Human Nervous System Quiz

Try out this Human Nervous System quiz to test your knowledge. Human Nervous System trivia explores the network that carries messages between the brain, spinal cord, and the rest of the body.

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Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts
Which area would best fit the clue: dominant frontal lobe, speech output?
Question 2 · Easy · 10 pts
Which scientist connected damage in the left frontal lobe with trouble producing speech?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
Which fluid, rather than blood, is described as circulating through the ventricles and around both the brain and spinal cord?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
The visual signal leaving the retina reaches the brain by way of which nerve?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
What instrument records electrical activity from the scalp rather than from inside the brain tissue itself?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
Which scientist co-discovered nerve growth factor?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
Who introduced the term "synapse" and helped establish modern reflex physiology?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
Which investigator studied neuromuscular disorders using electrical stimulation and clinical observation?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
Which Nobel-recognized scientist is specifically noted here for work on synaptic transmission?
Question 10 · Hard · 40 pts
On a language map, which area gets tagged for comprehension?
Question 11 · Hard · 40 pts
Which named test records electrical activity from the scalp—basically the brain's rooftop wiring check?
Question 12 · Hard · 40 pts
Which fluid is said to move through the ventricles and also around the central nervous system's two marquee structures?
Question 13 · Hard · 40 pts
Whose name belongs with the co-discovery of nerve growth factor?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
Which division of the nervous system is linked with “rest and digest”?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
What kind of neuron carries sensory information toward the central nervous system?

Which area would best fit the clue: dominant frontal lobe, speech output?

Which scientist connected damage in the left frontal lobe with trouble producing speech?

Which fluid, rather than blood, is described as circulating through the ventricles and around both the brain and spinal cord?

The visual signal leaving the retina reaches the brain by way of which nerve?

What instrument records electrical activity from the scalp rather than from inside the brain tissue itself?

Which scientist co-discovered nerve growth factor?

Who introduced the term "synapse" and helped establish modern reflex physiology?

Which investigator studied neuromuscular disorders using electrical stimulation and clinical observation?

Which Nobel-recognized scientist is specifically noted here for work on synaptic transmission?

On a language map, which area gets tagged for comprehension?

Which named test records electrical activity from the scalp—basically the brain's rooftop wiring check?

Which fluid is said to move through the ventricles and also around the central nervous system's two marquee structures?

Whose name belongs with the co-discovery of nerve growth factor?

Which division of the nervous system is linked with “rest and digest”?

What kind of neuron carries sensory information toward the central nervous system?