This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 861 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 861 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which type of neuron sends signals to our muscles to move the body? A) Motor. B) Sensory. C) Interneurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor. 2. It refers to the closeness in numbers of each species in an area. A) Ecosystem stability. B) Species evenness. C) Species richness . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Species evenness. 3. What helps you maintain balance? A) Ear canal. B) Stirrup. C) Cochlea. D) Semicircular canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Semicircular canals. 4. The ..... forms shallow grooves A) Fissures. B) Sulcus. C) Gyrus. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sulcus. 5. True or False. The majority of concussions heal on their own. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. How many layers does the meninges consist of? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 7. True or False:Your body could survive without the nervous system A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Without looking at your notes, did you catch the word or "memory hook" to help you remember that the Autonomic Nervous System is involuntary? A) Autonomic = autonomy. B) Autonomic = automatic. C) Autonomic = automobile. D) Autonomic = select. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic = automatic. 9. Three parts of ear includes A) Internal ear. B) Middle ear. C) External ear. D) All of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of above. 10. Part of the brain that occupies the upper part of the cranial cavity and provides higher mental functions A) Cerebrum. B) Brainstem. C) Cerebral cortex. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 11. A sudden change in the polarity of the membrane of a neuron, gland cell, or muscle fiber that causes the transmission of electrical impulses A) Action potential. B) Membrane potential. C) Resting potential. D) Threshold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action potential. 12. The part of a neuron that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body; range in length from a millimeter to several feet A) Spinal cord. B) Axon. C) Dendrite. D) Neural strand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 13. The outermost of the three meninges A) Pia mater. B) Dura mater. C) Arachnoid mater. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dura mater. 14. Brain is situated in A) Skull. B) Skeleton. C) Rib cage. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 15. All chickens that we have seen have been brown; so, all chickens are brown. A) Deductive. B) Inductive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inductive. 16. Which of the following diseases is characterized by demyelination of the nervous system? A) Multiple sclerosis. B) Erb's palsy. C) Cerebral palsy. D) Hydrocephalus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multiple sclerosis. 17. Which type of neuron function is describe:detects changes A) Sensory. B) Intergrative. C) Motor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory. 18. A bundle of nerve fibers that carries an impulse (message) through the body. A) Spinal cord. B) Nerve. C) Brain stem. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nerve. 19. What separates the two hemispheres of the brain? A) Callous body. B) Longitudinal fissure. C) Transverse fissure. D) Midbrain. E) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Longitudinal fissure. 20. Meissner's Corpusles are what type of receptor A) Mechnoreceptor. B) Thermoreceptor. C) Pain Receptor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mechnoreceptor. ← 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