This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 133 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 133 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which region of the brain is responsible for auditory information and understanding language? A) Temporal. B) Parietal. C) Frontal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temporal. 2. COmplete the sentece.The brain is protected by the ..... A) Head. B) Skull. C) Spinal cord. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skull. 3. Which of the following are types of neurons based on the number of protoplasmic processes? A) Sensory, Motor, Adjustor. B) Unipolar, Bipolar, Multipolar. C) General Visceral, General Somatic. D) Unipolar, Dipolar, Polypolar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unipolar, Bipolar, Multipolar. 4. The respiratory system is responsible for bringing ..... into your body and removing ..... from your body. A) Hydrogen; oxygen. B) Oxygen; carbon dioxide. C) Carbon dioxide; oxygen. D) Hydrogen; carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxygen; carbon dioxide. 5. This part contributes to controlling your emotions (associated with the limbic system) and has important autonomic functions including; cardiovascular, temperature, appetite and gastrointestinal control. A) Hypothalamus. B) Thalamus. C) Hemisphere. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypothalamus. 6. The type of neurons that are used to process sensory input are called ..... A) Motor neurons. B) Interneurons. C) Muscle neurons. D) Sensory neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interneurons. 7. Long axon fibers A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic. 8. Which of the following is the correct sequence:(afferent = sensory, Efferent = motor, effector = the object that can have an effect/take action) A) Effector, efferent neuron, integration center, afferent neuron, receptor. B) Effector, afferent neuron, integration center, efferent neuron, receptor. C) Receptor, efferent neuron, integration center, afferent neuron, effector. D) Receptor, afferent neuron, integration center, efferent neuron, effector. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Receptor, afferent neuron, integration center, efferent neuron, effector. 9. How many hemispheres are in the brain? A) 5. B) 3. C) 4. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 10. What does a neuron receive? A) Sensory overload. B) Blood. C) Cell waste tagsMS-LS1.8. D) Messages. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Messages. 11. What is function of cranial nerve no. 2? A) Facials. B) Optic. C) Olfactory. D) Trochlear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Optic. 12. Which divison of the motor division is voluntary A) Autonomic. B) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic. 13. Daniel ran quickly across the road to catch an approaching bus. When he got to the other side he noticed his breathing was faster and he was sweating. The division responsible for Daniel being able to run was A) Spinal cord. B) Sympathetic. C) Autonomic. D) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatic. 14. What is the function of thermoreceptors? A) Detect touch. B) Detect temperature changes. C) Detect pain. D) Detect chemical changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Detect temperature changes. 15. Which of the following is NOT true about the nervous system of most invertebrates? A) The nerve cord is ventral. B) There is a greater diversity across invertebrate species in nervous system organization than in vertebrates. C) Their nervous system functions are relatively simple. D) They show a greater degree of centralization and cephalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They show a greater degree of centralization and cephalization. 16. Which type of neuron structure has two processes and are found in the ears, eyes, and nose? A) Unipolar. B) Bipolar. C) Multipolar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bipolar. 17. What does the cerebrospinal fluid transport? A) Messages. B) Minerals. C) Waste products. D) Nutrients. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nutrients. 18. This is the main part of the brain that controls balance and muscle coordination. A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain stem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 19. Neurons that form bridges to transmit impulses between other neurons A) Neurilemma. B) Interneurons/ Association Neurons. C) Motor Neurons. D) Sensory Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interneurons/ Association Neurons. 20. The peripheral nervous system is a network of nerves that branes out from the central nervous system and connects it to the rest of the body. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. . How many pairs of cranial nerves do humans have? A) 21. B) 4. C) 12. D) 31. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12. 22. Fatty layers formed from certain neuroglia that surround axons, providing insulation A) Schwann cells. B) Neurofibrils. C) Myelin sheaths. D) Myelin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myelin sheaths. 23. The skin senses for which of the following? A) Temperature. B) Pressure. C) Pain. D) Touch. E) The skin can sense all of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) The skin can sense all of these. 24. The ossicles are the A) Tympanic membrane. B) Ear drum. C) Hammer, stirrup, and anvil. D) Hairs inside the cochlea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hammer, stirrup, and anvil. 25. Directs sound vibrations. A) Cochlea. B) Eustachian Tube. C) Hammer, Anvil, Staples. D) External Auditory Canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) External Auditory Canal. 26. The ..... controls involuntary vital processes, such as breathing, digestion, and the pumping of your heart. A) Brainstem. B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebellum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brainstem. 27. Which of the following bodily actions is controlled by the autonomic nervous system? A) Blinking. B) Chewing your food. C) High fives. D) Walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blinking. 28. Action potentials move along axons A) More rapidly in myelinated than in non-myelinated axons. B) By reversing the concentration gradients for sodium and potassium ions. C) More slowly in axons of large than in small diameter. D) By the direct action of acetylcholine on the axonal membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More rapidly in myelinated than in non-myelinated axons. 29. Peripheral nervous systemconsist of the nerves A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 30. Neurons with several processes branching off the cell body, such as motor neurons and interneurons (association neurons), are structurally classified as ..... A) They will bring. B) Afferent. C) Multipolar. D) Bipolar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multipolar. 