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Nervous System Quiz

Authored by Timothy Gillinger

Science

9th - 12th Grade

NGSS covered

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Nervous System Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What are the two major divisions of the nervous system

central

peripheral

sensory

motor

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

These nerves carry messages toward the spial cord and brain

sensory

sympathetic

motor

parasympathetic

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This system of nerve fibers carries impulses to glands, heart, blood vessels, involuntary muscles, and hollow organs

sciatic nerve

lumbosacral plexus

autonomic nervous system

oligodendroglial cells

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Nerves that send information from the spinal cord and brain to muscles of the body are called

receptors

motor

astrocytes

dopamine

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Protective barrier between the blood and brain that prevents certain medications to enter the brain is called

hypothalamus

cerebrospinal fluid

medulla oblongata

blood-brain barrier

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Small collections of nerve cell bodies outside the brain and spinal chord are called

dendrites

axon

ganglia

synapse

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Neurotransmitter chemical released at the ends of nerve cells

dendrite

acetylcholine

axon

cerebellum

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