This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 116 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 116 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the function of the central nervous system in homeostasis? A) Secreting hormones. B) Detecting specific stimuli. C) Processing and interpreting nerve impulses. D) Generating movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Processing and interpreting nerve impulses. 2. The different parts of the brain A) Lungs, Trachea and Bronchi. B) Cerebrum, Cerebellum and Medulla. C) Sclera, Pupil and Iris. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum, Cerebellum and Medulla. 3. Which part of the brain controls thought, memory, learning? A) Brain stem. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) Diencephalon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum. 4. How many neurons are in your brain? A) 100 billion. B) 6. C) 250 billion. D) 3 trillion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 100 billion. 5. Oligodendrocytes..... A) Send and receive signals. B) Transport nutrients to other cells. C) Make cerebral spinal fluid. D) Make myelin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Make myelin. 6. What are the two types of cells that nervous tissue is composed of? A) Neurons and neuroglia. B) Ependymal cells and oligodendrocytes. C) Astrocytes and microglial cells. D) Schwann cells and satellite cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurons and neuroglia. 7. Surface area to volume ratio is important because A) It determines what kind environment the cell needs to live. B) It determines how big a cell can grow to be. C) It affects how fast/slow cells can diffuse nutrients & heat. D) It determines which enzymes are needed for metabolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It affects how fast/slow cells can diffuse nutrients & heat. 8. The sodium-potassium pump pumps how many sodium ions outside the neuron? A) 0. B) 1. C) 2. D) 3. E) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 9. Cerebrum is the brain A) Forebrain. B) Midbrain. C) Hindbrain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forebrain. 10. An organ of the digestive system that removes nutrients and water from digested food. You have a large one and a small one. A) Stomach. B) Liver. C) Intestine. D) Esophagus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intestine. 11. Neuron is the most basic functional cell of nervous system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Physician who administers anesthesia A) Anesthetist. B) Neurosurgeon. C) Anesthesiologist. D) Neurologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anesthesiologist. 13. The largest part of the brain which controls voluntary movement, speech, intelligence memory, emotion, and sensory processing A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain Stem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 14. ..... are things in the internal or external environment that cause your nervous system to react. A) Receptors. B) Neurons. C) Nerves. D) Stimuli. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stimuli. 15. What are the components of the central nervous system (CNS)? A) Brain and spinal cord. B) Brain and cranial nerves. C) Spinal cord and spinal nerves. D) Cranial nerves and spinal nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain and spinal cord. 16. What is the function of chemoreceptors? A) Detect changes in chemical concentrations. B) Transmit nerve impulses. C) Control muscle contractions. D) Regulate body temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Detect changes in chemical concentrations. 17. Nerve impulse transmission refers to the ability of the neuron to ..... A) Receive an chemical signal. B) Send an electrochemical signal. C) Produce sodium or potassium. D) Reproduce. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Send an electrochemical signal. 18. The part of the brain that I will use to write for my assessment is A) Medulla. B) Spinal Cord. C) Cerebellum. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 19. Mashing with teeth and stomach churning are examples of A) Peristalsis. B) Propulsion. C) Chemical digestion. D) Mechanical digestion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mechanical digestion. 20. Which part of the neuron is the conducting region that generates nerve impulses and transmits them? A) Axon. B) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon. 21. What ion is found in greater abundance outside of the neuron during the resting potential? A) Iron. B) Sodium. C) Calcium. D) Potassium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sodium. 22. A thin membrane that marks the beginning of the middle ear. It vibrates because of sound waves. A) Outer ear. B) Ear canal. C) Eardrum. D) Cochlea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eardrum. 23. Which neuroglial cells form the blood-brain barrier? A) Microglia. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Astrocytes. D) Ependymal cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astrocytes. 24. Which of the following hormones is secreted by the hypothalamus? A) Estrogen. B) Insulin. C) Oxytocin. D) Thymosin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxytocin. 25. What is structure is # 2? A) Sclera. B) Iris. C) Pupil. D) Lens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pupil. 26. What is the direction of the impulse through a neuron? A) Dendrites, cell body, axon hillock, axon, axon terminal. B) Axon terminal, axon. axon hillock, cell body, dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrites, cell body, axon hillock, axon, axon terminal. 27. Seat of thinking, reasoning and power of imagination; sensory motor coordination; origin of all cerebral functions A) White matter. B) Yellow matter. C) Gray matter. D) Black matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gray matter. 28. The major center of the autonomic control of blood pressure is the: A) Cerebellum. B) Midbrain. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Callous body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Callous body. 29. The peripheral nervous system is divided into the somatic and the autonomic, the autonomic division is also divided into the sympathetic and parasympathetic, these two divisions work to help the body maintain A) Homogenous. B) Homeostasis. C) Heterogeneous. D) Homozygous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homeostasis. 