This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 925 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 925 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The organ of the inner ear that functions to transmit sound waves to nerve impulses is: A) Semicircular Canals. B) Cochlea. C) Vestibule. D) Ossicles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cochlea. 2. Collections of nerve cell bodies inside the PNS are called: A) Ganglia. B) Tracts. C) Nerves. D) Nuclei. E) Tracts or ganglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ganglia. 3. Part of the brain that serves as a switching station for sensory input A) Cerebellum. B) Midbrain. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thalamus. 4. A ..... is a nerve that carries impulses TO the brain or spinal cord FROM a muscle of gland. A) Sensory Neuron. B) Motor Neuron. C) Interneuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory Neuron. 5. Which part of the nervous system contains the brain and spinal cord? A) Central Nervous System. B) Peripheral Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central Nervous System. 6. These are specialized nerve cells that receive and transmit information to other cells, (sensory, integrative, motor) A) Neurons. B) Dendrites. C) Myelin Sheaths. D) Nodes of Ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurons. 7. This system is in control during normal circumstances and sleep. A) Sympathetic Nervous System. B) Parasympathetic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic Nervous System. 8. Single, long fibers that conducts information away from the cell A) Cell body. B) Dendrites. C) Axons. D) Myelin sheaths. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axons. 9. Tired A) Happy. B) Sad. C) Years. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Years. 10. PET works on the basis of: A) Tracking radioactive glucose that is injected into the patient to show which areas of the brain are active during mental processes. B) Tracking oxygenated blood in the brain during thinking tasks and producing a detailed image. C) X-ray technology to show the structures of the brain. D) Using infrared technology to detect the concentration of oxygenated blood during mental tasks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tracking radioactive glucose that is injected into the patient to show which areas of the brain are active during mental processes. 11. Which does not show reflexes. A) Knees jerk in response to a blow or someone stamping theleg. B) Bending down to get something on the floor. C) When light acts as a stimulus, the pupil of the eye changesin size. D) Coughing or sneezing, because of irritants in the nasalpassages. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bending down to get something on the floor. 12. The part of the neuron that acts as an insulator is ..... A) Cyton. B) Axon. C) Myelin sheath. D) Dendron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myelin sheath. 13. Problem solving is controlled by this lobe A) Parietal. B) Frontal. C) Occipital. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frontal. 14. Processes auditory information, encodes memory, processes emotions and languages A) Frontal Lobe. B) Temporal Lobe. C) Occipital Lobe. D) Parietal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temporal Lobe. 15. An injury to the spinal cord can result in: A) Concussion. B) Fracture. C) Dislocation. D) Paralysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paralysis. 16. The order of neurons along which an impulse travels is A) Inter, Motor, Sensory. B) Motor, Inter, Sensory. C) Sensory, Inter, Motor. D) There is no order. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory, Inter, Motor. 17. In its resting state the matrix outside a neuron has an overall ..... charge A) Negative. B) Positive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positive. 18. The brain is protected by A) Rib cage. B) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skull. 19. Spinal cord controls the behavior A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. Tick the part below that is made up of BONE: A) Brain. B) Spinal cord. C) Nerves. D) Spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spine. ← 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