This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 83 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 83 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Nerve cells that conduct impulses from the brain to muscles and glands throughout your body A) Sensory neurons. B) Motor neurons. C) Neurotransmitters. D) Interneurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor neurons. 2. This is at the end of a neuron A) Axon. B) Axon terminal. C) Dendrites. D) Cell body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon terminal. 3. What are the chemical senses in humans called? A) Sight and hearing. B) Smell and taste. C) Touch and pressure. D) Balance and movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smell and taste. 4. What are the two main parts of the CNS? A) Heart and brain. B) Brain and spinal cord. C) Brain and muscles. D) Stomach and brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain and spinal cord. 5. Which part of the brain is responsible for regulating breathing, heart rate & blood pressure? A) Brainstem. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brainstem. 6. A type of sensory receptor that detects chemicals are ..... A) Chemoreceptors. B) Mechanoreceptors. C) Thermoreceptors. D) Nocireceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemoreceptors. 7. If you were to touch the spine on a cactus, what would be the correct order of the reflex response? A) Sensory neuron, brain, motor neuron. B) Motor neuron, brain, sensory neuron. C) Motor neuron, sensory neuron, brain. D) Sensory neuron, motor neuron, brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory neuron, brain, motor neuron. 8. Which neurotransmitter is associated with reward mechanisms in the brain? A) Norepinephrine. B) Dopamine. C) GABA. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dopamine. 9. Indirect motor pathway A) Corticobulbar tract. B) Vestibulospinal tract. C) Lateral corticospinal tract. D) Anterior corticospinal tract. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vestibulospinal tract. 10. What happens first when a neurotransmitter binds to a postsynaptic neuron? A) Ions diffuse. B) Repolarization. C) Ca 2+ channels open. D) Electrophoresis begins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ions diffuse. 11. Preparing the body for the "fight-or-flight" response is the role of the ..... A) Cerebrum. B) Parasympathetic nervous sys. C) Sympathetic nervous sys. D) Somatic nervous sys. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sympathetic nervous sys. 12. What is the purpose of the respiratory system? A) Takes in oxygen and release carbon dioxide. B) Takes in carbon dioxide and releases oxygen. C) Takes in nitrogen and releases carbon dioxide. D) Takes in oxygen and releases nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Takes in oxygen and release carbon dioxide. 13. The voluntary nervous system is also called the ..... nervous system. A) Somatic. B) Motor. C) Central. D) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic. 14. The information that is gathered by the body is known as ..... A) Organs. B) Nerves. C) Stimuli. D) Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stimuli. 15. Lobe at the bottom of the back. A) Frontal lobe. B) Parietal lobe. C) Temporal lobe. D) Occipital lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occipital lobe. 16. A loss of the difference in charge between the inside and outside of the plasma membrane of a nerve cell due to a change in permeability and migration of sodium ions to the interior. A) Repolarization. B) Polarized. C) Depolarization. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Depolarization. 17. Which neurons carry messages from the brain to muscles? A) Sensory neuron. B) Motor neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor neuron. 18. Where the auditory and the olfactory areas are located. A) Temporal lobe. B) Irritability. C) Frontal lobe. D) Neurotransmitters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temporal lobe. 19. Regular movement of muscles are controlled by which section of the Peripheral nervous system? A) Autonomic (Involuntary). B) Somatic (voluntary). C) Sensory. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic (voluntary). 20. Which detect stretch or tension A) Muscle Spindle. B) Bare nerve endings. C) Pacinian corpuscles. D) Proprioceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proprioceptors. ← 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