This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 121 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 121 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. .... nerves are ones we control, like moving our arms or jumping with our legs. A) Autonomic. B) Somatic. C) Motor. D) Sensory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic. 2. PART OF THE BRAIN THAT CONTROLS BASIC FUNCTIONS SUCH AS BREATHING AND HEARTBEAT A) NEURON. B) CEREBELLUM. C) CEREBRUM. D) BRAIN STEM. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) BRAIN STEM. 3. What makes up the central nervous system (CNS)? A) Brain and heart. B) Brain and spinal cord. C) Heart and spinal cord. D) Spinal cord and lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain and spinal cord. 4. The instability caused by the malfunctioning of one system cannot be made stable by other systems because each system has its own function in the body. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 5. Your nerve cells have two main settings for communicating: ..... (immediate) and ..... (take more time to be read). A) Chemical, electrical. B) Electrical, chemical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electrical, chemical. 6. Which of the following is a non-motor response? A) Forming a memory. B) Pulling your hand away from a hot stove. C) Going to get a drink of water. D) Opening a window. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forming a memory. 7. Which lobe is involved in making plans and judgments? A) Occipital. B) Parietal. C) Temporal. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frontal. 8. In the peripheral nervous system the myelin sheath is formed by ..... A) Nodes of Ranvier. B) Schwann Cells. C) Ribosomes. D) Mitochondria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Schwann Cells. 9. We have many pairs of cranial nerves? A) 9. B) 12. C) 6. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12. 10. Lobe responsible for intellect, movement, creativity, abstract reasoning & more. A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Temporal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal. 11. What are the three distinct parts of the brain? A) Cardiac, Smooth, Skeletal. B) Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Brain Stem. C) Arteries, Veins, Capillaries. D) Muscle, Epithelial, Smooth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Brain Stem. 12. ..... neuron sends directions back to the site of the stimulus A) CNS. B) Effector. C) Motor. D) Sensory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor. 13. Deductive reasoning is ..... A) From specific to general. B) From general to specific. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From general to specific. 14. Involuntary muscle control is governed by the ..... nervous system. A) Autonomic. B) Somatic. C) Central. D) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic. 15. Which cranial nerve is responsible for motor impulses to muscles of facial expression, tear glands, and salivary glands? A) Vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII). B) Facial nerve (VII). C) Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX). D) Oculomotor nerve (III). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Facial nerve (VII). 16. Which of the following are the three basic types of neurons? A) Motor neurons, stem cells, reflexes. B) Reflexes, sensory neurons, motor neurons. C) Inter-neurons, sensory neurons, motor neurons. D) Sensory neurons, motor neurons, stem cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inter-neurons, sensory neurons, motor neurons. 17. Information stored in the brain that is retrievable over a long period of time or even your entire life A) Long term memory. B) Short term memory. C) Brain recall. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long term memory. 18. Dendrites are neuron processes that conduct impulses toward the cell body. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. The front part of the brain involved in decision-making, problem-solving, emotions, and voluntary muscle movements A) Occipital lobe. B) Temporal lobe. C) Frontal lobe. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frontal lobe. 20. Example of involuntary action is ..... A) Reading. B) Writing. C) Breathing. D) Talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Breathing. 21. What does the parasympathetic nervous system do? A) Increases the heart rate and blood pressure. B) Decreases heart rate, breathing. C) Increases the peristalsis of the digestive tract. D) Increases the production of saliva. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decreases heart rate, breathing. 22. Which of the following bodily actions is controlled by the somatic nervous system? A) Increase is stomach muscle action after eating a meal. B) An increase in cardiac contractions during stressful situations. C) A decrease in breathing rate during sleep. D) Increased force production of the hamstring muscles during running. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increased force production of the hamstring muscles during running. 23. Keep neurons separate from cerebrospinal fluid A) Astrocytes. B) Microglia. C) Oligodendrocytes/Schwann's Cells. D) Ependymal Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ependymal Cells. 24. The sense of hearing uses ..... A) Mechanoreceptors. B) Electromagnetic receptors. C) Thermal receptors. D) Chemoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mechanoreceptors. 25. Which type of glial cell regulates your cerebral spinal fluid? A) Satellite Cells. B) Astrocytes. C) Microglial Cells. D) Ependymal Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ependymal Cells. 26. There are two kinds of nerves. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. What are known to be the immune system cells of the brain? A) Satellite cells. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Microglia. D) Ependymal cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Microglia. 28. This nerve has motor fibers to the face, and causes facial expressions A) Abducting. B) Optic. C) Facial. D) Trigeminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Facial. 29. What does the parietal lobe do an interpret? A) Personality, reasoning, judgement, voluntary move, and speech. B) Speech interpretation and hearing. Plays small role in memory. C) Sense of touch. D) Visual information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sense of touch. 