This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is not part of the hindbrain A) Medulla oblongata. B) Pons. C) Cerebellum. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hypothalamus. 2. Which of the following is the correct order of organization in living things from most basic (simple) to most complex? A) Organism, cell, tissue, organ, organ system. B) Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism. C) Cell, organ, tissue, organ, organism, organ system. D) Organ system, organ, tissue, cell, organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism. 3. Which cranial nerve is involved in motor control of the tongue? A) Trigeminal (CN V). B) Olfactory (CN I). C) Vagus (CN X). D) Optic (CNII). E) Hypoglossal (CN XII). Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Hypoglossal (CN XII). 4. Which one is an example of a voluntary function? A) Typing. B) Breathing. C) Digestion. D) Blinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Typing. 5. In most people, the ..... dominates the task of language A) Right hemisphere. B) Left hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left hemisphere. 6. What are the two main parts of the Central Nervous System? A) Heart and Lungs. B) Brain and Spinal Cord. C) Nerves and Neurons. D) Arms and Legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain and Spinal Cord. 7. Produce myelin sheaths in jelly-roll like fashion A) Dendrites. B) Nissl Substance. C) Schwann Cells. D) Nodes of Ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schwann Cells. 8. Which of the following is NOT a neuroglia? A) Satellite cells. B) Microglia. C) Unipolar. D) Astrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unipolar. 9. What is the purpose of the vertebrae? A) Make red blood cells. B) Protect our spinal cord. C) Protect our brain. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protect our spinal cord. 10. Brain and spinal cord ..... the integrative centers.They are located and protected inside the cranium and the vertebral canal. A) Peripheral nervous system (PNS). B) Central nervous system (CNS). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central nervous system (CNS). 11. Which part of the brain, when damaged, affects breathing control? A) Cerebrum. B) Thalamus. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla oblongata. 12. Controls the nervous system and responsible for converting signals to actions A) The brain. B) Nerves. C) The spinal cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The brain. 13. Which part of the eye can dilate & constrict based on amount of light entering eye? A) Cornea. B) Iris. C) Lens. D) Pupil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pupil. 14. Neuron:gather signals & convert them into electrical signals called impulses A) Axons. B) Soma. C) Dendrites. D) Myelin Sheath. E) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrites. 15. The Nervous System comprises of three parts: A) Cranium, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Brain Stem. B) Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Medulla. C) Stimuli, Spinal Cord, Cerebrum. D) The Brain, The Spinal Cord, Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Brain, The Spinal Cord, Nerves. 16. Large, paired structures that constitute the cerebrum A) Reticular formation. B) Diencephalons. C) Cerebral hemispheres. D) Cerebral cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebral hemispheres. 17. A pandemic is when: A) A disease is constantly present in a particular location and circulating through a population at low levels. B) There is an increased occurrence of a disease than what would be expected in a region during a given period. C) There is a an infectious disease that can pass directly between two individuals of the same species. D) An infectious disease spreads across a large region or even worldwide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An infectious disease spreads across a large region or even worldwide. 18. What are the 3 parts to the brain? A) Platelets, red cells, neurons. B) Brain, cerebellum, brain stem. C) Abdula obinglota, rbc, wbc. D) Vertebrate, dendrites, neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain, cerebellum, brain stem. 19. Which type of nerve fiber carries acute pain? A) Myelinated nerve fibers. B) Unmyelinated nerve fibers. C) Both of the above. D) Neither of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myelinated nerve fibers. 20. A positive charge within a neuron is a direct correlation to ..... A) Calcium entering the axon terminal. B) Neurotransmitters floating across the synapse. C) Sodium entering the cell. D) Sodium/potassium pumps moving ions in and out of the cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sodium entering the cell. 21. Which of the following is the colored portion of the eye A) Ciliary Body. B) Pupil. C) Cornea. D) Iris. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iris. 22. Elevated ridges of tissue in the cerebral cortex are called ..... A) Glyri. B) Fissures. C) Sulci. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glyri. 23. The measure of the difference in electrical charge between two areas is called a A) Voltage. B) Resting membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voltage. 24. Which of the following neurotransmitters is associated with inhibition exclusively? A) Glutamate. B) GABA. C) Norepinephrine. D) Acetylcholine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) GABA. 25. What hormone that flooded female's brain when they are mad which can make them upset? A) Cortisol. B) N/a. C) Stress hormone. D) Stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cortisol. 26. When the CNS processes an input and decides what should be done with it: A) Sensory input. B) Efferent division. C) Integration. D) Motor output. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Integration. 27. These are chemicals that carry a nerve impulse across the gap at the synapse of a neuron to another neuron A) Enzymes. B) Stimuli. C) Hormones. D) Neurotransmitters tagsneurotransmitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurotransmitters tagsneurotransmitter. 28. Which part of the nervous system coordinates the activity of the entire nervous system? A) Neurons. B) Neural pathways. C) The brain. D) Autonomic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The brain. 29. What is the function of the nerves? A) To carry messages to and from the body. B) To transport blood. C) To inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. D) To move the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To carry messages to and from the body. 30. In the autonomic nervous system, the neuron that originates in the brain or spinal cord is the A) Preganglionic neuron. B) Postganglionic neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preganglionic neuron. 