This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 126 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 126 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What gender does MS affect more? A) Females. B) Males. C) Both equally. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Females. 2. Which Part of the autonomic nervous system is responsible for Flight of Fight? A) Motor. B) Somatic. C) Sympathetic. D) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sympathetic. 3. What part of the brain is important for learning and memory? A) Broca's area. B) Hippocampus. C) Wernicke's area. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hippocampus. 4. This serves as a channel for signals between the brain and the rest of the body. A) Spinal Cord. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) Motor Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal Cord. 5. A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury that is caused by a blow to the head or an injury that makes the head move back and forth with a lot of force. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 6. Oligodendrocytes form myelin sheath in: A) 1. brain. B) 2. spinal cord. C) Both 1 & 2. D) Cranial nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both 1 & 2. 7. The spinal cord is surrounded and protected by the Bony vertebral column A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 8. Which of these parts of the eye does NOT have the job of regulating or focusing light as it comes into the eye? A) Pupil. B) Lens. C) Sclera. D) Iris. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sclera. 9. Which is the stimuli and which is the response? Sweating Heat from the sun A) Heat is the stimuli, sweating is the response. B) Sweating is the stimuli, heat is the response. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heat is the stimuli, sweating is the response. 10. Cartilage is ..... A) Less flexible than bone. B) More flexible than bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More flexible than bone. 11. Region of the cerebrum that processes sensory information for the body like touch, pressure, and pain: A) Hypothalamus. B) Cerebellum. C) Frontal lobe. D) Parietal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parietal lobe. 12. Sensory receptors found in skin that detect temperature, pressure and pain A) Cutaneous sense organs. B) Conclusion. C) Glial cells. D) Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cutaneous sense organs. 13. How many of the unlisted numbers would be in the phone book? A) 1. B) 3. C) 2. D) 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0. 14. What do dendrites do? A) Insulate axons to speed up signal transfer. B) Support glial cell growth. C) Receive signals from other neurons or sensory receptors. D) Transmit signals away from the soma (cell body). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Receive signals from other neurons or sensory receptors. 15. What is visual/spatial? A) Sings well, enjoys listening to music, plays an instrument. B) Enjoys helping others, likes talking over ideas with team members. C) Enjoys photography, drawing and painting, can read maps. D) Enjoys spending time alone, needs quiet time to think things over. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enjoys photography, drawing and painting, can read maps. 16. The lobes are named for the skull bones that cover them A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Which lobe of the brain is the main decision maker of the brain and controls voluntary movement? A) Parietal. B) Temporal. C) Occipital. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frontal. 18. Supporting cells A) Nerve. B) Microglia. C) Neuroglia. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neuroglia. 19. The ..... coordinates movements and maintains balance. A) Cerebrum. B) Cochlea. C) Cerebellum. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 20. The ..... is the lowest part of the brain and the lowest portion of the brainstem A) Cerebrum. B) Pons. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla oblongata. 21. This part of the nervous system controls involuntary movements. A) ANS. B) SNS. C) PNS. D) CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ANS. 22. Electrical signal that is transmitted through nervous tissue A) Nerve. B) Impulse. C) Dendrites. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impulse. 23. What lobe of the cerebrum is the site for sensory processing, attention and language? A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Temporal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parietal. 24. Some kids with cerebral palsy will have troubles with motor skills. Which of the following is an example of a motor skill? A) Learning how to read. B) Lifting a fork to one's mouth. C) Resisting infection. D) Staying quiet in class. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lifting a fork to one's mouth. 25. Have you had any weakness A) Ever felt weak. B) Never had a headache. C) There was a clumsy movement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ever felt weak. 26. The division of the nervous system compromising the brain and the spinal cord. Its primary function is to coordinate the activity of all parts of the body. A) Somatic Nervous System. B) Neuronic Nervous System. C) Central Nervous System. D) Peripheral Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central Nervous System. 27. Protect from harmful substances in blood A) Ependymal. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Astrocytes. D) Microglial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astrocytes. 28. Which sense organ contains temperature and pressure receptors, but no chemical receptors. A) Tongue. B) Eye. C) Ear. D) Skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skin. 29. What does the fluid inside your ears doing? A) Vibrates the skin in your ear. B) Sends sound waves to the brain. C) Vibrates the cilia (tiny hairs). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vibrates the cilia (tiny hairs). 