30. The brain and spinal cord are the ..... nervous system A) Peripheral. B) Somatic. C) Central. D) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central. 31. Clear liquid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord and provides mechanical and chemical protection A) Schwann cells. B) Myelin sheath. C) Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). D) Nodes of Ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). 32. The two cerebral hemispheres are connected by the: A) Cerebellum. B) Midbrain. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Callous body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Callous body. 33. Which of the following controls your involuntary functions? A) Autonomic. B) Sympathetic. C) Somatic. D) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic. 34. Which part of the nervous system is responsible for the "fight or flight" response? A) Parasympathetic. B) Sensory (afferent). C) Sympathetic. D) Motor (efferent). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sympathetic. 35. Nerve cells are made of three parts. A) Dendrite, axons, neurons. B) Dendrite, axons, cell bodies. C) Dendrite, axons, myelin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrite, axons, cell bodies. 36. We have..... senses A) 6. B) 5. C) 3. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5. 37. Receptor sites and axon terminals directly touch, allowing messages to move from one neuron to the next A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 38. Cranial nerves and spinal nerves are part of the peripheral nervous system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 39. Which division of the nervous system makes conscious decisions? A) Central nervous system. B) Somatic nervous system. C) Autonomic nervous system. D) Sympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central nervous system. 40. What is the CNS? A) Central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). B) Continuous nervous system (brain and spinal cord). C) Controlling nervous station (brain and spinal cord). D) Coordination nervous system (brain and spinal cord). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). 41. Which of these is not true about the central nervous system? A) Contains the brain and spinal chord. B) Is involved with integration of informaiton. C) Are myelinated by Schwann cells. D) Contains more neurons than the PNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are myelinated by Schwann cells. 42. Involuntary muscles that work in internal organs, like your digestive tract: A) Smooth. B) Skeletal. C) Cardiac. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smooth. 43. Contains a Respiratory Center that controls smooth muscles that control one's respiratory rate. A) Cerebellum. B) Pons. C) Spinal cord elongated. D) Brain Stem. E) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord elongated. 44. The ..... attaches the lens. A) Vitreous humor. B) Cilia. C) Suspensory ligaments. D) Aqueous humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suspensory ligaments. 45. What does epithelial tissue do? A) Carries messages to and from the brain. B) Provides structure and support. C) Causes movement. D) Forms the protective outer layer of skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forms the protective outer layer of skin. 46. Joints allow our body ..... A) To interact with our enviroment. B) To go into action. C) To bend and move. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To bend and move. 47. Which type of specialized cell contract and move up and down? A) Cardiac muscle cell. B) Skeletal muscle cell. C) Smooth muscle cell. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal muscle cell. 48. Nerve cells, or ....., are the basic units of the nervous system. A) Cells. B) Peripherals. C) Neurons. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurons. 49. Examples of response A) Gland secretes hormones. B) Your nervous system breaks down. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gland secretes hormones. 50. Which of the nerve cell structures insulate the axon and make impulses travel along faster? A) The synapse. B) Meninges. C) Cell body. D) The myelin sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The myelin sheath. 51. Lung constrict air passages A) Sympathetic nervous system. B) Parasympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic nervous system. 52. The type of sensation detected by the encapsulated nerve ending is A) Itch. B) Pain. C) Pressure. D) Thermal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pressure. 53. What type of nerve cell makes myelin in the central nervous system? A) Astrocyte. B) Microglial. C) Ependymal. D) Oligodendrocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oligodendrocyte. 54. There are ..... as many glial cells as there are neurons. A) 10x. B) 100x. C) 50x. D) 20x. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10x. 55. Neurons that pass sensory information from the peripheral nervous system to the brain are called A) Interneurons. B) Reflex arc neurons. C) Sensory neurons. D) Motor neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory neurons. 56. The main role for this structure is homeostasis. This structure links the Nervous System and the Endocrine System. This structure controls hunger, bodyweight, movements and secretions of the stomach and intestines, and regulates sleep and the balance of water in our bodies. A) Hypothalamus. B) Limbic System. C) Cerebellum. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypothalamus. 57. Glial cell type in the CNS responsible for producing cerebrospinal fluid. A) Axon. B) Ependymal Cell. C) Neuron. D) Satellite Cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ependymal Cell. 58. Which part vibrates when sound hit or reached it? A) Eardrum. B) Cochlea. C) Pinna. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eardrum. 59. Which body system send electrical signals to all other body systems? A) Skeletal. B) Nervous. C) Circulatory. D) Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nervous. 60. What is the medical term for cognitive deficits that include memory impairment? A) Manic depression. B) Psychosis. C) Neurosis. D) Dementia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dementia. ← 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