This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 969 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 969 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which part of the brain is known as the language comprehension center? A) Broca's. B) Wernicke's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wernicke's. 2. #9, Carries visual information to the brain. A) Optic nerve. B) Retina. C) Cornea. D) Pupil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Optic nerve. 3. Nervous system is the most important system in the body A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 4. Levdopa treats Parkinson's by A) Mimicking the effect of dopamine. B) Repairing cells in the substantia nigra. C) Enabling movement. D) Enabling speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mimicking the effect of dopamine. 5. Which part of the brain do you use to direct incoming signals to the appropriate part of the cerebellum? A) Midbrain. B) Pons. C) Thalamus. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thalamus. 6. Sound receptors are present in the ..... A) Eye. B) Ear. C) Skin. D) Nose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ear. 7. Chemical-electrical signals travel down neurons much like A) Water gushes over a waterfall. B) A snake slithers through the grass. C) A flame travels along the fuse of a firecracker. D) A helium-filled balloon rises in the sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A flame travels along the fuse of a firecracker. 8. After looking up a phone number, Jim calls it, then forgets. The number was stored in his A) Short-Term Memory. B) Long Term Memory. C) Visual Memory. D) Echoic Memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short-Term Memory. 9. This part of the neuron receives electrical impulses from other neurons. A) Axon. B) Dendrite. C) Myelin sheath. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrite. 10. Signals move through the central and peripheral nervous systems with the help of ..... cells. A) Glial. B) Dendrites. C) Axon. D) Axon terminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glial. 11. We don't feel pain when growing hair and nails are cut as they don't have ..... A) Muscular cells. B) Skin cells. C) Nerve cells. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerve cells. 12. Which part of the brain stem is the lowest and controls heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing? A) Midbrain. B) Spinal cord elongated. C) Pons. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord elongated. 13. The cranial number of the optic nerve? A) I. B) II. C) IV. D) VIII. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) II. 14. A condition caused by sudden movement of the brain, where the brain hits the skull is called A) Brain Injury. B) Concussion. C) Headache. D) Nervous System disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concussion. 15. We have two types of nerves between our spinal cord and the outside of our body ..... A) Motor and peripheral. B) Peripheral and sensory. C) Sensory and motor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory and motor. 16. The region in the eye where the rods and cones are located is the A) Retina. B) Cornea. C) Choroid. D) Sclera. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Retina. 17. Which of these is NOT part of a neuron? A) Axon. B) Dendrites. C) Cell body. D) Axon terminals. E) Neurotransmitters. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Neurotransmitters. 18. Which term matches the following definition. Definition:A nerve cell, the basic unit of the nervous system that transfers information around the body. A) Nervous System. B) Homeostasis. C) Neurons. D) Immune System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurons. 19. Sensory Neurons are the nerve cells that: A) Sense inputs, like taste, touch, smell, sounds, and sights. B) Respond to outputs. C) Trigger muscle cells to respond. D) Are in your brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sense inputs, like taste, touch, smell, sounds, and sights. 20. Each of the series of small bones forming the backbone, having several projections for articulation and muscle attachment, and a hole through which the spinal cord passes. A) Spinal Cord. B) Axon. C) Conclusion. D) Vertebra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vertebra. ← 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