This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 110 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 110 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Combining form that means sheath (meninges) A) Hard. B) Thec/o. C) Him/her. D) My. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thec/o. 2. When you hit your leg with a reflex hammer in the lab, this was an example of a/an: A) Somatic reflex. B) Autonomic reflex. C) Voluntary autonomic movement. D) Voluntary somatic movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic reflex. 3. Cells that line the central cavity of the brain & spinal corded are named A) Ependymal cells. B) Microglial cells. C) Astrocytes. D) Schwann cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ependymal cells. 4. Largest portion of the brain; 4 lobes:frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital Responsible for conscious thought and reasoning A) Amygdala. B) Pons. C) Medulla. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum. 5. A person that has constricted pupils, stimulated saliva production, reduced breathing and heart rate is probably undergoing ..... A) A Medulla oblongata response. B) A Rest or Digest response. C) A Fight or Flight response. D) A Fight or Eat response. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Rest or Digest response. 6. There are over how many muscles in the body? A) 1000. B) 600. C) 300. D) 800. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 600. 7. What are INTERNEURONS? (pick 2) A) Part of the PNS. B) Part of the CNS. C) Connect sensory and motor neurons. D) Move motor neurons towards muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connect sensory and motor neurons. 8. Which of the nerve branches listed mainly form the posterior cord of the brachial plexus? A) Median nerve. B) Radial nerve. C) Ulnar nerve. D) Musculocutaneous nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radial nerve. 9. Which division of the nervous system is in charge of involuntary movements like our digestion, breathing rate and heart rate. A) Motor. B) Somatic. C) Sensory. D) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autonomic. 10. What is the term for the axon pathways carrying information up and down the spinal cord? A) Columns. B) Horns. C) Ganglia. D) Roots. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Columns. 11. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that helps regulate: A) Learning and memory. B) Pain and pleasure. C) Muscle movements. D) Sleep, moods/emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sleep, moods/emotions. 12. Unresponsive state from which a person can be aroused briefly with vigorous repeated attempts. A) Syncope. B) Unconscious. C) Stupor. D) Coma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stupor. 13. Poli/o means gray or gray..... A) Skin. B) Matter. C) Brain. D) Wound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Matter. 14. What part of the eye focuses light on the retina? A) Ciliary body. B) Pupil. C) Retina. D) Lens. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lens. 15. Which of these is the most complex organ of our body? A) Skin. B) Heart. C) Brain. D) Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain. 16. Which of the following is NOT a structure in the nervous system? A) Nerves. B) Lymph nodes. C) Brain. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lymph nodes. 17. The body's ability to destroy pathogens before they can cause disease is called: A) Tolerance. B) Vaccine. C) Inflammatory response. D) Immunity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Immunity. 18. Functional classification of nerve:contain motor neuron fibers take impulses from CNS to effector A) Mixed nerve. B) Motor nerves. C) Sensory nerves. D) Cranial nerves. E) Spinal nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor nerves. 19. Surgical stimulation of the somatosensory cortex might result in the false sensation of A) Someone whispering your name. B) Flashes of light. C) A bad odor. D) Someone tickling you. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Someone tickling you. 20. Nutrition and cushioning are both functions of the A) Quadrilateral bodies. B) Optic chiasm. C) Dura mater. D) Cerebrospinal fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrospinal fluid. 21. What cell is "in charge" and identifies the specific pathogen? A) B-cells. B) Immune response. C) Macrophage. D) T-cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) T-cells. 22. ..... receives messages from all parts of your body and sends out messages in return. A) Brain. B) Skull. C) Lungs. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 23. What part of the brain is responsible for reflexes? A) Motor cortex. B) Parietal lobe. C) Hippocampus. D) Brain sem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain sem. 24. Which part of the brain has the human memory and decision-making center? A) Pons (pons). B) Cerebrum (cerebrum). C) Cerebellum (Cerebellum). D) Medulla (medulla). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum (cerebrum). 25. A system that deals with actions you do not usually control such as digestion and breathing. A) Autonomic system. B) Somatic nervous system. C) Peripheral nervous system. D) Central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic system. 26. Food security is best describe as? A) More than 50% of the population having access to food. B) 100% of the population having access to food 50% of the time. C) All people at all times having access to food. D) Food that is stored securely. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All people at all times having access to food. 27. If you had one word to describe the function of the parietal lobe it would be: A) Movement. B) Balance. C) Sensory. D) Emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory. 28. Sweating and shivering are your body's way of regulating ..... A) Water loss. B) Vitamin D absorption. C) Hair growth. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature. 29. When a reflex occurs, which part of the stimulus/response pathway is left out, but is informed shortly after? A) Spinal cord. B) Brain. C) Sensory neuron. D) Motor neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain. 30. Separates the Left and Right sides of the brain A) Longitudinal Fissure. B) Latitudinal Fissure. C) Central sulcus. D) Temporal Fissure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Longitudinal Fissure. 