This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 107 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 107 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Voltage regulated channels can be found A) In the membrane that covers axons. B) On the soma of neurons. C) On the surface of dendrites. D) Along the perikaryon of neurons. E) At the motor end plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the membrane that covers axons. 2. Polio starts with the polio virus multiplying in the lining of the throat and stomach. The symptoms are muscle pain, and difficulty in breathing and swallowing. One leg or arm may become weaker. In serious cases, the nerve cells may be destroyed by the infection and the victim becomes paralyzed. Sometimes, the affected limbs do not return to normal anymore. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. What is considered the command center of the nervous system? A) Spinal Cord. B) Neurons. C) Heart. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain. 4. How many neurons are in the brain? A) 86, 000, 000. B) 86, 000, 000, 000. C) 860. D) 86, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 86, 000, 000, 000. 5. Found between the arachnoid layer and pia matter that allows the brain to float. A) Dura matter. B) Granules. C) Cerebrum. D) Cerebrospinal fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrospinal fluid. 6. Which is not part of the brainstem? A) Midbrain. B) Cerebellum. C) Pons. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 7. ..... are accessory cell types that can provide support and nourishment to neurons. A) Neuroglia. B) Nephrons. C) Schwann cells. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuroglia. 8. Conelike region of cell body where axon is attached A) Axon hillock. B) Dendrite. C) Conclusion. D) Neurilemma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon hillock. 9. Where are nerve cells found? A) Brain and spinal chord. B) Brain and spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain and spinal cord. 10. Neuronal pools are made of ..... A) Sensory neurons. B) Interneurons. C) Motor neurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interneurons. 11. What is true about both sensory & motor neurons? A) They both detect stimuli. B) Both are part of the central nervous system. C) Both are part of the peripheral nervous system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both are part of the peripheral nervous system. 12. A nerve impulse travels to a muscle or internal organ through A) Motor neuron. B) Interneuron. C) Sensory neuron. D) Receptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor neuron. 13. A nerve fiber; it conducts a nerve impulse away from the neuron cell body A) Effectors. B) Axon. C) Ganglia. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 14. What is the correct sequence of terms used in describing the brain's ability to respond to a stimulus? A) Sensation, Integration, Response. B) Integration, Sensation, Response. C) Integration, Response, Sensation. D) Response, Integration, Sensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensation, Integration, Response. 15. What part of a neuron attaches to another neuron? A) Axon. B) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conclusion. 16. Involuntary actions are under the control of ..... A) Cerebrum. B) Medulla. C) Cerebellum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medulla. 17. Which system carries messages from the CNS to the PNS? A) They will bring it out. B) Afferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They will bring it out. 18. This brain structure contains the Thalamus and Hypothalamus of the cerebrum. A) Corpus Callosum. B) Pons. C) Diencephalon. D) Ventricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diencephalon. 19. How many parts does the brain have? A) 1. B) 4. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 20. Thin-walled blood vessels that are less elastic than arteries and located closer tot he skin surface are ..... A) Veins. B) Arteries. C) Capillariers. D) Buccinators. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capillariers. 21. What part of the brain controls your vision? A) Parietal. B) Frontal. C) Occipital. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occipital. 22. What are the first channels to open when a neuron is depolarized? A) Sodium. B) ACTH. C) Potassium. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sodium. 23. Back of the eye, takes light and changes it to nerve signals A) Retina. B) Sclera. C) Optic nerve. D) Lens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Retina. 24. What is the cranium? A) Spine. B) Thigh. C) Arm. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skull. 25. Which of the following is a symptom of early Alzheimer's A) Impaired vision. B) Hot flashes. C) Seizures. D) Short-term memory loss. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Short-term memory loss. 26. Which lobe controls sense of hearing and memories? A) Temporal. B) Occipital. C) Parietal. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temporal. 27. ..... are deep grooves in the cerebral cortex that divide the brain into lobes. A) Gyri. B) Fissures. C) Sulci. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fissures. 28. Which comes first in the nervous system ..... A) Sensing pathway. B) Processing pathway. C) Response pathway. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensing pathway. 29. Occurs when the soft tissue of the brain is bruised as it collides against the skull. A) Contusion. B) Fracture. C) Concussion. D) Reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concussion. 30. What are neurofibrils? A) Fine threads that extend from the cell body into the axon to support it. B) The cone-shaped thickening found between the cell body and the axon. C) Fine extensions with specialized endings located at the end of an axon. D) The tips of the axon terminals, located close to the receptive surface of another cell. E) The small space between a neuron and another cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fine threads that extend from the cell body into the axon to support it. 31. What does the P in PNS stand for? A) Prevalent. B) Portal. C) Peretal. D) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peripheral. 