This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 124 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 124 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A fluid in the mouth that helps digest food. A) Blood. B) Gastric juice. C) Acid. D) Saliva. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saliva. 2. Connects a motor and a sensory neurone in the central nervous system and is involved in a reflex arc. A) Relay neurone. B) Central nervous system. C) Effectors. D) Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relay neurone. 3. Another name for Efferent Nerves A) Motor Nerve. B) Sensory Nerve. C) Functional Nerve. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor Nerve. 4. Clusters of nerve cell bodies within the PNS are called A) Nodes of ranvier. B) Nuclei. C) Ganglia. D) Myelin sheaths. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ganglia. 5. What best describes a seizure A) A sudden attack that can cause spasms or convulsions. B) A medical condition associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain. C) Making short and sudden movements. D) Not reacting or moving because of being unconscious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sudden attack that can cause spasms or convulsions. 6. Which lobe of the brain is the one responsible for processing auditory information? A) Frontal. B) Occipital. C) Parietal. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temporal. 7. ..... affect the sides of the neck and the platysma muscle. A) Buccal nerve. B) Median nerve. C) Cervical nerve. D) Ulnar nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cervical nerve. 8. What is the function of eyebrows? A) To produce and secrete tears. B) To keep sweat and sunlight out of eyes. C) To trigger reflexive blinking to keep eyes moist. D) To drain the secretions from eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To keep sweat and sunlight out of eyes. 9. Hair, skin, and nails are a part of this system. A) Skeletal. B) Outgrowths. C) Circulatory. D) Nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outgrowths. 10. Ten percent of the brain is made of neurons and 90% of the brain is made of neuroglia. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 11. The two primary layer of the skin in order from INNERMOST to OUTERMOST is A) Hypodermis, epidermis. B) Hypodermis, dermis. C) Dermis, epidermis. D) Epidermis, dermis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dermis, epidermis. 12. The brain stem controls involuntary actions and sleeping. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 13. Before an action potential moves to the next neuron it must release A) Negative electrons in to the synapse. B) Sodium into the synapse. C) Neurotransmitters into the synapse. D) Positive protons into the synapse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurotransmitters into the synapse. 14. The brain will send a message to your right hand to wave through which neural pathway? A) They will bring it out. B) Afferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They will bring it out. 15. What is the ability to know yourself? A) Awareness. B) Structure. C) Consciousness. D) Integrity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consciousness. 16. NERVES THAT GATHER INFORMATION FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE BODY AND TRANSMIT IT TO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM A) CAR NERVES. B) MOTOR NERVES. C) SENSORY NERVES. D) AWARENESS NERVES. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SENSORY NERVES. 17. The white part of the eye made of a tough material A) Lens. B) Optic nerve. C) Sclera. D) Retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sclera. 18. Parkinson's disease is caused by demyelination of nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Which of the following type of microglia is a phagocytic cell found in the CNS? A) Microglia. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Ependymal cells. D) Astrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Microglia. 20. Which of the following is not apart of the nervous system A) Spinal Cord. B) Skin. C) Sensory Organs. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skin. 21. Snapdragon flowers come in red, pink and white. What type of inheritance is this? A) Complete Dominance. B) Incomplete Dominance. C) Codominance. D) Polygenic Inheritance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incomplete Dominance. 22. Reflexes are controlled ..... A) Involuntary. B) Voluntary. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Involuntary. 23. Provides a watery cushion for the brain & spinal cord A) Cerebrospinal fluid. B) Meninges. C) Bones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrospinal fluid. 24. Another name for nerve cells A) Neuron. B) Conclusion. C) Dendrites. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuron. 25. True or False:Signals from the left hemisphere (left side of our brain) control movement in the right of the body. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 26. Your taste buds are not attached to nerve cells A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 27. Which type of stain below will stain the myelin? A) H&E. B) Osmic acid. C) Nissl stain. D) Golgi stain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osmic acid. 28. Which if the following scans involves a small amount of radioactive chemical injected into the blood? A) CT scan. B) MRI scan. C) PET scan. D) Neuro scan tagsBrain scans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PET scan. 29. The connective tissue layer around a single muscle cell is called A) Perimysium. B) Epimysium. C) Aponeurosis. D) Endomysium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endomysium. 