31. Which part of your brain do you use to listen to music or read a book? A) Pons. B) Midbrain. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Midbrain. 32. Which of the following is a good definition for "involuntary" related to muscles & nervous system? A) Whatever. B) You have control. C) You don't have control. D) You have partial control. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You don't have control. 33. The elaborate network of membranes in skeletal muscle cells that functions in calcium storage is the ..... A) Rough endoplasmic reticulum. B) Mitochondria. C) Myofibrillar network. D) Sarcoplasmic reticulum. E) Intermediate filament network. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sarcoplasmic reticulum. 34. Neuroplasticity refers to A) The inability of a neuron to conduct action potential. B) The ability for membrane (resting) potential to occur in a neuron. C) The ability of neurons of the brain to rapidly repair and regenerate. D) The ability of the brain to change so that a given function can be transferred to a different location in the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The ability of the brain to change so that a given function can be transferred to a different location in the brain. 35. Division of the ANS that's rest & digest A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic. 36. This branch of the peripheral nervous system is responsible for VOLUNTARY or controllable actions and movements A) Autonomic Nervous System. B) Somatic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic Nervous System. 37. The bones of the middle ear are collectively known as the ..... A) Superior temporal gyrus. B) Cochlea. C) Ossicles. D) Malleus, incus, and sternum. E) Tympanic membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ossicles. 38. Where are cholinergic muscarinic receptors found? A) Parasympathetic effector organ. B) Sympathetic Pre ganglionic neuron. C) Parasympathetic post ganglionic cell body. D) Sympathetic effector organ. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasympathetic effector organ. 39. The area of the brain that regulates hunger, thirst and other drives. A) Amygdala. B) Hypothalamus. C) Cerebellum. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothalamus. 40. Any living thing is called an A) Cell. B) Organism. C) Organ. D) Organization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organism. 41. A ..... is a reaction to a stimulus. A) Response. B) Stimulus. C) Feedback. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Response. 42. This network of nerves travels throughout your body in order to send signals to the brain ..... A) Your last nerves. B) Peripheral Nerves. C) Capillaries. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral Nerves. 43. This is a watery fluid found between the cranium and the brain. A) CPR. B) FCS. C) SCF. D) CSF. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) CSF. 44. What is the term for a condition that affects movement, causing tremors, stiffness, and balance problems? A) Parkinson's disease. B) Epilepsy. C) Multiple sclerosis. D) Alzheimer's/Dementia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parkinson's disease. 45. The fight-or-flight response is controlled by the A) Brain. B) Autonomic nervous system. C) Spinal cord. D) Hormones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic nervous system. 46. Cerebrum is the ..... part of our brain A) Smallest. B) Largest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Largest. 47. REFLEX ACTION ARE FAST AUTOMATIC ACTION. A) TRue. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRue. 48. Part of brain that houses memories and thoughts, interprets the world around you. A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Pons. D) Midbrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 49. The message sent FROM a neuron (leaving the neuron) is what kind of signal? A) Electrical. B) Chemical. C) Mechanical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemical. 50. What is the function of the hormone oxytocin? A) To stimulate milk production in the mammary glands. B) To regulate blood pressure. C) To control the body's response to stress. D) To promote bone growth and development. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To stimulate milk production in the mammary glands. 51. This is the body's communication and control system. A) Circulatory System. B) Respiratory System. C) Excretory System. D) Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nervous System. 52. True or false. Keeping you water levels at similar amounts in your blood by drinking water or peeing is an example of homeostasis. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 53. The ..... cannot be controlled by conscious thought. A) Motor neurons. B) Skeletal muscles. C) Autonomic nervous system. D) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autonomic nervous system. 54. This system controls everything you do A) Bones and muscles. B) Nervous. C) Circulatory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nervous. 55. Which of the following structures of the nervous system controls involuntary actions like heartbeat and breathing. A) Brainstem. B) Conclusion. C) Cerebellum. D) Nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brainstem. 56. Which of the following effector tissues is never inhibited (only stimulated) by the nervous system? A) Skeletal muscle. B) Smooth muscle. C) Cardiac muscle. D) Exocrine glands. E) Endocrine glands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal muscle. 57. The outer layer of the cerebrum is called the ..... and consists of ..... A) Cerebral cortex & gray matter. B) Cerebellum and dark matter. C) Cortex & white matter. D) Brain stem & matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebral cortex & gray matter. 58. The part of the brain responsible for survival functions like heart rate, breathing rate, sleep, thirst, and appetite A) Parietal. B) Frontal. C) Cerebellum. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medulla oblongata. 59. The allows researchers to look at the activity of the surface of the brain through electrodes places on the scalp. A) FMRI. B) PET. C) MRI. D) EEG. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) EEG. 60. Which is the correct format? A) Cerebellum, Medulla oblongata, Cerebrum. B) Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Medulla Elongata. 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