This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 117 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 117 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The space between the brain and the skull bones is filled with ..... A) Fluid. B) Bones. C) Nerves. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fluid. 2. Which part of the neuron receives signals from other neurons? A) Axon. B) Cell body. C) Conclusion. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dendrites. 3. Which of the following is responsible for regulating activities that are involuntary? A) Parasympathetic Nervous System. B) Somatic Nervous System. C) Autonomic Nervous System. D) Sympathetic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autonomic Nervous System. 4. Babies have more bones than adults. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 5. Receive sensory info from the environment and send it to the brain or spinal chord A) Interneurons. B) Sensory neurons. C) Brainstem. D) Motor neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory neurons. 6. What type of neuron is also called an interneuron because it carries messages between the other two types of neurons? A) "Emphasis". B) Afferent. C) Associative. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Associative. 7. What do sensory neurons have at their ends that detect changes inside and outside the body? A) Motor neurons. B) Impulses. C) Receptors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Receptors. 8. It is the network of nerves in the autonomic nervous system that triggers your instinctual "fight or flight" response. A) Sympathetic Nervous System. B) Parasympathetic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic Nervous System. 9. Food passes through the Gall Bladder. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 10. A threadlike extension of a neuron that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body. A) Conclusion. B) Dendrite. C) Axon. D) Soma. E) Neurotransmitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon. 11. The small space between 2 neurons where the message passes. A) Conclusion. B) Neuron. C) Dendrite. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conclusion. 12. The muscles in the wall of the blood vessels contract or relax to vary the blood flow. Which body system regulates the contraction and relaxation of the muscles? A) Excretory system. B) Digestive system. C) Skeletal system. D) Nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nervous system. 13. The bicep and triceps are classified as an involuntary muscle type A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 14. To protect your cochlear hair cells/your hearing you should ..... A) Wear ear plugs in loud environments/avoid these environments when possible. B) Lower the volume when listening to music, especially with headphone/airpods. C) Avoid cotton swabs for cleaning ears, use a different method for ear cleaning. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 15. Segment in the brain stem which is also being referred to as the spinal bulb A) Pons. B) Hypothalamus. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Mid brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla oblongata. 16. The area of a longitudinal wave where the particles are crowded together. A) Medium. B) Transverse. C) Compression. D) Crest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compression. 17. What is responsible for carrying messages from the body to the brain from the brain to the body. A) Nerves. B) Neuron. C) Spinal Cord. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerves. 18. Of the neuroglia, covers specialized brain parts, acts as a barrier A) Ependymal cells. B) Microglial. C) Oligodendrocyte. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ependymal cells. 19. The cranium consists of the ..... that form the upper part of the ..... A) Bones, skull. B) Skull, bones. C) Muscles, bones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones, skull. 20. What are the 3 functions of the skeleton? A) Support.Protection.Hardness. B) Support.Pressure.Shape. C) Support.Protection.Shape. D) System.Protection.Shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Support.Protection.Shape. 21. Responsible for voluntary body functions A) Somatic nervous system. B) Central nervous system. C) Sympathetic nervous system. D) Autonomic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic nervous system. 22. What does the right hemisphere control? A) Your lungs and cells. B) The technical part of your brain. C) Your arms and legs. D) The left side of your body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The left side of your body. 23. Is the part of the nervous system that consists of the nerves and ganglia on the outside of the brain and spinal cord A) Autonomic Nervous System. B) Sympathetic Nervous System. C) Peripheral Nervous System. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral Nervous System. 24. True or False:Having unlimited adrenaline is good for you A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 25. What system is responsible for bringing oxygen from the outside environment into the body. It also removes carbon dioxide from the body. A) Cardiovascular. B) Respiratory. C) Circulatory. D) Nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Respiratory. 26. You can feel the heat of a hot stove because specialized nerve cells in the skin relay information to your ..... A) Eyes. B) Brain. C) Finger. D) Hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain. 27. A single long extension of the cell body in a nerve cell is called ..... A) Interneuron. B) Axon. C) Schwann Cell. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 28. Terms:Based on the prefixes and suffixes you've learned, answer the following questions:Which occupation would be within the field of botany? A) Dendrologist. B) Astrologist. C) Neurologist. D) Audiologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrologist. 29. What is the Frontal lobe responsible for? A) Reasoning and Planning. B) Movement and Balance. C) Visual processing. D) Auditory and Memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reasoning and Planning. 