30. The neurons that carry signals from the central nervous system to effectors are the ..... neurons. A) Sensory. B) Inter . C) Motor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor. 31. After passing through the larynx, air enters the large tube called the ..... A) Bronchioles. B) Nostrils. C) Trachea. D) Nasopharynx. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trachea. 32. What is the inner layer of the eyeball called? A) Sclera. B) Iris. C) Retina. D) Cornea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Retina. 33. Cells that connect blood vessels to neurons are named A) Microglial. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Astrocytes. D) Schwann. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astrocytes. 34. True/False:Interneurons only exist within the CNS A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 35. A nervous system disorder that may affect someone's ability to move, breath or have any sensation/feeling A) Parkinson's. B) Meningitis. C) Neuritis. D) Spinal cord injury. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spinal cord injury. 36. Hearing and balance, interpret sensory experiences, memory of visual scenes/music/smells/other complex sensory patterns A) Occipital lobe. B) Parietal lobe. C) Frontal lobe. D) Temporal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temporal lobe. 37. ..... and ..... are regulatory proteins bound to actin. A) Troponin and tropomyosin. B) Myosin and actin. C) Calcium and Oxygen. D) Glycogen and hemoglobin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Troponin and tropomyosin. 38. The two principle divisions that make up the nervous system are the A) Central and sympathetic. B) Sympathetic and parasympathetic. C) Peripheral and central. D) Peripheral and autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral and central. 39. What cerebrum hemisphere lobe is concerned with touch and taste? A) Temporal. B) Parietal. C) Occipital. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parietal. 40. Neurons that are connected A) Nucleus. B) Nerves. C) Neurons. D) Always try your best. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nerves. 41. The nervous system is made up of the central nervous system and the ..... A) Spinal cord. B) Brain. C) Sympathetic nervous system. D) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peripheral nervous system. 42. This part takes care of body jobs you don't think about, like digesting food and sweating. A) Brain stem. B) Thalamus. C) Cerebellum. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain stem. 43. Anything that causes a response is called a ..... ? A) Reflex. B) Organ system. C) Stimulus. D) Homeostasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stimulus. 44. The activity of acetylcholine in a synapse is terminated by A) Its active transport across the presynaptic membrane. B) Its diffusion across the presynaptic membrane. C) Its diffusion across the postsynaptic membrane. D) Its degradation by a hydrolytic enzyme on the postsynaptic membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Its degradation by a hydrolytic enzyme on the postsynaptic membrane. 45. A simple behaviour involving a rapid automatic response to a stimulus is called ..... A) Stimulus. B) Response. C) Reflex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reflex. 46. Receives and analyzes information received from the sensors A) Sensor. B) Control center. C) Response. D) Effector. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Control center. 47. Dopamine controls..... A) Movement, posture, and mood. B) Aggressiveness and anger. C) Learning & memory. D) Thought & anxiety. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Movement, posture, and mood. 48. A nerve pathway, consisting of a sensory neuron, interneuron, and motor neuron, that forms the structural and functional bases for a reflex A) Divergence. B) Reflex arc. C) Plexus. D) Spinal nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflex arc. 49. What type of cell gathers and carries information? A) Neuron. B) Sense Organ. C) Sensory Cell. D) Nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuron. 50. What is the bodies main inhibitory and excitatory neurotransmitter? A) GABA, Glutamate. B) Dopamine, Glutamate. C) Gaba, Dopa peak. D) Serotonin, dopamine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GABA, Glutamate. 51. The most abundant class of neuron in the central nervous system is A) Anaxonic. B) Pseudopolar. C) Multipolar. D) Bipolar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multipolar. 52. The outer layer of tissue on your body (in other words, your SKIN), and also the tissue that lines some of your body's inner surfaces: A) Epithelial. B) Connective. C) Muscular. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epithelial. 53. How many lobes does the Cerebrum have? A) 1. B) 3. C) 4. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 54. What are all the parts of the brain? A) The cerebellum, brain stem and spinal cord. B) The spinal cord, cerebrum and nerves. C) The neurons, cerebellum and brain stem. D) The brain stem, nerves and neurons. E) The cerebrum, cerebellum and brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) The cerebrum, cerebellum and brain stem. 55. What are the 3 membranes that cover and protect the brain & spinal cord called? A) Durable membrane, arachnoid, pia mater. B) Dura mater, arachnocephalic, pia mater. C) Dura mater, arachnoid, pinocystic mater. D) Dura mater, arachnoid, pia mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dura mater, arachnoid, pia mater. 56. Which part of the brain is responsible for involuntary actions like breathing, heartbeat, etc? A) Cerebrum. B) Brain stem. C) Nerves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain stem. 57. By %, what is the most abundant substance in the blood? A) White Blood Cells. B) Plasma. C) Platelets. D) Red Blood Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plasma. 58. What is the function of epyndymal cells in the nervous system? A) Insulating axons. B) Maintaining chemical concentrations. C) Beating of the cilia help to circulate the cerebrospinal fluid. D) Ingesting cells and pathogens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beating of the cilia help to circulate the cerebrospinal fluid. 59. Which of the following controls the "rest and digest" response A) Parasympathetic. B) Central. C) Somatic. D) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasympathetic. 60. What is the English Meaning of the Medical Term Neur/o [ NEUR/O ]? A) Tension. B) Paralysis [ Paralyzed ]. C) Knott, Knott-Like Mass. D) Nerve. E) Movement. 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