31. Contains a Vasomotor Center that controls smooth muscles in blood vessel walls to regulate blood pressure. A) Brain Stem. B) Cerebellum. C) Pons. D) Spinal cord elongated. E) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spinal cord elongated. 32. During repolarization, what ion does what? A) Potassium leaves. B) Sodium enters. C) Potassium leaves. D) Potassium enter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Potassium leaves. 33. What is the most evolved part of the brain? A) Amygdala. B) Hippocampus. C) Prefrontal Cortex. D) Sympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prefrontal Cortex. 34. It is responsible for actions that a person can control such as skeletal muscles and sensory neurons of the skin. A) Autonomic Nervous System. B) Somatic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic Nervous System. 35. The dark circle in the middle of the iris A) Pupil. B) Anterior chamber. C) Sclera. D) Aqueous humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pupil. 36. Which lobe of the brain is responsible for auditory stimuli? A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Occipital. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temporal. 37. Which body system is the following statement true for? "It controls the body using an instant, short-lived method." A) Nervous System. B) Endocrine System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nervous System. 38. Which part of the brain is involved in vision? A) Occipital Lobe. B) Frontal Lobe. C) Parietal Lobe. D) Temporal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Occipital Lobe. 39. What does the brain do? A) It controls all bodily functions. B) It controls some bodily functions. C) It controls no bodily functions. D) It controls all bodily functions but only after snack time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It controls all bodily functions. 40. Involuntary response by the nervous system to speed up delivery of oxygen to muscles A) Increased breathing and heart rate (faster). B) Decreased breathing and heart rate (slower). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased breathing and heart rate (faster). 41. The bony structure that protects the brain. A) Teeth. B) Back bone. C) Skull. D) Helmet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull. 42. The left side of your brain is responsible for thinking critically A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 43. Which of the following shows the correct path of travel? A) Sensory neuron to interneuron to motor neuron. B) Sensory neuron to motor neuron to interneuron. C) Interneuron to motor neuron to sensory neuron. D) It's a two way street. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory neuron to interneuron to motor neuron. 44. What is the protective tissue of the spinal cord and brain called? A) Cerebrum fluid. B) Meninges. C) Axons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meninges. 45. Which part of the brain is primarily involved in processing auditory information? A) Temporal lobe. B) Frontal lobe. C) Cerebellum. D) Occipital lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temporal lobe. 46. The evolutionary role of pain is to ..... A) Trigger an immune response to infections. B) Increase sensitivity to environmental stimuli. C) Enhance physical endurance. D) Alert an organism to potential or actual damage to its body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alert an organism to potential or actual damage to its body. 47. The part of the neuron that normally recieves stimuli is called a(n): A) Neurolemma. B) Axon. C) Schwann cell. D) Satellite cell. E) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Dendrite. 48. What are the two important functions of the brain stem? A) Seeing and hearing. B) Breathing and heart rate. C) Kicking balls and feeding fish. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Breathing and heart rate. 49. The thick clear jelly that helps give the eyeball its shape A) Aqueous humor. B) Vitreous humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vitreous humor. 50. This sense contains small groups of sensory cells called taste buds that react to chemicals in foods. Taste buds react to sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and savory. The taste buds send messages to the areas in the cortex responsible for processing taste. A) Sense of Hearing. B) Sense of Smell. C) Sense of Sight. D) Sense of Touch. E) Sense of Taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Sense of Taste. 51. Which two organs constitute the central nervous system (CNS) in the human body? A) Heart and lungs. B) Brain and liver. C) Brain and stomach. D) Brain and spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain and spinal cord. 52. *A nerve carrying impulses from the brain and stimulates muscles to contract. A) Motor neuron. B) Sensory neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor neuron. 53. What are the functions of the frontal lobe? A) Behavior, attention, working memory, memories. B) Movements, memories, reflexes, and senses. C) Taste, movements, and organ function. D) Interests, sight, and memories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Behavior, attention, working memory, memories. 54. After being bitten by a black widow spider, jean starts to convulse. this is a result of A) A surge of chemicals blocking the transmission of fluids to the spinal cord. B) A flood of acetylcholine releasing into the body's muscle system. C) A lack of GABA being released into her blood stream. D) A resurgence of neurotransmitters overstimulating her brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A flood of acetylcholine releasing into the body's muscle system. 55. The right side of the cerebrum controls the right side of the body A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 56. The ..... is the inner layer of the eye responsible for producing visual signals that will be sent to the brain. A) Cones. B) Retina. C) Cornea. D) Rods. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Retina. 57. The rapid inward diffusion of Na+ followed by the outward diffusion of K+ produces a rapid change in the membrane potential called A) An action potential. B) A saltatory conduction. C) A monosynaptic reflex. D) A polarization. E) An excitatory postsynaptic potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An action potential. 58. Which type of neuron transmits a signal from the central nervous system to an effector such as a muscle? A) Dendrite. B) Sensory. C) Motor. D) Relay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor. 59. What fluid does the central canal, brain's ventricles, and subarachnoid have? A) Cerebrospinal fluid. B) Water. C) Calcitonin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrospinal fluid. 60. The innermost layer of the meninges is the: A) Dura mater. B) Subarachnoid space. 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