30. The 2 subsystems of the autonomic nervous system are the A) Parasympathetic and sympathetic. B) Reflex and reaction. C) Sensory and motor. D) Somatic and parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasympathetic and sympathetic. 31. The Cerebrum is divided into ..... major parts. A) 4. B) 6. C) 2. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 32. The brain stem is also called the A) Spinal cord. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) Medulla tagsMS-LS1.8. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medulla tagsMS-LS1.8. 33. True or False A reflex is an automatic response that occurs rapidly without conscious control A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 34. The nervous system has got an intestine A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 35. Myelin sheathes are supposed to provide ..... A) Insulation. B) Function. C) Support. D) Protection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insulation. 36. Which part of the brain enables the two halves of the cerebrum to communicate? ¿Qué parte del cerebro permite que las dos mitades del cerebro se comuniquen? A) Brain stem. B) Cerebrum. C) A calloused body. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A calloused body. 37. The nervous system always functions in stimulating (turning on) body tissue A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 38. Which of the following is not regulated by homeostasis? A) Blood pH. B) Body temperature. C) Body movements. D) Blood sugar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Body movements. 39. Which describes somatic nerves? A) Voluntary nerves. B) Involuntary nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voluntary nerves. 40. Exercise is important for muscles because it A) Helps maintain strength and flexibility. B) Gives muscles more energy. C) Prevents muscles from becoming tired. D) Prevents muscle injuries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helps maintain strength and flexibility. 41. A change in your surroundings that causes a reaction. A) Response. B) Voluntary. C) Involuntary. D) Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stimulus. 42. Connects brain to spinal cord; Controls hunger and thirst; the most basic body functions, such as body temperature, blood pressure and breathing. A) Brainstem. B) Sensory neurons. C) Cerebrum. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brainstem. 43. The cranial and spinal nerves belong to the ..... system. A) Parasympathetic nervous system. B) Central nervous system. C) Sympathetic nervous system. D) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peripheral nervous system. 44. Which of these is not a name for the support cells of the nervous system? A) Neuroglia. B) Glia. C) Glial cells. D) Neurosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurosis. 45. Transparent anterior portion of the outer tunic of the eye A) Sclera. B) Iris. C) Cornea. D) Retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cornea. 46. Examples of Chemoreceptors are ..... A) Touch and hearing. B) Sight and time. C) Taste and smell. D) Pain and tissue damage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taste and smell. 47. Which of the following functions as a motor protein in all three types of muscle tissue? A) Troponin. B) Titin. C) Actin. D) Myosin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myosin. 48. Responsible for controlling hunger, thirst, many emotions, body temperature, and circadian rhythms (sleeping and waking patterns) A) Anterior cingulate cortex. B) Hippocampus. C) Hypothalamus. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothalamus. 49. Fasicle refers to A) Packet. B) Stringlike. C) Micro. D) Bundle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bundle. 50. The protein that makes us "waterproof" is called A) Carotene. B) Mucus. C) Keratin. D) Melanin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Keratin. 51. Which of your muscles are voluntary? A) Smooth. B) Cardiac. C) Skeletal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal. 52. When your arm "falls asleep" what is actually happening? A) Your arm is tired and takes a nap. B) The communication between the nerves and the brain no longer flows smoothly. C) Nothing. D) The communication between the nerves and the brain flows faster than normal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The communication between the nerves and the brain no longer flows smoothly. 53. If foreign substances pass the body's first line of defense and into the bloodstream, what happens? A) They are attacked by saliva or mucous. B) They are attacked by lymphocytes. C) The body has no other defense. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are attacked by lymphocytes. 54. Division of the Autonomic Nervous System (which is a subdivision of the Peripheral Nervous System) that is & REST AND DIGEST A) Parasympathetic. B) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasympathetic. 55. During repolarization, what occurs in the axon's neuron? A) Action potential begins. B) Nothing. C) Action potential stops outside membrane negative inside positive. D) Action potential stops, outside membrane positive, inside negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Action potential stops, outside membrane positive, inside negative. 56. The terminals contain tiny sacs, or vesicles, filled with ..... A) Axons. B) Neurotransmitters. C) Neurons. D) Schawn cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurotransmitters. 57. Chemical used to send a signal across a synapse A) Action potential. B) Potassium ion. C) Neurotransmitter. D) Sodium ion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurotransmitter. 58. This is the lobe of the cerebrum that controls the sense of vision. A) Temporal. B) Parietal. C) Frontal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occipital. 59. What is the cell body of a neuron also known as? A) Dendrite. B) Synaptic bulb. C) Axon. D) Soma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soma. 60. Where are your phalanges located? A) Nose and Ears. B) Hip and Ribs. C) Large and Small Intestine. D) Fingers and Toes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fingers and Toes. ← 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