This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 975 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 975 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... neurons carry messages away from the central nervous system. A) Motor. B) Inter. C) Sensory. D) Flower. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor. 2. Which type of neuron is represented by the red arrow? A) Motor neuron (efferent). B) Motor neuron (afferent). C) Sensory neuron (efferent). D) Sensory neuron (afferent). E) Interneuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory neuron (afferent). 3. Controls your hearing & memory. A) Temporal Lobe. B) Occipital Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temporal Lobe. 4. Which type of neuron leads towards effectors? A) Sensory. B) Motor. C) Intermediate. D) Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor. 5. .... nerves work automatically, meaning the brain does it all for us. A) Autonomic. B) Motor. C) Sensory. D) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic. 6. Myelinated nerve fibers transmit impulses ..... than unmyelinated nerve fibers? A) Faster. B) Slower. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Faster. 7. Plant cells are..... A) Trapezoidal. B) Oval. C) Rectangular. D) Pentagonical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rectangular. 8. The neuroglial cells that produce the myelin sheaths to cover the axons are called ..... A) Oligodendrocytes. B) Astrocytes. C) Ependymal cells. D) Microglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oligodendrocytes. 9. How many estimated nerve cells are there in our bodies? A) 100 million. B) 2 trillion. C) 1 billion. D) 349 thousand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1 billion. 10. The cranial nerve with 3 branches than innervates the face and jaw muscles. Mixed motor and sensory function. A) Glossopharyngeal. B) Olfactory. C) Trigemnal. D) Vagus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trigemnal. 11. The wrinkles and grooves of the cerebrum are know as ..... A) Brain stem. B) Cerebellum. C) Convolutions. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convolutions. 12. Controls memory, pronunciation of words, sensations of smell and emotion A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Occipital. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temporal. 13. Tissues work together to make the following. A) Cells. B) Organs. C) Organ systems. D) Organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organs. 14. State the function of the cerebrum A) Responsible for conscious thought, reasoning and memory. B) Controls heart rate and breathing. C) Controls balance and coordinated movement. D) Controls most cell activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Responsible for conscious thought, reasoning and memory. 15. A change in voltage of a cell membrane in response to a stimulus that results in transmission of an electrical signal is called? A) Resting Membrane Potential. B) Action Potential. C) Threshold. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Action Potential. 16. Which is correct about nerve fibers? (M.A. 52) A. Axons are nerve fibers that carry nerve impulses into the cell. B. Axons are nerve fibers that carry nerve impulses away from the C cell. Nerve impulses move quickly in small nerve fibers. D. Nerve impulses travel quickly in membrane-bound nerve fibers. A) A and C. B) A and B. C) A and D. D) B and C. E) B and D. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) B and D. 17. The PNS splits into two systems. what are they? A) Upper and lower. B) CNS and PNS. C) Somatic and autonomic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Somatic and autonomic. 18. The long simple single bone that makes the upper arm A) Backbone. B) Skull. C) Humerous. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humerous. 19. ..... system involves breathing air in and out of the body. A) Skeletal. B) Muscular. C) Nervous. D) Respiratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Respiratory. 20. Brainstem A) Controls voluntary actions and emotional and intellectual processes. B) Controls heart beat, breathing, body temperature . C) Controls posture and balance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Controls heart beat, breathing, body temperature . ← 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