31. Which of the following is a stimulus that might result in vomiting? A) Low energy. B) A cut in the skin. C) Eating spoiled food. D) Hot temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eating spoiled food. 32. Dysphagia means difficulty eating, as dysphasia means difficulty with ..... A) Swimming. B) Swallowing. C) Speech. D) Sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speech. 33. Blood in the urine A) Urine is not old. B) Peeing at night. C) There is blood in the urine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is blood in the urine. 34. Neurotransmitters are released from the A) Post-synaptic axon terminals. B) Presynaptic axon terminals. C) Axon. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Presynaptic axon terminals. 35. The fatty substance wrapped around the axon of a neuron that helps in fast and efficient conduction of impulses: A) Cell body. B) Dendrite. C) Myelin sheath. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myelin sheath. 36. Autonomic nervous system Does not control any aspect of work A) Heart muscle. B) Small intestinal smooth muscle. C) Tricep muscle. D) Smooth muscle of the esophagus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tricep muscle. 37. Which part of the brain regulates vital functions, like heartbeat and breathing A) Temporal Lobe. B) Cerebellum. C) Frontal Lobe. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain stem. 38. Neurons are classified by A) Length of the axon. B) Size of the cell body. C) Number of processes from the cell body. D) Location of the nodes of ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Number of processes from the cell body. 39. Axon end that interacts with other neurons or effector organs A) Acetycholine & norepinephrine. B) Postsynaptic terminal. C) Presynaptic terminal. D) Depolarized. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Presynaptic terminal. 40. The right side of the brain controls ..... A) The right side of the body. B) The left side of the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The left side of the body. 41. Which of the following is one of Mr. Gantt's favorite words? A) Lobe. B) Spinal cord elongated. C) Spinal Cord. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord elongated. 42. Which neurological disorder is characterized by abnormal brain activity causing seizures? A) Parkinson's Disease. B) Epilepsy. C) Encephalitis. D) Cerebral Palsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epilepsy. 43. The axon ends in a series of small swellings called ....., located some distance from the cell body A) Cell body. B) Axons. C) Axon terminals. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon terminals. 44. Consists of sensory receptors, nerves, ganglia and plexuses and senses stimuli A) Autonomic Nervous System. B) CNS. C) Central Nervous System. D) Peripheral Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peripheral Nervous System. 45. A fly lands on your arm. Which type of touch receptor would definitely NOT be involved in this sensation? A) Pacinian corpuscles. B) A. Merkel's disks. C) Meissner's corpuscles. D) Free nerve endings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pacinian corpuscles. 46. If the dorsal root is damaged, which of the following consequences is most likely? A) Loss of motor function. B) Loss of effector function. C) Loss of integration function. D) Loss of sensory function. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loss of sensory function. 47. The part of the neuron that takes information away from the cell body is called a(n) ..... A) Dendrite. B) Schwann cell. C) Axon. D) Cell body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon. 48. What protects the spinal cord? A) Vertebrae. B) Rib cage. C) Skull. D) Hip bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebrae. 49. Which part of the neuron picks up a signal and turns it to an electric signal? A) Axon. B) Cell body. C) Conclusion. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dendrites. 50. Temporal Lobe Functions A) Breathing, heart rat, internal organs. B) Voluntary movement, expressive language, and managing higher level executive functions. C) Processes auditory info and encodes memory. D) Swallowing, coughing, sneezing, and vomiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Processes auditory info and encodes memory. 51. Early warning sign of dementia-Alzheimer's A) Calling other people by the same name. B) Forgetfulness. C) Repeated confusion. D) Getting lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repeated confusion. 52. A cell found in the brain that communicates with other cells via synapses. A) Neuron. B) Axon. C) Brain stem. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuron. 53. The biggest part of the brain A) Cerebrum. B) Brain stem. C) Frontal Lobe. D) Occipital Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 54. Branches at the terminal ends of axons that contain hundreds of tiny vesicles that contain chemicals called neurotransmitters. A) Mammillary bodies. B) Axon terminals. C) Broca's area. D) Parietal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon terminals. 55. What organs make up our central nervous system? A) Brain. B) Spinal cord. C) Sense organs. D) Brain and spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain and spinal cord. 56. This gets information from the environment. A) Skeletal system. B) Central nervous system. C) Digestive system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central nervous system. 57. Lobe that is involved in sensing touch, as well as spatial processing, language, and memory. A) Parietal. B) Frontal. C) Occipital. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parietal. 58. What part of the central nervous system controls our heartbeat: A) Cerebrum. B) Skull. C) Brain stem. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain stem. 59. When you get cut, your skin cells release hormones that signal platelets to come and stop the bleeding. Platelets then release more hormones that signal even more platelets to help stop bleeding. The hormone signals continue until the cut is closed. A) Negative Feedback Loop. B) Positive Feedback Response. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positive Feedback Response. 60. What are the eyes surrounded by for protection? A) Lacrimal apparatus. B) Accessory structures. C) Protective fat and the bony orbits in the skull. D) Eyelids and eyelashes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protective fat and the bony orbits in the skull. ← 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