This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 930 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 930 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The nervous system consists of how many systems? A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two. 2. The cerebellum is the largest part of the brain ..... A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. A ..... neuron carries nerve impulses from one neuron to another A) Inter. B) Motor. C) Sensory. D) Impulse tagsneuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inter. 4. The cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column. A) Vertebra. B) Spinal Cord. C) Nerve Impulse. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal Cord. 5. What are the sensory organs of the somatic nervous system called? A) Stimuli. B) Neurons. C) Receptors. D) Effectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Receptors. 6. The use of a special chemical in the brain can conduct an electrical current? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Which of the following is NOT a major function of muscle tissue? A) Generating heat through contractions. B) Stabilizing joints. C) Promoting movement of body structures. D) Storing energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Storing energy. 8. The nerve cell that carries impulses from a sense receptor to the brain or spinal cord is a ..... A) Efferent Neuron. B) Afferent Neuron. C) Relay Neuron. D) Neurotransmitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Afferent Neuron. 9. Which region of the brain regulates appetite and sleep patterns? A) The medulla oblongata. B) The cerebrum. C) The hypothalamus. D) The cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The hypothalamus. 10. What is the smallest part of the nervous system called? A) Brain cell. B) Spinal cord. C) Neuron. D) Nucleus tagsMS-LS1.8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neuron. 11. Glial cells..... A) Allow for the generation, transmission, reception, and response to/of electrochemical signals. B) Support the functioning of neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Support the functioning of neurons. 12. What is the function of the PARIETAL LOBE? A) Processes memory. B) Processes sense of touch and pain. C) Processes your hearing. D) Processes your vision. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Processes sense of touch and pain. 13. Helps process our sensations (pain, pressure, etc) A) Temporal lobe. B) Occipital lobe. C) Parietal lobe. D) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parietal lobe. 14. Which of the given part of the brain controls inborn reflexes like coughing or sneezing and breathing and heartbeat? A) The marrow is swollen. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The marrow is swollen. 15. Sensory receptors that respond to physical touch, stretch, hearing, and pressure A) Chemoreceptors. B) Thermoreceptors. C) Mechanoreceptors. D) Photoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mechanoreceptors. 16. The nerves that coordinate messages from the brain and spine to other parts of the body are part of the A) Central Nervous System. B) Peripheral Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral Nervous System. 17. What is the role of oligodendrocytes in the nervous system? A) They are phagocytes that defend CNS cells. B) They line cerebrospinal fluid-filled cavities. C) They have processes that form myelin sheaths around CNS nerve fibers. D) They are the most abundant and versatile neuroglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They have processes that form myelin sheaths around CNS nerve fibers. 18. Your brain is able to pull together sensory information from the environment while controlling bodily functions-all at the same time. This is an example of: A) Plasticity. B) Complexity. C) Integration. D) Electrochemical transmission. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Integration. 19. Which type of neuron processes information from sensory neurons and sends out responses to motor neurons? A) Meter neurons. B) Interneurons. C) Enterneurons. D) Mobil neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interneurons. 20. Emotion and personality is located here A) Frontal Lobe. B) Parietal Lobe. C) Occipital Lobe. D) Temporal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal Lobe. ← 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