This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System β Quiz 115 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 115 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which part of the eye focuses light to the back of the retina? A) Rod. B) Optical nerve. C) Cone. D) Lens. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lens. 2. What part of the brain is responsible for awareness perception, thinking, knowledge, and memory, what we call cognition. A) Temporal lobes. B) Cerebral lobes. C) Brain stem. D) Frontal lobes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebral lobes. 3. Assist in holding the lens in an upright position so its shaped can be controlled A) Ciliary Body. B) Extrinsic Eye Muscles. C) Optic Nerve. D) Suspensory Ligaments. E) Iris. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suspensory Ligaments. 4. How many hemispheres does the brain have A) 3. B) 2. C) 5. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 5. Which system supports the body and protects organs? A) Muscular. B) Skeletal. C) Respiratory. D) Digestive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal. 6. Associated with vision A) Frontal lobe. B) Occipital lobe. C) Temporal lobe. D) Parietal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occipital lobe. 7. Earthworm and insects nervous system A) Ladder-like nervous system. B) Brain and spinal cord. C) Just nervous cells. D) Each segment have ganglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Each segment have ganglia. 8. A ..... is formed where two bones meet. For example, elbow and kneecap. A) Bone marrow. B) Joint. C) Ligament. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joint. 9. The simplest form of nervous activity that includes a sensory and motor nerve is called an ..... A) Reflex. B) Instinct. C) Activation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reflex. 10. A nerve cell can also be termed A) Neuron. B) Cell Body. C) Axon. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuron. 11. Medical Procedure for obtaining obtaining CSF A) X ray. B) Lumbar Puncture. C) CT. D) MRI. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lumbar Puncture. 12. ..... nerves carry messages to the brain as well as take orders from the brain to other parts of the body. A) Sensory. B) Mixed. C) Motor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mixed. 13. What is an action that your brain tells your body to do automatically? A) Walk to the door. B) Breathe in and out. C) Reach for an apple. D) Shake your head no. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Breathe in and out. 14. Joe has impacted ear wax in his right ear. What sensory disorder does he have? A) Sensorineural hearing loss. B) Tinnitus. C) Conductive hearing loss. D) Vertigo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conductive hearing loss. 15. Neurotransmitters are either broken down or recycled after use. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 16. Functions include initiating voluntary movement, working memory, personality, and higher cognitive functions such as decision-making and judgment. A) Frontal lobe. B) Temporal lobe. C) Occipital lobe. D) Parietal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal lobe. 17. The Adrenal glands are located A) In the throat. B) On top of the kidneys. C) Near the lungs. D) Next to the stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On top of the kidneys. 18. Cranial nerve IV is ..... A) Vagus. B) Trigeminal. C) Accessory. D) Trochlear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trochlear. 19. What part of the eye controls lens shape? A) Ciliary body. B) Choroid. C) Lens. D) Iris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ciliary body. 20. After an action potential displaces Na+ and K+ ions, what works to restore them to the proper location? A) Ligand-gated channels. B) Sodium voltage-gated channels. C) Potassium voltage-gated channels. D) Sodium-Potassium pumps. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sodium-Potassium pumps. 21. Structure of a neuron that transmits the action potential away from the cell body A) Dendrite. B) Myelin sheath. C) Axon. D) Axon terminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon. 22. The definition of neuroplasticity is? A) The brains ability to change neural structure due to experience. B) The brains ability to adapt due to stressful situations. C) The process of rerouting, pruning and regeneration. D) The process of synaptic pruning and mylenation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The brains ability to change neural structure due to experience. 23. Part of the nervous system that controls reflex action A) Spinal Cord. B) Dendrite. C) Cerebrum. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal Cord. 24. When multiple presynaptic neurons release neurotransmitter at various locations onto the receptive segment, thus generating EPSPs IPSPs or both in the postsynaptic neuron, this is known as A) Temporal summation. B) Spatial summation. C) Additive property. D) All or none law. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spatial summation. 25. A key to managing your diabetes is ..... A) DonΒ΄t smoke a lot. B) DonΒ΄t walk everyday. C) Don't lose weight. D) Planning what you eat and following a healthy meal plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Planning what you eat and following a healthy meal plan. 26. Sensory organs include skin, eyes, tongue, nose and ears A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 27. Bundle of nerves found in the CNS A) Nerves. B) Tracts. C) Peripheral. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tracts. 28. Which letter represents the dendrites? A) C. B) D. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 29. What do photoreceptors in our eyes convert light energy into? A) Electrical energy. B) Mechanical energy. C) Thermal energy. D) Chemical energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electrical energy. 30. Which of the following disorders is associated with a decrease in the neurotransmitter called dopamine? A) Parkinson's disease. B) Epilepsy. C) IF. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parkinson's disease. 31. Which lobe is responsible for thinking, planning, problem solving, emotions, behavior control and decision making? A) Frontal Lobe. B) Occipital Lobe. C) Parietal Lobe. D) Temporal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal Lobe. 32. This meninge is the hard outer layer. A) Dura Mater. B) Arachnoid Mater. C) Pia Mater. