Practice Test Bank with Multiple-
Choice Questions & Verified Answers
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2026–2027
1. The nervous system is divided into:
CORRECT ANSWER: PNS and CNS
2. CNS includes the:
CORRECT ANSWER: Brain and spinal cord
3. PNS includes:
CORRECT ANSWER: All the nerves in the brain and spine
and cranial nerves
4. How many cranial nerves are there?
CORRECT ANSWER: 12
5. PNS is further divided into:
CORRECT ANSWER: Somatic and autonomic
, 6. The somatic nervous system controls:
CORRECT ANSWER: Sensory and motor
7. The autonomic nervous system controls:
CORRECT ANSWER: Automatic and involuntary
movements
8. The autonomic nervous system is further divided into:
CORRECT ANSWER: Sympathetic and parasympathetic
9. Which one is fight or flight?
CORRECT ANSWER: Sympathetic
10. The sympathetic nervous system causes:
CORRECT ANSWER: Sweat secretion, pupil dilation,
vasoconstriction, improved blood flow, increased cardiac
output, bronchodilation
11. The sympathetic nervous system releases which
hormone?
CORRECT ANSWER: Catecholamines
12. Catecholamines are also known as:
, CORRECT ANSWER: Epinephrine and norepinephrine
13. The parasympathetic nervous system is the rest and
digest response; it causes:
CORRECT ANSWER: Increase in digestive activity, pupil
constriction, bronchoconstriction, decrease in HR and
decrease in CO
14. The neurotransmitter released by the PNS is called:
CORRECT ANSWER: Acetylcholine
15. Acetylcholine causes:
CORRECT ANSWER: A parasympathetic response
depending on which receptor sites are involved
16. This parasympathetic response is called:
CORRECT ANSWER: A cholinergic response
17. If ACh reaches the receptor sites in the lungs, it will
cause:
CORRECT ANSWER: Bronchoconstriction
18. List the 3 meninges of the brain from outer to inner.