This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Interneurons/Relay neurons A) Nerve cells that detect stimuli. B) A signal that causes an animal to react in some way. C) Nerve cells that carry response information to muscles and other organs. D) Found in the brain and spinal cord and allow sensory and motor neurons to communicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Found in the brain and spinal cord and allow sensory and motor neurons to communicate. 2. What do chemoreceptors respond to? A) Chemicals. B) Light. C) Temperature. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemicals. 3. What is the role of the axon A) A pulse of electricity or temporary reversal of the cell. B) Contains receptors that receive stimuli. C) Contains the organelles including the nucleus. D) Carries information away from the cell body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carries information away from the cell body. 4. Brain stem is another name for the ..... A) Medulla. B) Neuron. C) Vertebrae. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medulla. 5. What are the three parts of the brain? A) Brain Cell, Cerebrum, Brain Organs. B) Cerebrum, Neurons, Nerve Cells. C) Cerebrum, Cerebellum, brain stem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum, Cerebellum, brain stem. 6. A person who studies the brain and nervous system and it's impact on behavior and development A) Physician. B) Neuroscientist. C) Counselor. D) Psychiatrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neuroscientist. 7. When we touch hot objects, we feel the pain A) Brain reflex. B) Spinal reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain reflex. 8. Impulses that travel down a myelinated neuron move faster than if it was unmyelinated. A) True. B) False. C) I'm not sure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Neuron processes that generate nerve impulses and typically conduct them away from the cell body. each neuron has only one A) Pons. B) Axon terminals. C) Midbrain. D) Axons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axons. 10. Which part of the brain controls learning? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 11. Choose the response that would occur after this stimuli:You come out of a dark movie theater into the bright afternoon. A) You sweat. B) You produce more saliva. C) You pull your hand away. D) You squint your pupil will constrict, or get smaller. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You squint your pupil will constrict, or get smaller. 12. The neuron is made up of which of the following parts? A) Dendrites. B) Nucleus. C) Axon. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 13. Cerebellum Cerebellum A) Forebrain. B) Midbrain. C) Hindbrain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hindbrain. 14. The Spinal Cord is the organ that? A) Controls your body. B) Receives the information from the environment. C) Receives the signals from the parts of your body to the brain and transmits information. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Receives the signals from the parts of your body to the brain and transmits information. 15. Which of the following are bundles of neurofilaments that are important in maintaining the shape and integrity of neurons? A) No problem. B) Neurofibrils. C) Perikaryon. D) Chromatophilic substance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurofibrils. 16. The peripheral nervous system consists of the A) Neurons located in the brain and the spinal cord. B) Nerves that extend from the brain and the spinal cord. C) Interneurons of the central nervous system. D) Portions of the brain known as the medulla and cerebellum . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nerves that extend from the brain and the spinal cord. 17. The lobes of the brain are found in ..... A) The cerebrum. B) The brain stem. C) The medulla. D) The cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cerebrum. 18. These nerves monitor the body's position and external conditions, and control skeletal muscle. A) Central nerves. B) Visceral nerves. C) Autonomic nerves. D) Somatic nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatic nerves. 19. An elderly gentleman has just suffered a stroke. He is able to understand verbal and written language, but when he tries to respond, his words are garbled. What region has been damaged by the stroke? A) Parietal lobe. B) Occipital lobe. C) Temporal lobe. D) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal lobe. 20. The portion of the eye that regulates the amount of light enetering the eye, similar to the diaphragm of a camera, is the: A) Cornea. B) Sclera. C) Iris. D) Pupil. E) Retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iris. 21. The element responsible for depolarizing the nerve cell: A) Sodium. B) Oxygen. C) Phosphorus. D) Potassium. E) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sodium. 22. The type of neuron that identifies sight, touch, smell, sound, and taste is the ..... A) Interneuron. B) Nervous neuron. C) Sensory neuron. D) Motor neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory neuron. 23. What is the correct order of the ossicles (bones of the ear)? A) Anvil, Hammer, Staples. B) Hammer, Anvil, Staples. C) Staples, Anvil, Hammer. D) Staples, Hammer, Anvil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hammer, Anvil, Staples. 24. What is the part of the brain responsible for unconcious bodily functions called? A) Frontal lobe. B) Brainstem. C) Skull. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brainstem. 25. The brain controls the body's functions. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 26. A cytoplasmic extension of a neuron that receives stimuli A) Nerve. B) Dendrite. C) Axon. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrite. 27. What is the axon? A) It is a long tube like part with a fine terminal nerve endings. B) It is a long tube like part with a rough terminal nerve endings. C) It is a long tube like part with a rough terminal. D) It is a long tube like part with a fine terminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is a long tube like part with a fine terminal nerve endings. 28. What is another name for the specialized proteins that pick up neurotransmitters from the synaptic cleft? A) Molecules. B) Reuptakers. C) Vesicles. D) Receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Receptors. 