30. The outer layer of the meninges is known as A) Pia. B) Dura. C) None. D) Arachnoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dura. 31. The central organ of the nervous system, responsible for processing information, controlling bodily functions, and enabling thoughts and emotions A) Hippocampus. B) Parietal. C) Brain. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain. 32. Auditory is ..... A) An idea, emotion or story. B) Something you can see. C) Something you can hear. D) Something you can touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Something you can hear. 33. Puff out your cheeks A) Blow your cheeks. B) Open mouth. C) Show teeth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blow your cheeks. 34. Most common structural neuron A) Bipolar. B) Multipolar. C) Unipolar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multipolar. 35. What causes muscles to move? A) Sensory nerves. B) Blood vessels. C) Motor nerves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor nerves. 36. What is the main control center of the body that contains the brain and spinal cord? A) Central nervous system. B) Somatic nervous system. C) Peripheral nervous system. D) Autonomic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central nervous system. 37. What are the correct order of meninges layer from outside towards inside A) Pia mater, arachnoid mater, dura mater. B) Arachnoid mater, Dura mater, pia mater. C) Pia mater, Dura mater, arachnoid mater. D) Dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater. 38. What does the abbreviation LOC mean? A) Line of credit. B) Location. C) Loss of consciousness. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loss of consciousness. 39. Responsible for organization, problem solving, personality ..... A) Occipital. B) Frontal. C) Parietal. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frontal. 40. Why does cortisol increase the amount of glucose (sugar) in your blood during fight-or-flight mode? A) Because you need sweet tastes. B) Because you need energy. C) Because the blood pressure goes up. D) Because the heart rate needs to go up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because you need energy. 41. The sympathetic nervous system is responsible for increasing cardiac output and shunting blood to the skeletal muscles to enable the? A) Fight or flight. B) Rest and digest. C) Fight for blue devils. D) Dance or skip. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fight or flight. 42. Increased breathing and heartrate are controlled by the A) Parasympathetic nervous system. B) Sympathetic nervous system. C) Somatic nervous system. D) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic nervous system. 43. The brain in not involved when performing reflex actions. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 44. Abnormal electrical impulses in the neurons of hte brain cause ..... A) Cerebrovascular accident(CVA). B) Epilepsy. C) Cerebral palsy. D) Parkinson's disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epilepsy. 45. Which lobe of the brain is responsible for intelligence, language, reading, and sensation? A) Parietal lobe. B) Cerebellum. C) Occipital lobe. D) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parietal lobe. 46. What would be the hypothetical result if a person lacked motor neurons? A) Would be unable to feel a deep cut. B) Would be unable to swing hammer. C) Would be unable to breath. D) Would be unable to feel a hot plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would be unable to swing hammer. 47. A thick bundle of nerve fibers that runs from the base of the brain to the hip area, running through the spine (vertebrae). Controls reflexes. A) Spinal cord elongated. B) Cerebellum. C) Spinal Cord. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal Cord. 48. Ratio of Na+ to K+ A) 1:1. B) 4:3. C) 2:3. D) 3:2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3:2. 49. Decreased breathing rate is from ..... A) Parasympathetic. B) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasympathetic. 50. What are the two different nervous systems A) Peripheral Nervous System. B) Primary Nervous System. C) Central Nervous System. D) Secondary Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peripheral Nervous System. 51. ..... controls the muscle movement and balance of the body. A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Spinal Cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 52. True or false? One of the jobs of the nervous system is to maintain homeostasis. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 53. Swatting a fly is an example of ..... response A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. C) Neither A nor B. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voluntary. 54. Sound waves are what type of stimuli? A) Mechanical stimuli. B) Electromagnetic stimuli. C) Chemical stimuli. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mechanical stimuli. 55. Allows nutrients/waste products to enter/leave cell, allows nerve impulses to move along neuron A) Cell body. B) Axon terminal. C) Node of ranvier. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Node of ranvier. 56. Receptors that detect where your assorted parts are in space are ..... A) Thermoreceptors. B) Mechanoreceptors. C) Chemoreceptors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mechanoreceptors. 57. When a neuron is at rest, it is negatively charged. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 58. Which of the following tables correctly summarizes the main types of neurones and their functions? A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 59. These neurons carry impulses FROM the Central Nervous system to the body A) Motor. B) Sensory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor. 60. This part of the brain interprets the smell of an apple pie ..... A) Brain stem. B) Cerebellum. C) Peripheral nerves. D) Cerebrum. 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