This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 127 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 127 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Central communicator between the brain and rest of the body A) CNS. B) PNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PNS. 2. The nervous that conduct messages from sensory receptors to the central nervous system A) Afferent. B) They will bring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Afferent. 3. What is the name of the response when the body is STRESSED? A) Fight or Flight. B) Rest or Digest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fight or Flight. 4. In the diagram, which labeled part is responsible for problem-solving? In the diagram, which labeled part is responsible for problem solving? A) D. B) B. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 5. Which of the following statements about axons is true? A) The axon contains the cell nucleus. B) The axon carries impulses away from the cell body of a neuron. C) There are often numerous axons for each neuron. D) The axon is the site of neurotransmitter production. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The axon carries impulses away from the cell body of a neuron. 6. Cells in the body that contain receptors that match certain hormones. A) Target Cells. B) Receptors. C) Glands. D) Thymus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Target Cells. 7. What is the tail of a Neuron called? A) Cerebrum. B) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 8. Collection of myelinated nerve fibers in the CNS. A) Nerve. B) Tract. C) Ganglion. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tract. 9. The connective tissue wrapping that surrounds bundles (fascicles) of axons is the A) Periosteum. B) Endoneurium. C) Endosteum. D) Perineurium. E) Epineurium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perineurium. 10. What is the function of an interneuron in the nervous system? A) To protect the body from harm. B) To act as a connector. C) To carry impulses to the brain. D) To control voluntary movements. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To act as a connector. 11. Large, upper part of the brain that controls activity andthought A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain Stem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 12. Suchart was involved in a car accident which caused him to suffer from temporary amnesia. Suchart's memory loss is likely caused by an injury to a part of his brain. A) Cerebellum. B) Medulla Oblongata. C) Cerebrum. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum. 13. Which is the correct order of events in depolarization then repolarization? A) Potassium channels open, sodium channels open. B) Sodium channels open, potassium channels close. C) Sodium channels open, potassium channels open,. D) Sodium channels close, potassium channels open. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sodium channels open, potassium channels open,. 14. The brain stem controls the body's autonomic functions such has breathing, heart rate, hearing, smelling, sleep patterns. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Astrocytes (a neuroglial cell) functions to A) Make cerebral spinal fluid. B) Eat bacteria and cell debris. C) Provide nutrients to neuron cells. D) Make myelin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Provide nutrients to neuron cells. 16. Efferent neurons A) Sensory nerves. B) Motor nerves. C) Interneurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor nerves. 17. Once in the alveoli, air then goes to the ....., where gas exchange occurs. A) Bronchioles. B) Trachea. C) Bronchi. D) Capillaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Capillaries. 18. When potassium leaves the neuron, it becomes ..... A) Positive. B) Negative. C) Neutral. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 19. Gaps in conduction of action potential down a cell A) Conduction speed. B) Myelin sheath. C) White matter. D) Saltatory conduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saltatory conduction. 20. Which part of the nervous system does not need your control (is involuntary)? A) Autonomic nervous system. B) Somatic nervous system. C) PNS. D) CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic nervous system. 21. Damage to the prefrontal cortex might result in A) Reduced planning abilities. B) Blindness. C) Impaired balance and muscle coordination. D) Deafness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reduced planning abilities. 22. Elastic fibers that connect bones to other bones at movable joints are known as A) Tendons. B) Vascular tissue. C) Ligaments. D) Nervous tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligaments. 23. Echoencephalography A) Use of ultrasound to create an image of the brain. B) Stupor; a state of near-unconsciousness. C) Membrane around the brain and spinal cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use of ultrasound to create an image of the brain. 24. ..... of the nervous system generate, transmit, receive, and respond to electrochemical signals A) Neurons. B) Glial cells. C) Both answers are correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurons. 25. Which division of the autonomic nervous system initiates a response known as the fight or flight A) The sympathetic nervous system. B) The parasympathetic nervous system. C) The somatic nervous system. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sympathetic nervous system. 26. A resting neuron is considered to be ..... A) Inhibited. B) Stationary. C) Polarized. D) Depolarized. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polarized. 27. Cranial nerve I is ..... A) Olfactory. B) Facial. C) Abducting. D) Oculomotor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Olfactory. 28. Which part of the eye contains the photoreceptor cells Rods and Cones? A) Pupil. B) Choroid. C) Optic nerve. D) Retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Retina. 29. A 30-year-old male suffers a serious injury of the CNS that results from an industrial accident. A neurological evaluation suggests that the major input to the Flocculonodular lobe is damaged. Which of the following structures provides the major input to the flocculonodular lobe that was damaged? A) Midbrain reticular formation. B) Red nucleus. C) Nucleus dorsalis of Clarke. D) Vestibular nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vestibular nucleus. 30. It is an inflammation (swelling) of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. A) Meningitis. B) Subdural hemorrhage. C) Subarachnoid hemorrhage. D) Epidural abscess. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meningitis. 