This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 979 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 979 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The cerebrum is the largest part of your brain and is composed of two hemispheres. It controls your ..... A) Balance and coordination. B) Breathing, heart rate, blood pressure. C) Voluntary movement, speech, hearing, vision, memory, reasoning. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Voluntary movement, speech, hearing, vision, memory, reasoning. 2. In vertebrates more advanced than the fishes, the processing of information is increasingly centered in the A) Thalamus. B) Forebrain. C) Midbrain. D) Hindbrain. E) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forebrain. 3. Which of the following cells destroys mutant cells? A) B cells. B) Cytotoxic T cells. C) Helper T cells. D) Memory cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cytotoxic T cells. 4. A-in a myelinated nerve fibre the impulse jump from one node of ranvier to the other.R-exchange of ions only take place at nodes of ranvier. A) Both A&R correct R are correct explanation of A. B) Both A&R are correct but R is not correct explanation of A. C) A is true but R is false. D) Both are incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both A&R correct R are correct explanation of A. 5. Which type of neurons are located in brain? A) Sensory neurons. B) Interneurons. C) Motor neurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interneurons. 6. What does a thermoreceptor sense? A) Chemicals. B) Movement. C) Pain. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature. 7. The endocrine system is made up of glands that release hormones into the blood. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. What are the two types of neurons? A) Sensory and motor. B) Motor and voluntary. C) Involuntary and sensory. D) Sensitive and motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory and motor. 9. Breathing and heartbeat are controlled by ..... A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Spinal cord. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medulla. 10. What is the role of sensory input in the body's control system? A) It activates effector organs to cause a response. B) It processes the input stimuli and decides what should be done. C) It receives stimuli via millions of sensory receptors throughout the body. D) It oversees all communication among the organ systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It receives stimuli via millions of sensory receptors throughout the body. 11. Which anatomical division of the nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord? A) Peripheral nervous system. B) Somatic nervous system. C) Central nervous system. D) Autonomic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central nervous system. 12. These nerves carry impulses from the brain and spinal cord to produce action i muscles and organs? A) Motor. B) Sensory. C) Mixed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor. 13. Which part of the brain helps you to remember A) Cerebrum. B) Medulla. C) Cerebellum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 14. What is the chemical that is released at the end of the axon and spreads across the gap so the impulse starts in a new nerve cell? A) Myelin. B) Neuron signal. C) Brain fluid. D) Neurotransmitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurotransmitter. 15. How are sensations carried to the brain? A) Through sensory nerves. B) Through motor nerves. C) Through associative nerves. D) Through connective nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Through sensory nerves. 16. What is the largest part of the brain called? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain stem. D) Callous body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 17. Also known as motor nerves ..... A) Dendrites. B) Afferent nerves. C) Bones. D) Efferent nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Efferent nerves. 18. Non-myelinated axons have a way to prevent sodium channels from opening after an action potential has passed. What is this called? A) Repolarization. B) Nerve impulse. C) Refractory period. D) Saltatory conduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refractory period. 19. What are the three parts of nervous system A) Brain, joints, limb. B) Brain, spinal cord, nerves. C) Nerves, hinges, spinal cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain, spinal cord, nerves. 20. Small mechanoreceptors, found on our hearing organ are called ..... A) Cochlear canals. B) Cochlear hair cells. C) Vestibular apparatus. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cochlear hair cells. ← 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