32. What are the main divisions of the ANS?i) Sympathetic divisionii) Parasympathetic divisioniii) Somatic division A) I and iii. B) Ii and iii. C) I and ii. D) All of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I and ii. 33. All sensory neurons are A) Unipolar. B) Multipolar. C) Bipolar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unipolar. 34. The ..... is the specialized region of the sarcolemma containing ACh receptors A) Synaptic cleft. B) Synaptic knob. C) Resting membrane potential. D) Motor end plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor end plate. 35. Acetylcholine & dopamine are examples of A) Neurotransmitters. B) Secretions from gland cells. C) Synapses. D) Neurones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurotransmitters. 36. If the ventral root is damaged, which of the following consequences is most likely? A) Loss of effector function. B) Loss of sensory function. C) Loss of motor function. D) Loss of integration function. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loss of motor function. 37. Ben was enjoying a walk in the woods on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. As he went around a curve, he noticed a bear walking toward him. Immediately his pupils dilated, he began to perspire, and his heart accelerated. These changes are most closely related to the function of the A) Motor cortex. B) Parasympathetic nervous system. C) Somatic nervous system. D) Hippocampus. E) Sympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Sympathetic nervous system. 38. Which of these is not a reflex response? A) Moving a hand off something hot. B) Sneezing. C) Picking up a book. D) Wink of eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Picking up a book. 39. What response in a neuron causes the K to flow out of the cell and decrease the charge of the membrane potential? A) Resting potential. B) Depolarization. C) Refractory period. D) Repolarization. E) Trigger response. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repolarization. 40. Any message carried by a neuron is called a(n) A) Effector. B) Neuron. C) Receptor. D) Impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Impulse. 41. Show me your teeth A) Show belly. B) Push hands. C) Show teeth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Show teeth. 42. Localized collection of neuron cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system. A) Ganglion. B) Axon Terminal. C) Schwann Cell. D) Neurotransmitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ganglion. 43. Irregular heart beat A) Heart pounding. B) Heart disease. C) Irregular heartbeat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irregular heartbeat. 44. Combining form that means dura mater A) Psych/o. B) Cephal/o. C) Hard. D) Contus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hard. 45. What best describes bipolar neurons? A) Bipolar neurons are motor neurons. B) Bipolar neurons are called neuroglia. C) Bipolar neurons are often found in ganglia. D) Bipolar neurons are found in special sense organs, such as the eye and nose. E) Bipolar neurons are more abundant in adults than in children. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bipolar neurons are found in special sense organs, such as the eye and nose. 46. What type of neurons send signals between your sensory neurons and your motor neurons? A) Sensory neurons. B) Motor neurons. C) Interneurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interneurons. 47. Compared to unmyleninated axons, myelinated axons conduct impulses A) Faster. B) Less often. C) Slower. D) More often. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Faster. 48. What are the gaps between each Schwann cell called? A) Nodes of Ranvier. B) Axon terminal. C) Dendrites. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nodes of Ranvier. 49. The cerebral cortex is made of A) White matter. B) Gray matter. C) Pink goo. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gray matter. 50. Facial Expression, crying, taste, salivation A) Accessory. B) Abducting. C) Trigeminal. D) Facial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Facial. 51. The nerves that run through your arms and fingers are part of the ..... A) Peripheral nervous system. B) Central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peripheral nervous system. 52. Made up of frontal, temporal, parietal and occipital A) Diencephalon. B) Brainstem. C) Cerebellum. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum. 53. ..... send signals away from neurons whereas ..... receive signals from other neurons. A) Dendrites; axons. B) Axons; dendrites. C) Axons; synapses. D) Synapses; dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axons; dendrites. 54. What gas do plants take in that animal/humans breathe out? A) Carbon dioxide. B) Nitrogen. C) Oxygen. D) Phosphorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon dioxide. 55. The Nervous System consist of A) Sensory Input:Integration:Motor output. B) Sensory input only from the five senses. C) The Brain thinking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory Input:Integration:Motor output. 56. Which Cranial Nerve is called the Accessory Nerve? A) XII. B) II. C) I. D) XI. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) XI. 57. What is the main function of the peripheral nervous system? A) To process information. B) To connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body. C) To protect the brain and spinal cord. D) To generate thoughts and emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body. 58. Part of the brain that controls voluntary functions such as memory, speech, thinking, sight, smelling. This is the THINKING part of the brain. A) Brainstem. B) CereBELLUM. C) Cerebrum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum. 59. What are nerve cells that carry impulses to the Central Nervous Sytem? A) Motor neurons. B) Sensory Neurons. C) Association Neurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory Neurons. 60. Eustachian Tube shown by number ..... A) 4. B) 3. C) 6. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. ← 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