31. A concussion is: A) A type of spinal cord injury. B) A thing that is granted in response to a demand. C) Any of the world's main expanses of land. D) Weakness and numbness in the fingers. E) A bruise-like injury to the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) A bruise-like injury to the brain. 32. The ..... lobe is used to process auditory information and contains the Broca's area and the Wernicke's area. A) Temporal. B) Parietal. C) Prefrontal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temporal. 33. Part of the peripheral that controls conscious activities A) Parasympathetic. B) Sympathetic. C) Autonomic. D) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatic. 34. An involuntary and automatic response to a stimulus, often involving the spinal cord A) Reaction. B) Reflex. C) Voluntary movement. D) Conscious decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflex. 35. Which of the following is controlled by the nervous system? A) Being able to watch TV. B) The beating of your heart. C) Going to the bathroom. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 36. Carry messages from brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands A) Associative (interneurons). B) Sensory (Afferent neuron). C) Motor (Efferent neuron). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor (Efferent neuron). 37. Our brain is divided into 3 parts A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 38. Both nerve types (sensory & motor) A) Vagus. B) Hypoglossal. C) Accessory. D) Trochlear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vagus. 39. The Pons and the Medulla are located on the ..... A) Parietal Lobe. B) Corpus Callosum. C) Brain Stem. D) Temporal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain Stem. 40. An involuntary response never involves the brain. A) True. B) False. C) None of what I do ever involves the brain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 41. Which type of neuroglial cell is shaped like a star and provided support for neurons? A) Astrocytes. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Ependymal cells. D) Microglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astrocytes. 42. The motor output is the efferent division of the PNS and receives information from from where? A) Parasympathetic. B) CNS. C) ANS. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CNS. 43. Which of the following contains only motor fibers? A) Dorsal ramus. B) Ventral ramus. C) Ventral root. D) Dorsal root. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ventral root. 44. The fifth cranial nerve responsible for chewing? A) Abducting. B) Glossopharyngeal. C) Trigeminal. D) Optic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trigeminal. 45. What is the liquid that covers the brain? A) CSF. B) SNC. C) LCR. D) SNP. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CSF. 46. These types of glial cells are in the CNS. They connect neurons to capillaries and are also used as support. They control the chemical environment around the neuron and help repair if it's injured. A) Astrocytes. B) Ependymal. C) Microglial. D) Oligodendrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astrocytes. 47. Focal point is behind the eyeball A) Myopia. B) Hyperopia. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperopia. 48. Sensory neurons are primarily responsible for which of the following? A) Maintaining the rest or digest response. B) Moving voluntary muscle. C) Activating the fight or flight response. D) Bringing sensory information from the sensory organs to the central nervous system. E) Keeping the heart beating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bringing sensory information from the sensory organs to the central nervous system. 49. Muscle coordination is a function of the A) Thalamus. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Hypothalamus. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 50. How can we best describe a nerve impulse? A) An electrical signal that passes along nerve cells called neurones. B) A chemical signal that is transferred to an electrical signal. C) An electrical charge that travels in nerve endings. D) Brain's response to an unfavourable change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An electrical signal that passes along nerve cells called neurones. 51. Controls involuntary motor movements A) Autonomic Nervous System. B) Somatic Nervous System. C) Nerves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic Nervous System. 52. How are memories created? A) Complex networks of neurons. B) Weakened connections between synapses. C) Complex electrical signals. D) Two neurons connected together. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complex networks of neurons. 53. Diffusion is when molecules ..... A) Are water molecules and move across the cell membrane. B) Move from a gradient of low to high concentration. C) Are pumped across the cell membrane. D) Move from a gradient of high to low concentration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Move from a gradient of high to low concentration. 54. What is the slender column of nervous tissue that is continuous with the brain and extends downward through the vertebral canal? A) Spinal cord. B) Longitudinal cord. C) Brain tail. D) Vertebral cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord. 55. 3 membranes that over the brain and spinal cord:dura mater, arachnoid mater and pia mater A) Meninges. B) Cerebrum. C) Mucosa. D) Gray Matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meninges. 56. The largest part of the brain controls higher-order thinking and decision-making and is composed of the right and left hemispheres A) Medulla. B) Cerebellum. C) Neuron. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum. 57. How do hormones travel through the body? A) Bloodstream. B) Intestines. C) Bones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bloodstream. 58. What is the difference between a sensory nerve, and a motor nerve? A) Motor-takes messages from brain to spinal cord (and to rest of body). B) Sensory-brings messages to the brain from the rest of the body. C) Motor-takes messages from the muscles to the brain. D) A and B are correct!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A and B are correct!. 59. People with this type of vision can see things clearly when they are up close, but things are blurry far away. A) Myopia. B) Hypermetropia. C) Color blindness. D) Presbyopia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myopia. 60. Type of disease resulting from a degeneration of the dopamine-releasing neurons A) Autoimmune. B) Parkinson's. C) Huntingtons. D) Alzheimer's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parkinson's. ← 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