This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 787 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 787 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many cranial nerves originate in the brain? A) 10. B) 12. C) 14. D) 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12. 2. ..... is the body's communication network. A) Brain. B) Hand. C) Nervous system. D) Spinal fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nervous system. 3. ..... or the cortex is the largest part of the human brain. A) Atox. B) Cerebellum. C) Spinal cord. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum. 4. The somatic nervous system deals with ..... A) Involuntary movements. B) Voluntary movements. C) Senses. D) Perception. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voluntary movements. 5. What is the blue part of the brain? A) Temporal Lobe. B) Occipital Lobe. C) Parietal Lobe. D) Front Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parietal Lobe. 6. Stimulate parotid salivary glands A) Vagus nerve. B) Facial nerve. C) Glossopharyngeal nerve. D) Oculomotor nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glossopharyngeal nerve. 7. The brains role is to receive information from the body, process it and send messages telling the body how to respond A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. A reflex performed ..... as an automatic response to a stimulus A) With conscious thought. B) Without conscious thought. C) Without a receptor. D) Without the central nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Without conscious thought. 9. Which part of the neuron carries impulses away from the cell body? A) Cell body. B) Myelin sheath. C) Dendrites. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axon. 10. What is the all-or-none response in the context of a nerve impulse? A) The impulse always starts but may not proceed through the whole neuron. B) The impulse proceeds through the neuron only if a certain light switch is flipped. C) Either the threshold is met and the impulse proceeds through the whole neuron, or it never starts at all. D) The impulse can be partially transmitted depending on the strength of the stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Either the threshold is met and the impulse proceeds through the whole neuron, or it never starts at all. 11. An example of a response to a stimulus is A) A boy smelling a flower. B) Eyes blinking due to smoke in the air. C) A person tapping on the shoulder of a friend. D) A loud clap of thunder following lightning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eyes blinking due to smoke in the air. 12. The nervous system controls the body's actions. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. -osmia A) Smell condition. B) Vision condition. C) Ear condition. D) Balance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smell condition. 14. What is the LARGEST part of your brain? A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Spinal cord. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 15. True or False:the cell body of a neuron has a nucleus. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. What is the only type of neuron in the brain? A) Sensory neuron. B) Interneuron. C) Motor neuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interneuron. 17. Helps focus the lens in the eye and control the amount of light entering the eye. A) Oculomotor. B) Trigeminal. C) Trochlear. D) Facial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oculomotor. 18. Part of the central nervous system extending from the brainstem through the vertebral canal A) Spinal cord. B) Spinal nerve. C) Somatic nervous system. D) Midbrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord. 19. What do glial cells do? A) Transmit signals throughout the nervous system. B) Support and protect neurons. C) Impair synapses. D) Receive signals from sensory receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Support and protect neurons. 20. What does the SOMATIC part of the peripheral nervous system control? A) Voluntary actions. B) Involuntary actions. C) Semi-voluntary actions. D) Automatic actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voluntary actions. ← 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