This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 909 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 909 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Al experienced hallucinations, seizures, and temporary loss of consciousness. His doctor diagnosed the condition following an EEG which showed uncontrolled electrical activity of neurons. With which disorder has Al been diagnosed? A) Epilepsy. B) Hydrocephalus. C) Meningitis. D) Neuritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epilepsy. 2. There are 2 basic types of reflexes. Which 1 occurs when pulling your hand away from a hot object A) Autonomic reflex. B) Somatic reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic reflex. 3. The Meninges are the coverings of ..... A) Heart. B) Lungs. C) Brain. D) Liver. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain. 4. The ridges found within the cerebrum are called A) Plexiglass. B) Gyri. C) Sulci. D) Sweet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gyri. 5. Damage to Broca's area causes speech that is A) Non fluent, slurred, comprised mostly of nouns and verbs. B) Fluent, but does not make sense. C) Coherent. D) Slurred. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non fluent, slurred, comprised mostly of nouns and verbs. 6. What is a hemorrhagic stroke? A) Brain bleed. B) Blood vessel blockage. C) Concussion. D) Temporary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain bleed. 7. What connects veins to arteries? A) Veins. B) Arteries. C) Capillaries. D) Vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capillaries. 8. Which muscle receptor sense the amount of stretch and the rate of stretch? A) Pacinian corpuscles. B) Muscle spindle. C) Golgi tendon organ. D) Ruffini's corpuscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscle spindle. 9. The gradual shrinking of the neurons in the cerebrum. A) Epilepsy. B) Parkinson's. C) Alzheimer's. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alzheimer's. 10. The nerve that consist of sense neurons is known as ..... A) Brain nerve. B) Sensory nerve. C) Muscles nerve. D) Skeletal nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory nerve. 11. Sensory neurons carry messages ..... A) From the spine to the brain. B) From the five senses to the brain. C) From the brain to the muscles. D) From the hands to the feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From the five senses to the brain. 12. What is the control center of the nervous system? A) Spinal cord. B) Cerebrum. C) Medulla. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain. 13. Whose job is it to carry nerve impulses away from a cell body in a neuron? A) Axons. B) Dendrites. C) Spinal Cord. D) Synapses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axons. 14. How many axons are there? A) 6. B) 3. C) 1. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1. 15. State the main function of the peripheral nervous system choose the BEST answer A) To keep us happy all the time. B) To control homeostasis. C) To control the operation and movements of the body based on the sensory information it gathers, both internally and externally. D) To make us sweat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To control the operation and movements of the body based on the sensory information it gathers, both internally and externally. 16. I use my eyes to see ..... and shapes. A) Quiet. B) Colours. C) Soft. D) Bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colours. 17. What type of neuroglia help dispose of dead brain cells? A) Astrocytes. B) Microglia. C) Ependymal cells. D) Oligodendrocytes. E) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Microglia. 18. True or false potassium is low on the outside? A) True. B) Talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. The number of neurons in the cerebral cortex A) 15 thousand. B) 1300. C) 14 bln. D) 39 mln. E) 160 thousand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14 bln. 20. Part of the brain that connects the brain to the spinal cord A) Brainstem. B) Hypothalamus. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brainstem. ← 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