30. The central nervous system is the ..... part of the human nervous system A) Smallest. B) Largest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Largest. 31. What part of the neuron releases neurotransmitters from vesicles? A) Myelin Sheath. B) Axon Hillock. C) Axon Terminals. D) Schwann Cells. E) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon Terminals. 32. How many bones are present in the skull of a adult human being A) 32. B) 23. C) 33. D) 22. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 33. 33. How many types of nerves are there in our body A) Three. B) Two. C) Four. D) Six. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three. 34. How many divisions of the nervous system? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 35. Which is little brain? A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebrospinal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 36. Do not clean your ears with ..... objects. A) Sharp. B) Hard. C) Beautiful. D) Soft. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sharp. 37. Without coordination A) Disorder. B) Hypertaxia. C) Hypoxia. D) Hypoxia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disorder. 38. Chemicals that are used for communication between a neuron at the synapse and another cell (muscle) A) Glucose. B) Hormones. C) ATP. D) Neurotransmitters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurotransmitters. 39. Region of brain which processes sensory information from the body A) Somatosensory. B) Wernicke's area. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Primary motor. E) Broca's area. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatosensory. 40. During the rising (depolarizing) phase of an action potential, ions of the element ..... enter the neuron through channels. A) Potassium. B) Calcium. C) Sodium. D) Chloride. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sodium. 41. Which of the following does the nervous system not sense? A) Sight. B) Touch. C) Olfaction. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dendrites. 42. The properties of muscle are as follows:Stimulate a muscle, and it will respond by shortening A) Contractility. B) Elasticity. C) Irritability. D) Extensibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contractility. 43. Which branch of the NS specifically deals with relaying info to & from internal organs? A) Central NS. B) Somatic NS. C) Autonomic NS. D) All the other answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autonomic NS. 44. Atrophy of neurons, lack neurotransmitters A) Cerebral palsy. B) Bacterial meningites. C) IF. D) Alzheimer's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alzheimer's. 45. What is the main idea of this passage? A) The central nervous system is responsible for all bodily activities. B) The peripheral nervous system allows the body to recognize and respond to changes in its environment. C) The cerebral cortex and brainstem are critical components of the nervous system. D) Understanding the structure and function of the nervous system is crucial for comprehending how our bodies work and respond to the world around us. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Understanding the structure and function of the nervous system is crucial for comprehending how our bodies work and respond to the world around us. 46. We are able to control a reflex action. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 47. There are ..... pairs of nerves in our bodies. A) 43. B) 50. C) 45. D) 42. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 43. 48. Division of the Autonomic Nervous System that is FIGHT OR FLIGHT A) Sensory. B) Somatic. C) Parasympathetic. D) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sympathetic. 49. Tic douloureux is facial pain traveling through the ..... nerve. A) Trigeminal. B) Facial. C) Hypoglossal. D) Cranial 8th. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trigeminal. 50. This part of the brain is responsible for interpreting vision. A) Parietal. B) Occipital. C) Frontal. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occipital. 51. Which has more potential energy helicopter hovering high in the air or a helicopter falling quickly A) Hovering helicopter. B) Fast falling helicopter . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hovering helicopter. 52. Sympathetic Nervous System A) All of the above. B) Flight or fight (Defend yourself). C) Stabilizes body systems to go back to homeostasis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flight or fight (Defend yourself). 53. Which of the following structures is located outside the cranium? A) Cerebrum. B) Diencephalon. C) Anterior root. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anterior root. 54. What is the primary function of taste in mammals? A) Supplying directional information. B) Detecting bad weather. C) Determining the edibility of an object. D) Communicating using vibrations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Determining the edibility of an object. 55. The ear contains ..... A) Chemoreceptors. B) Mechanoreceptors. C) Proprioceptors. D) Photoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mechanoreceptors. 56. Skin helps eliminate waste and produces ..... A) Pores. B) Heat. C) Salt. D) Vitamin D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vitamin D. 57. The part of nervous system responsible for the reflex action is ..... A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Spinal cord. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord. 58. What does the parietal lobe deal with A) Planning. B) Info from the senses e.g. skin. C) Vision. D) Personality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Info from the senses e.g. skin. 59. Pupil is dilated in bright light then constricted in dim light. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 60. Nervous systems are made up of cells whose job it is to carry messages called ..... A) Discharges. B) Nerve imposters. C) Tweets. D) Nerve impulses. 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