29. Inner layer; covers the brain surface (made of blood vessels) A) Dura Mater. B) Pia Mater. C) Arachnoid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pia Mater. 30. ..... are the aggregates of the cytons or cell bodies of nerve cells from which the nerve fibres may arise or enter into. A) Neurons. B) Nerves. C) Ganglia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ganglia. 31. The ..... is the basic unit of structure and function in the nervous system. A) Dendrite. B) Neuron. C) Cell body. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neuron. 32. Which lobe of the brain is involved in short-term memory and speech? A) Frontal lobe. B) Parietal lobe. C) Temporal lobe. D) Occipital lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal lobe. 33. Which structure separates the left and right hemispheres of the cerebrum? A) Pre-central gyrus. B) Central sulcus. C) Longitudinal fissure. D) Transverse cerebral fissure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Longitudinal fissure. 34. Symptoms include:Double vision, Balance problems, caused by immune system eating away at protective nerve covering A) Polio. B) Alzheimer's. C) Meningitis. D) Multiple Sclerosis. E) Concussion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Multiple Sclerosis. 35. Which type of image is formed on the retina? A) Virtual and inverted. B) Virtual and erect. C) Real and inverted. D) Real and erect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Real and inverted. 36. Nerves that transmit impulses away from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands are: A) Afferent nerves. B) Efferent nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Efferent nerves. 37. Sends impulses AWAY from CNS to muscle and glands. A) Motor Neuron. B) Interneuron. C) Sensory Neuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor Neuron. 38. Long process that carries information away from the cell in a bioelectric signal. A) Synaptic cleft. B) Conclusion. C) Dendrite. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axon. 39. What part of the brain is responsible for the language, speech, 5 senses, memory, problem solving, and thoughts? A) Medulla. B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebellum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 40. Tasting on the anterior of the tounge A) Vestibulocochlear. B) Facial. C) Trigeminal. D) Trochlear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Facial. 41. What would be an example of a VOLUNTARY movement? A) Picking up a burger and chewing it. B) Digesting a burger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Picking up a burger and chewing it. 42. Somatic Nervous system controls ..... A) Reflex response. B) Brain response. C) Involuntary response. D) Voluntary movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Voluntary movement. 43. Sensory inputs are the stimuli received by the sensory nerves located in the sensory organs. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 44. All of the following protects the brain except for A) Cerebrum. B) Meninges. C) Cerebrospinal fluid. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 45. CEREBELLUM CONTROLS ..... A) VOLUNTARY ACTIONS. B) BALANCE, MOVEMENT AND COORDINATION. C) INVOLUNTARY ACTIONS. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BALANCE, MOVEMENT AND COORDINATION. 46. What kind of things are your brain and nervous system in charge of? A) Walking and running. B) Thinking and talking. C) Breathing and growing. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 47. A fight-or-flight response in the body is controlled by the- A) Somatic nervous system. B) Sympathetic division of the nervous system. C) Release of acetylcholine from postganglionic neurons. D) Parasympathetic division of the nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic division of the nervous system. 48. Visual perception is located in the ..... lobe. A) Occipital. B) Temporal. C) Frontal. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Occipital. 49. A nerve cell that conducts impulses from a sense organ to the Central Nervous System. A) Sensory neuron. B) Motor neuron. C) Relay neuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory neuron. 50. In the scenario above turning and looking at the person who dropped the book is an example of a- A) Stimulus. B) Response. C) Tropism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Response. 51. This is the lobe that makes up the front part of both cerebral hemispheres. A) Frontal. B) Temporal. C) Occipital. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal. 52. Cone-shaped gland attached to upper posterior portion of diencephalon A) Central Sulcus. B) Pineal Gland. C) Ventricle. D) Corpus Callosum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pineal Gland. 53. How many divisions does the ear have? A) 3. B) 2. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 54. Organelle of the muscle fiber. A) Myofibril. B) Thick filament. C) Thin filament. D) Fascicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myofibril. 55. The nose can distinguish at least ..... basic colors. A) 50. B) 100. C) 1050. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 50. 56. Bell's Palsy affects which cranial nerve? A) IV. B) V. C) XII. D) VII. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) VII. 57. Which of the following nourishes the spinal cord: A) Cartilage. B) Vertebrae. C) Cerebrospinal fluid. D) Meninges. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrospinal fluid. 58. This lobe of your brain controls hearing and speech. A) Parietal lobe. B) Occipital lobe. C) Frontal lobe. D) Temporal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temporal lobe. 59. Sensory organs recognize ..... from outside the body. These are then sent via nerves to the brain which recognizes them. A) Brain messages. B) Stimuli (plural of a stimulus). C) Lobes. D) Synapses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stimuli (plural of a stimulus). 60. Olfactory cells help you to A) Taste. B) Hear. C) Smell. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smell. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesNervous System Quiz 1Nervous System Quiz 2Nervous System Quiz 3Nervous System Quiz 4Nervous System Quiz 5Nervous System Quiz 6Nervous System Quiz 7Nervous System Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books