This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 995 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 995 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ..... contains bundles of axons that carry impulses from one part of the nervous system to another. A) White matter. B) Gray matter. C) Does this really matter?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) White matter. 2. Made up of sensory and motor neurons or all the nerve cells outside of the central nervous system. A) Peripheral nervous system. B) Homeostasis. C) Myelin sheath. D) Cell body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peripheral nervous system. 3. How does caffeine make you feel energetic? A) Caffeine stimulates the nervous system. B) Caffeine provides both calories and stimulates the nervous system. C) Caffeine inhibits nerve impulses. D) Caffeine provides the body with calories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caffeine stimulates the nervous system. 4. An electrical charge or the neuron is known as a ..... A) Refractory Period. B) Saltatory Conduction. C) Repolarization. D) Conductivity. E) Nerve Impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Nerve Impulse. 5. The membrane potential of a neuron at rest A) Action potential. B) Resting potential. C) Membrane potential. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resting potential. 6. The place/space at which an impulse from one neuron is communicated to another neuron is called ..... A) Receptor. B) Cell body. C) Conclusion. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conclusion. 7. This cranial nerve takes scent information to the brain A) Optic. B) Olfactory. C) Oculomotor. D) Facial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Olfactory. 8. Miles forgot his cell phone at the mall, so his parents made him take out the trash for a week. What is this called in operant conditioning? A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Positive Punishment. C) Negative Reinforcement. D) Negative Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positive Punishment. 9. Involuntary actions may include: A) Heart, lungs, digestive system & glands. B) Speaking, hearing, writing, walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heart, lungs, digestive system & glands. 10. What is the axon hillock? A) Fine threads that extend from the cell body into the axon to support it. B) The cone-shaped thickening found between the cell body and the axon. C) Fine extensions with specialized endings located at the end of an axon. D) The tips of the axon terminals, located close to the receptive surface of another cell. E) The small space between a neuron and another cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cone-shaped thickening found between the cell body and the axon. 11. In the PNS-keep electolyte balance A) Schwann cells. B) Astrocytes. C) Ependymal cells. D) Satellite cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Satellite cells. 12. Thick myofilaments are composed of A) Myosin. B) Actin. C) Troponin. D) Tropomyosin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myosin. 13. The change in membrane potential from +40 mV to-70 mV is called A) Depolarization. B) Repolarization. C) Hyperpolarization. D) Action potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repolarization. 14. Th sense organs have special cells known as ..... A) Effectors. B) Receptors. C) Responses. D) Stimuli. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Receptors. 15. The largest region on the brain is the A) Cerebrum. B) Midbrain. C) Pons. D) Diencephalon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 16. The nervous system uses electrical signals called ..... to carry messages. A) Stimulus. B) Receptor. C) Effector. D) Impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Impulses. 17. Nerves and ganglia outside the CNS A) Afferent division. B) Autonomic nervous system. C) Central nervous system. D) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peripheral nervous system. 18. What disease involves sclerosis of the lateral regions of the spinal cord along with degeneration of motor neurons and significant atrophy of muscles? A) Meningitis. B) IF. C) Bell's Palsy. D) Parkinson's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) IF. 19. In adults, when there is a lot of water in the bladder Urinary excretion is controlled by the nervous system..... and the brain.....(PSU 54) A) Sympathetic Cerebral Cortex. B) Sympathetic hypothalamus. C) Parasympathetic Cerebral Cortex. D) Parasympathetic All Factory Bal. E) Parasympathetic Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Parasympathetic Hypothalamus. 20. ..... affects the muscles of the mouth A) Radial nerve. B) Buccal nerve. C) Temporal nerve. D) Ulnar nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buccal nerve. ← 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