) Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone. 20. Functional nervous system division that carries information from the central nervous system toward effectors A) Motor (efferent) division. B) Sensory (afferent) division. C) Peripheral nervous system (PNS). D) Central nervous system (CNS). E) Autonomic nervous system (ANS). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor (efferent) division. ← 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