This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 102 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 102 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The hormone cortisol is produced by which gland? A) Adrenal gland. B) Pituitary gland. C) Thyroid gland. D) Pancreas A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adrenal gland. 2. These are deep grooves. A) Sulci (Sulcus). B) Gyri (Gyrus). C) Convolutions. D) Fissures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fissures. 3. A reflex arc involves what kind of neurons A) Sensory neurons only. B) Sensory and motor neurons. C) Motor neurons only. D) Sensory, motor and interneurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory, motor and interneurons. 4. A cable-like structure that lets information travel through it away from the neuron to be received by other neurons. "The cable." A) Motor neuron. B) Neurochemical. C) Dendrite. D) Axon. E) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axon. 5. The resting state of a neuron, what is true about them? A) The neuron membrane is positively charged on the inside. B) The neuron membrane is positively charged on the outside. C) The neuron membrane is negatively charged on the inside. D) The neuron membrane is negatively charged on the outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The neuron membrane is positively charged on the outside. 6. What part of the brain connects to the spinal cord? A) Medulla (brain stem). B) Brain flower. C) Vertebrae. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medulla (brain stem). 7. Which of the following are not included in the Nervous System? A) Brain. B) Nerve. C) Spinal Cord. D) Arteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arteries. 8. Which parts of the body are usually Effectors? A) Sense Organs. B) Muscles & Glands. C) Control Center. D) Arms & Legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscles & Glands. 9. What is the structure of a neuron? A) Cell body, dendrites, and axon. B) Nucleus, mitochondria, and cytoplasm. C) Cell membrane, ribosomes, and Golgi apparatus. D) Lysosomes, endoplasmic reticulum, and vacuoles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell body, dendrites, and axon. 10. The brain is part of the central nervous system A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Rods allow you to see A) Focused vision. B) Movement and in dim lighting. C) Colors. D) Peripheral vision. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Movement and in dim lighting. 12. The optic nerve transmits signals to the A) Temporal lobe. B) Occipital lobe. C) Parietal lobe. D) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occipital lobe. 13. Which type of sensory receptor responds to changes in light? A) Chemoreception. B) Thermoreception. C) Mechanoreception. D) Photoreception. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Photoreception. 14. Acetylcholine is stored in ..... A) Motor unit. B) Vesicles. C) Neurons. D) Cytoplasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vesicles. 15. Dizzy Lizzy fell off a ladder whilst trying to paint the outside of her house. Which of the following neuroimaging devices would a doctor suggest that provides the clearest images of the brain? A) PET. B) MRI. C) MEG. D) FMRI. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MRI. 16. The nervous system is divided into two important parts. what are they? A) Central and peripheral. B) Somatic and autonomic. C) Brain and axon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central and peripheral. 17. Neurotransmitters are A) Proteins. B) Biochemicals. C) Hormones. D) Impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biochemicals. 18. What is a small brain structure fouhd between the brain stem and the cerebrum that plays a vital role in homeostasis where it regulates the secretion of many hormones and also food and fluid intake, sleep and wake patterns, fatigue, and emotional states such as anger, sadness, and joy? A) Hypothalamus. B) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypothalamus. 19. Function of Cerebellum A) Contains the nuclei involved with vision and hearing. B) Coordination of muscular movement of body balance and maintenance of muscle tone. C) Extends from foramen magnum to second lumbar vertebra; surrounded by spinal column. D) Connects spinal cord to remainder of the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coordination of muscular movement of body balance and maintenance of muscle tone. 20. The receptors that sense chemicals A) Mechanoreceptors. B) Chemoreceptors. C) Photoreceptors. D) Thermoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemoreceptors. 21. 'Adapting the eye to see different distances' A) Accomodation. B) Cornification. C) Short sightedness. D) Adjustment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accomodation. 22. You have two types of nerves in your peripheral nervous system A) Somatic and autonomic. B) Sensory and motor. C) Parasympathetic and sympathetic. D) Neurons and anti-neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory and motor. 23. Which of the following lists parts of a reflex arc in the correct sequence? A) Effector, receptor, sensory neuron, motor neuron. B) Receptor, sensory neuron, motor neuron, effector. C) Receptor, effector, sensory neuron, motor neuron. D) Receptor, motor neuron, sensory neuron, effector. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Receptor, sensory neuron, motor neuron, effector. 24. Transmits electrical impulses away from the cell body A) Dendrite. B) Conclusion. C) Axon. D) Neurotransmitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon. 25. What part of the neuron sends messages away from the neuron? A) Nucleus. B) Cell Body. C) Dendrites. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axon. 26. Neurotransmitter used for attention and other complex cognitive functions (drives), such as sleep (dreaming), eating, mood, pain regulation A) Serotonin. B) Dopamine. C) Epinephrine. D) Gama-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Serotonin. 27. How many main parts make up the brain? A) 2. B) 5. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 28. This lobe is in charge of making decisions and your personality. A) Parietal. B) Occipital. C) Frontal. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frontal. 29. Which of the following is NOT in the central nervous system? A) White matter. B) Interneuron. C) Tract. D) Collateral ganglion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Collateral ganglion. 30. Chemical digestion happens here A) Stomach. B) Liver. C) Large intestine. D) Pancreas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stomach. 31. Deeper grooves which separate large regions of the brain A) Nerve impulses. B) Cerebrum. C) Fissures. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fissures. 