This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 128 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 128 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Branch of medicine that deals with structures, function, and disorders of nervous sytem A) Neurology. B) Neurobiology. C) Myology. D) Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurology. 2. The sense of touch detects ..... stimuli. A) Mechanical. B) Electromagnetic. C) Chemical. D) PH. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mechanical. 3. What is the largest part of the nervous system? A) Peripheral nervous system. B) Brain. C) Central nervous system. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central nervous system. 4. Alzheimer's disease affects one's ability to remember and is caused by a lack of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Where would you find a neurotransmitter in the nervous system? A) In the cauda equina of the spinal cord. B) As part of the myelin. C) In the cerebrospinal fluid. D) As the chemical released into synaptic cleft. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As the chemical released into synaptic cleft. 5. The cerebrum has 4 lobes and 3 hemispheres A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. How many pairs of spinal nerves does the human spinal cord have? A) 28 pairs. B) 31 pairs. C) 30 pairs. D) 29 pairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 31 pairs. 7. What is a corpus callosum A) Nerves. B) Thick band. C) Thick band of nerves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thick band of nerves. 8. What is the function of the tympanic membrane? A) Send sound to middle/inner ear. B) Turn mechanical sound into electrical impulses. C) Funnel sound to ear canal. D) Coordinate balance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Send sound to middle/inner ear. 9. Muscles that move an arm or leg contract and relax. These muscles are called ..... muscles. A) Skeletal. B) Connective. C) Cardiac. D) Smooth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal. 10. CAMP and calcium are examples of A) Secondary messengers. B) Hormones. C) Ligands. D) Enzymes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secondary messengers. 11. The nervous system is about what: A) Blood. B) Food. C) Brain, spinal cord and nerves. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain, spinal cord and nerves. 12. The attractions of this imaging system have made it popular for imaging normal brain function. Over the last decade it has provided new insight to the investigation of how memories are formed, language, pain, learning and emotion. A) PET. B) FMRI. C) MRI. D) CT Scan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FMRI. 13. What is the cerebellum responsible for A) Swallowing and breathing. B) Muscle coordination and balance of our body. C) Learning and logic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscle coordination and balance of our body. 14. What are the short branches of the neuron called? A) Neuron body. B) Neuroglia. C) Axon. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dendrite. 15. Connection between two neurons where neurotransmitters travel through A) Medulla. B) Reflex. C) Conclusion. D) Brain Stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conclusion. 16. Which of the following is involuntary? A) Picking up a pencil. B) Raising your hand. C) Breathing. D) Picking your nose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Breathing. 17. (Identify the type of muscle contraction described below as eccentric, concentric, both, or none. Answers may be used more than once.)Insertion moves away from origin is A) Eccentric. B) Concentric. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eccentric. 18. Specialized rough endoplasmic reticulum A) Nucleus. B) Nissl Substance. C) Dendrites. D) Axon terminals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nissl Substance. 19. A patient's arm has been in a cast and the muscle is smaller from disuse, this is known as? A) Atrophy. B) Muscle tone. C) Strain. D) Hypertrophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atrophy. 20. A nerve impulse is received by the dendrites and then travels down the ..... A) Dendrites. B) Axon. C) Cell body. D) Soma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 21. How much Bones does the Back Bone Have? A) 206. B) 21. C) 22. D) 33. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 33. 22. Neurologist means A) Specialist in the study of the nerves. B) Specialist in the study of the brain. C) Study of the nervous system. D) Study of the nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Specialist in the study of the nerves. 23. Gaps formed at regular intervals between the Schwann cells of the myelin sheath A) Synaptic cleft. B) Conductivity. C) Nodes of Ranvier. D) Visceral sensory fibers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nodes of Ranvier. 24. The autonomic nervous system (ANS) can be defined as a motor nervous system that controls glands, cardiac muscle, and smooth muscle. A) This is false. B) This is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This is true. 25. The neuromodulator responsible for regulating the sleep-wake cycle is called: A) Melatonin. B) Dopamine. C) Glucose. D) Serotonin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Serotonin. 26. Which of the following is the opening of the eye A) Iris. B) Cornea. C) Pupil. D) Ciliary Body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pupil. 27. Sites in the sensory organs that receive external stimulation to be sent to the brain for interpretation is ..... A) Ganglion. B) Innervations. C) Plexus. D) Receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Receptors. 28. The afferent neuron: A) Monitor changes both inside and outside body and sends signal to control center. B) Gathers information and decides what to be done. C) Activates effector organs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monitor changes both inside and outside body and sends signal to control center. 29. Anesthesiologist A) A medical doctor who specializes in giving anesthesia. B) A medical doctor who specializes in bones. C) A medical doctor who specializes in cancer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A medical doctor who specializes in giving anesthesia. 30. The cerebellum controls the movement, balance and coordinatiion. