This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 82 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 82 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Neurons have a nucleus. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Encephalomalacia A) Softening of the brain. B) Occuring after a seizure or attack. C) Inflammation of a nerve. D) Disease of the nerve roots. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Softening of the brain. 3. True or FlaseAction potential decay over distance A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. What are the sources of stimulation that start a nerve impulse? A) Hormones. B) Sensory receptors. C) Motor neurons. D) Effector organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory receptors. 5. The difference between a two neuron and three neuron reflex arc is that: A) A two neuron reflex arc has no interneuron between the sensor and motor neurons. B) A two neuron reflex arc has no interneuron after the sensor and motor neurons. C) A three neuron reflex arc has has the interneuron before the sensor and motor neurons. D) A three neuron reflex arc has the interneuron after the sensor and motor neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A two neuron reflex arc has no interneuron between the sensor and motor neurons. 6. Multipolar A) One dendrite and axons. B) One axon and dendrites. C) One axon and one dendrite. D) Dendrites only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One axon and dendrites. 7. What are the two parts of the nervous system? A) The outer nervous system and inner nervous system. B) The central nervous system and inner nervous system. C) The outer nervous system and peripheral nervous system. D) The central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. 8. Examples of voluntary movements: A) Breathing. B) Heartbeats. C) Digestion. D) Running and walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Running and walking. 9. Sends out and coordinates the brains messages. Also controls automatic functions like breathing. A) Spinal cord. B) Brainstem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brainstem. 10. What is the English Meaning of the Medical Term Thec/o [ THEC/o ]? A) Paralysis [ Paralyzed ]. B) Movement. C) Speech. D) Sheath [ Refers to the Meninges ]. E) Pain, Painful Condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sheath [ Refers to the Meninges ]. 11. Steven was staring at a purple piece of paper. When he looked away he still saw the image but it was yellow. This is an example of A) Accurate depth perception. B) Retina. C) Blind spot. D) Afterimage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Afterimage. 12. The ..... lobe, located behind the forehead, does much of the work of complex thinking, like planning, imagining, making decisions, and reasoning. A) Frontal lobe. B) Parietal lobe. C) Temporal lobe. D) Occipital lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal lobe. 13. The white matter of the spinal cord is made up of ..... A) Cell bodies of the neurons. B) Cell bodies of the cytons. C) Nerve fibres of the neurons. D) Nerve fibres of the cytons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerve fibres of the neurons. 14. How do animals learn how to respond to stimuli through experience? A) Inborn responses. B) Learnt responses. C) Developed responses. D) Innate responses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inborn responses. 15. Which neuroglial cell is responsible for myelination of the axons of neurons of the peripheral nervous system? A) Oligodendrocites. B) Schwann cells. C) Satellite cells. D) Astrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Schwann cells. 16. Clusters of neuron cell bodies in the CNS are called ..... A) Ganglia. B) Nerves. C) Nuclei. D) Tracts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nuclei. 17. This type of neuron carries impulse to move muscles or cause glands to secrete. A) Sensory. B) Motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor. 18. With proper nutrition nerve cells can live how long? A) 10 years. B) 20 years. C) 50 years. D) 100 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 100 years. 19. Carries signal from environment to CNS A) Afferent neuron. B) Efferent neuron. C) Interneuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Afferent neuron. 20. The suffix for hernia or protrusion is-cele A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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