32. What are the parts of the brain? A) The brain and the spinal cord. B) The cerebrum and the cerebellum. C) The cerebrum, cerebellum and the brain stem. D) The m50. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The cerebrum, cerebellum and the brain stem. 33. A gap between the axon of one neuron and the dendrites of another. A) Dendrites. B) Axon. C) Conclusion. D) Myelin sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conclusion. 34. Impulses are conveyed from the central nervous system to the muscles by a/an A) Efferent neurone. B) Sensory neurone. C) Afferent neurone. D) Interneurone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Efferent neurone. 35. Which part of the brain plays a major role in memory? A) Hypothalamus. B) Thalamus. C) Hippocampus. D) Amygdala. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hippocampus. 36. Emotion, reasoning, memory, and problem solving are the main responsibility of which lobe of the brain? A) Sensory cortex. B) Parietal lobe. C) Occipital lobe. D) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frontal lobe. 37. This is an injury to the brain caused by an impact with an object. A) Concussion. B) Hydrocephalus. C) Spina Bifida. D) Brain Contusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concussion. 38. The purpose of the Nerouns A) Insulate the axon fibers increase rate of speed. B) Collect Stimuli. C) Transmit information in the form of nerve impulses through the body. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transmit information in the form of nerve impulses through the body. 39. What does the Medulla Oblengata do? A) All involuntary actions such as breathing and regulation of heart rate. B) All involuntary actions such as walking. C) It's the gray matter on the surface of the cerebrum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All involuntary actions such as breathing and regulation of heart rate. 40. The part of the central nervous system that connects the nerves to our brain and controls reflexes is ..... A) The brain. B) The spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The spinal cord. 41. What is the brain and spinal cord a part of? A) Parasympathetic Nervous System. B) Peripheral Nervous System. C) Central Nervous System. D) Autonomic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central Nervous System. 42. Compare how rods and cons respond to light. A) Neurons that have cell bodies and are not included in the brain or spinal cord. B) Directs hormone production. C) Rods-photoreceptor which responds to dim light Cons-photoreceptor which is stimulated by bright light. D) Sensory receptor senses something and sends it to a motor neuron Interneurons receive it and send a response back to move away hand Motor neurons get the message and tell you to move away your hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rods-photoreceptor which responds to dim light Cons-photoreceptor which is stimulated by bright light. 43. The part of the brain responsible for voluntary movement, conscious though, thinking, learning, and recognizing emotions: A) Diencephalon. B) Ventricles. C) Cerebellum. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum. 44. These chemicals are located in the neuron's vesicles: A) Vesicles. B) Neurotransmitters. C) Dendrites. D) Axon terminals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurotransmitters. 45. ..... neurons control outgoing directions from the brain. A) Motor. B) Autonomic. C) Sensory. D) Central. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor. 46. Which type of photoreceptor cell detects light? A) Rods. B) Cones. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rods. 47. What is the role of Astrocyte glial cells in the nervous system? A) Destroying pathogens. B) Anchoring neurons to capillaries. C) Supplying nutrients and oxygen to neurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anchoring neurons to capillaries. 48. What happens at the neuromuscular junction? A) A nerve signal traveling down a motor neuron can jump over to the muscle cell. B) A sensory neuron communicates with a motor neuron. C) Muscle cells contract in response to a sensory neuron. D) An action potential jumps from the muscle to the neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A nerve signal traveling down a motor neuron can jump over to the muscle cell. 49. What allows the sides of the brain to communicate? A) Cerebral Cortex. B) Corpus Callosum. C) Cerebellum. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Corpus Callosum. 50. The sense of sight detects ..... stimuli. A) Temperature. B) Mechanical. C) Chemical. D) Electromagnetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Electromagnetic. 51. This type of voluntary muscle is responsible for the movement of the skeleton. A) Heart. B) Cardiac. C) Smooth. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeletal. 52. What is the tympanic membrane commonly referred to as? A) Auditory canal. B) Eardrum. C) Cochlea. D) Oval window. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eardrum. 53. A shallow groove on the surface of the cortex is called a A) Fissure. B) Furrow. C) Gyrus. D) Sulcus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sulcus. 54. Which lobe of the brain is responsible for spatial knowledge and math? A) Occipital Lobe. B) Frontal Lobe. C) Parietal Lobe. D) Temporal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parietal Lobe. 55. A nerve that carries messages (impulses) from the brain to muscles and other parts of the body A) Motor nerve. B) Sense organ. C) Nerve. D) Sense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor nerve. 56. Carries the signal to the neuron A) Axon. B) Axon Tips. C) Dendrite. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrite. 57. True of False:BOTH the brain and spinal cord are covered and protected by the meninges. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 58. What protects the brain from injury? A) Cerebrospinal fluid. B) Meninges. C) Skull. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 59. There are ..... pairs of cranial nerves and ..... pairs of spinal nerves in the peripheral nervous system. A) 15, 25. B) 18, 34. C) 5, 7. D) 12, 31. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 12, 31. 60. What is the best definition of epilepsy? A) Constriction of the bronchi and bronchioles. B) Muscular disorder that results in destruction of the nervous system. C) It is when the body cannot make insulin. D) Nervous system disorder causing a disruption of the electrical impulses resulting in seizures or abnormal disorder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nervous system disorder causing a disruption of the electrical impulses resulting in seizures or abnormal disorder. ← 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