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dura Mater. 33. Nerve impulses travel faster through unmyelinated axons. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 34. When a neuron is at rest, it's axon has a resting potential with a slightly ..... charge A) Negative. B) Positive. C) Neutral. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative. 35. Which part of our eyes protect the eyes from dust? A) Iris. B) Eye lashes. C) Pupil. D) Orbit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eye lashes. 36. No blood vessels because it is thin A) Dura mater. B) Arachnoid. C) Pia mater. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arachnoid. 37. Efferent neurones transmit nerve impulses A) From the CNS to muscles or glands. B) From the spinal cord to the brain. C) Between interneurones in the CNS. D) From sensory receptors to the CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From the CNS to muscles or glands. 38. Which of the following is a perception? A) Viewing a decrease in brightness. B) Recognizing an object as a car. C) Noting a change in temperature. D) Hearing an increase in volume. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recognizing an object as a car. 39. The long narrow part of the neuron that carries impulses to the neuron cell body is the ..... A) Neurilemma. B) Nodes of Ranvier. C) Dendrite. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axon. 40. The part of a neuron that brings electrical signals TOWARDS the cell body: A) Axon. B) Dendrite. C) Conclusion. D) Soma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrite. 41. This is a microscopic nerve cell that makes up the brain, spinal cord, and nerves. A) Nerve. B) Axon. C) Neuron. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neuron. 42. Movement of the membrane potential to zero mV due to Na+ A) Depolarization. B) Excitation. C) Stimulus. D) Repolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Depolarization. 43. We need to use both the left and right hemispheres for our daily activities. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 44. Imagine Michael, Ava, and Benjamin are on a science adventure. They come across a mysterious creature with an optic nerve. Can you help them figure out what type of nerve the optic nerve is? A) Motor nerve. B) Relay nerve. C) Sensory nerve. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory nerve. 45. The outer most meninges is called the A) Dura mater. B) Pia mater. C) Subarachnoid space. D) Arachnoid mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dura mater. 46. The cortical regions at the back of the brain, housing the visual cortex A) Parietal Lobe. B) Occipital Lobe. C) Frontal Lobe. D) Temporal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occipital Lobe. 47. Most common neurotransmitter found in both the CNS and PNS A) Epinephrine. B) Dopamine. C) Acetylcholine. D) Gama-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acetylcholine. 48. The 2-parts of the nervous system:(see your chart) A) Brain and spinal cord. B) Somatic and autonomic. C) Central and peripheral nervous systems. D) Sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central and peripheral nervous systems. 49. Small and have multiple processes no axon ..... do not produce an impulse, function unknown ..... found in brain, eye and adrenal gland ..... is what structural classification A) Multipolar neuron. B) Unipolar/Pseudounipolar neuron. C) Bipolar neuron=. D) Anaxonic neuron:. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anaxonic neuron:. 50. Which statement about the antidepressant is not correct? A) The drugs have effects that enhance the CNS actions of norepinephrine, serotonin, or both. B) Patients typically vary in their responsiveness to individual agents. C) SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) are effective in patients with neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia. D) SSRIs have gastrointestinal and sexual adverse effects. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) are effective in patients with neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia. 51. Which of these is NOT a function of the digestive system? A) Breaks down food. B) Eliminates waste. C) Absorbs nutrients. D) Takes oxygen to body cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Takes oxygen to body cells. 52. Flatworms nervous system A) Ladder-like nervous system. B) Brain and spinal cord. C) Just nervous cells. D) Each segment have ganglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ladder-like nervous system. 53. What do the ventricles of the brain do? A) Produce afferent signals. B) Circulate CSF. C) Receive efferent signals. D) Interpret reflex arcs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circulate CSF. 54. Structures specialized in detecting stimuli A) Taste. B) Receptor. C) Sense. D) Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Receptor. 55. The body system that allows an animal to sense and respond to its environment and control body functions, made up of the brain, spinal cord, nerves and sense organs. A) Skin. B) The Nervous System. C) Hormone System. D) Organ. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Nervous System. 56. What is the primary advantage to a spinal reflex? A) It depends upon the decision-making abilities of the brain. B) It efficiently controls regions farthest from the brain. C) It involves both gray and white matter. D) It is very fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is very fast. 57. Which type of neuron allows for sensory input? A) Sensory neurons. B) Interneurons. C) Motor neurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory neurons. 58. Bundles of thousands of nerve cells that run throughout the body like wires A) Sensory receptors. B) Nerves. C) Senses. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nerves. 59. Which part of the human brain is being described:The largest part of the brain, responsible for conscious thought, memory, language, perception, and voluntary movements. A) Cerebellum. B) Hippocampus. C) Spinal Cord. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum. 60. What part of the brain controls you movement, sense of touch, taste, and temperature? A) Occipital lobe. B) Cerebellum. C) Parietal lobe. D) Frontal Lobe. E) Temporal lobe. 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