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 31. The part in green A) Frontal lobe. B) Parietal lobe. C) Occipital lobe. D) Temporal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occipital lobe. 32. Most inferior part of the brain stem. Contains control centers that control heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, swallowing, and vomiting, among others. A) Pituitary gland. B) Repolarization. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Mammillary bodies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla oblongata. 33. Muscles are attached to bones by strong tissue called: A) Cartilage. B) Wires. C) Tendons. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendons. 34. The bumps located on the cerebrum are known as the ..... A) Fissures. B) Sulcus. C) Gyrus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gyrus. 35. Brain, Spinal Cord, Nerves, Sensory Organs A) Parts of the Digestive system. B) Parts of the Skeletal System. C) Parts of the Nervous system. D) Parts of the Muscular system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parts of the Nervous system. 36. Muscles become small and weak due to disuse A) Cramp. B) Hypertrophy. C) Muscle fatigue. D) Atrophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atrophy. 37. Which of the following is NOT true about the CNS (Central Nervous System)? A) CNS has two main components, the somatic and autonomic nervous system. B) CNS serves as the main processing center of the system. C) CNS acts like a CPU of a computer that process and interprets information. D) CNS consists of main components namely the brain and the spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CNS has two main components, the somatic and autonomic nervous system. 38. Which statement best describes a response? A) Rapid response to protect body from harm. B) Slow response that your brain has to process. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slow response that your brain has to process. 39. Luna, Isla, and Kai are studying the human nervous system. They are trying to identify the part of the peripheral nervous system that controls conscious activities. What should they choose? A) Autonomic. B) Somatic. C) Sympathetic. D) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic. 40. Information from our eyes is interpreted here ..... A) Medulla. B) Occipital lobe. C) Temporal lobe. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occipital lobe. 41. The direction of an impulse travels is A) Dendrite, axon, across the synapse. B) Axon, dendrite, across the synapse. C) Across the synapse, axon, dendrite. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrite, axon, across the synapse. 42. The cerebrum controls our ..... A) Thinking. B) Memory. C) Learning ability. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 43. What are structures # 5&6? A) Nodes of Ranvier. B) Cell Body. C) Axon/ Axon Terminal. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon/ Axon Terminal. 44. A small structure in the central brain that secretes the hormone melatonin, which controls certain biological rhythms A) Pineal gland. B) Hypothalamus. C) Thalamus. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pineal gland. 45. Radial muscles are one set of muscles involved in the iris reflex. Name the other set. A) Biceps. B) Suspensory ligaments. C) Ciliary muscles. D) Circular muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circular muscles. 46. Vestibulocochlear functions for sensory or motor A) Sensory. B) Motor. C) Both . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both . 47. How will you treat the blocked nose? A) By Inhaling steam. B) By blowing them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By Inhaling steam. 48. This is a tube-like organ that relays nerve impulses to and form the brain. A) Spinal cord. B) Spinal column. C) Spinal. D) Spiral staircase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord. 49. This name means bridge. This structure is a round bulge on the underside of the brain stem. This structure controls the rate and depth of breathing. A) Spinal cord elongated. B) Diencephalon. C) Corpus Callosum. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pons. 50. Speech difficulty A) Hard to hear. B) Difficult to speak. C) Difficult to walk. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Difficult to speak. 51. Combining form that means cerebrum A) Brain. B) Neuro. C) Encephal/o. D) Ish/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 52. Cones can be classified into 3 types, except A) Blue cones. B) Red cones. C) Black cones. D) Green cones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Black cones. 53. The gaps between myelin sheaths: A) Schwann cells. B) Node of ranvier. C) Neurotransmitter. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Node of ranvier. 54. This part of the nervous system is made up of the brain and spinal cord A) Peripheral nervous system. B) Central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central nervous system. 55. What is the function of the pinna of the ear A) Direct sound to canal. B) Vibrate and send sound inward. C) Turn sound waves into electrical impulses. D) Convert electrical impulses into sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct sound to canal. 56. What are the three structural classifications of neurons? A) Monopolar, Bipolar, and Trigeminal. B) Unilateral, Bilateral, and Multifocal. C) Unipolar, Bipolar, and Multipolar. D) Unitary, Bicuspid, and Multifarious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unipolar, Bipolar, and Multipolar. 57. What is the most common inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain? A) GABA. B) Serotonin. C) Glycine. D) Acetylcholine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GABA. 58. How does the nervous system communicate with the rest of the body A) Electrical signals as well as chemical messengers. B) Electrical signals. C) Having a conversation. D) Heat signals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electrical signals as well as chemical messengers. 59. Encephalitis means inflammation of the ..... A) Skull. B) Cerebrum. C) Brain. D) Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain. 60. What are the organs/parts of the nervous system? A) Brain. B) Spinal Cord. C) Peripheral Nerves. D) All of these. 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