Nervous System Trivia
Test your knowledge about the nervous system!
- 1.
What is the nervous system?
- A.
It's what happens when you get scared in class
- B.
Helps protect your body by fighting off bacteria
- C.
A system of fibers that transmit signals throughout your body
Correct Answer
C. A system of fibers that transmit signals throughout your body -
- 2.
What are impulses?
- A.
The veins that trace back to the heart
- B.
Electromagnetic signals sent throughout the body
- C.
The fungus that grows on your foot
Correct Answer
B. Electromagnetic signals sent throughout the body -
- 3.
Impulses can travel at a rate of_______?
- A.
250 feet per second
- B.
350 feet per second
- C.
450 feet per second
Correct Answer
B. 350 feet per second -
- 4.
Name the three sub-divisions of the nervous system
- A.
The central, autonomic, and the perpendicular nervous systems
- B.
The central, appendicular, and the perpendicular nervous systems
- C.
The central, the peripheral, and the autonomic nervous systems
Correct Answer
C. The central, the peripheral, and the autonomic nervous systems -
- 5.
What does the central sub-division do?
- A.
Issues nerve impulses and analyzes sensory data
- B.
Helps crack your back
- C.
It helps coordinate the vital organs in the body
Correct Answer
A. Issues nerve impulses and analyzes sensory data -
- 6.
What does the peripheral sub-division do?
- A.
Causes horomones
- B.
It helps releive your headaches
- C.
Carries nerve impulses throughout the body
Correct Answer
C. Carries nerve impulses throughout the body -
- 7.
What does the autonomic sub-division do?
- A.
Carries blood to the right atrium located in the heart
- B.
Coordinates and regulates the functions of vital organs in the body
- C.
Breaks down the food in your mouth
Correct Answer
B. Coordinates and regulates the functions of vital organs in the body -
- 8.
What are three vital components in the nervous system?
- A.
Neurons, the fingers, and the spinal cord
- B.
The stomach, the ear, and the brain
- C.
The brain, the spinal cord, and neurons
Correct Answer
C. The brain, the spinal cord, and neurons -
- 9.
What percent of the brain cells actually work?
- A.
93%
- B.
32%
- C.
4%
Correct Answer
C. 4% -
- 10.
What does the left side of the brain control?
- A.
The right side of the body
- B.
The left side of the body
- C.
The entire body
Correct Answer
A. The right side of the body -
- 11.
How much weight does our brain lose each year?
- A.
1 ounce
- B.
1 gram
- C.
.000001 gram
Correct Answer
B. 1 gram -
- 12.
About how many neurons are estimated to be in your brain?
- A.
1 billion
- B.
1 million
- C.
1 hundered thousand
Correct Answer
A. 1 billion -
- 13.
What are dendrites?
- A.
Extensions that carry impulses towards the cell's body
- B.
They are that cool new sports drink launched January first
- C.
Extensoins that carry impulss away from the cell body
Correct Answer
A. Extensions that carry impulses towards the cell's body -
- 14.
What are Axon?
- A.
Large bull that roam the highlands
- B.
Extensions that carry impulses towards the cell body
- C.
Extensions that carry impulses away from the cell body
Correct Answer
C. Extensions that carry impulses away from the cell body -
- 15.
What is Myelin Sheath
- A.
Something that compleatly covers your brain
- B.
It keeps impulses moving along the axon
- C.
A magical sword used by the great knights of England
Correct Answer
B. It keeps impulses moving along the axon -
- 16.
Glial cells are _______
- A.
Cells that do not carry impulses
- B.
Cells in your tear ducts that causes you to cry
- C.
Cells that carry impulses
Correct Answer
A. Cells that do not carry impulses -
- 17.
What are motor nerves?
- A.
Nerves that carry messages to the cerebellum
- B.
Nerves that transmit messages up the spinal cord
- C.
Nerves that carry messages away form the spinal cord and brain, and to other parts of your body
Correct Answer
C. Nerves that carry messages away form the spinal cord and brain, and to other parts of your body -
- 18.
What is a neuron?
- A.
A galaxy somewhere far, far away
- B.
A nerve cell
- C.
Speacial running shoes tha help you burn fat
Correct Answer
B. A nerve cell -
- 19.
What is a neurotransmitter?
- A.
Something that the army used in world war two to communicate with one another
- B.
A message released at the end of a nerve cell
- C.
The largest part of a nerve cell
Correct Answer
B. A message released at the end of a nerve cell -
- 20.
What is a receptor?
- A.
An organ that receives nervous stimulation, but then distributes it to other nerves in the body
- B.
An organ that completely shuts down
- C.
Little branches in your brain that latch onto impulses
Correct Answer
A. An organ that receives nervous stimulation, but then distributes it to other nerves in the body -
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