This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 135 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 135 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. One of the three main parts of a neuron, this structure receives information from a stimulus and transmits it through the cell body to the axon as an electrical pulse. A) Neurotransmitter. B) Dendrite. C) Interneuron. D) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrite. 2. Which part of the neuron is responsible for receiving information from other neurons? A) Cell body. B) Axon. C) Dendrite. D) Axon terminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrite. 3. Specialized area of the cerebrum that allows you to express yourself; it is located to the parietal lobe A) Somatic sensory Area. B) Primary motor Area. C) Wernicke's Area. D) Broca's Area. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Broca's Area. 4. This type of neuron changes light, touch and sound into neural signals which are sent back to our central nervous system to help our body understand and react to its surroundings. A) Motor. B) Sensory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory. 5. T-F:Your brain is your body's command organ A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 6. What is 7 pointing to? A) Motor neuron. B) Sensory neuron. C) Effector. D) Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Effector. 7. Which of the following adult brain structures develops from the metencephalon? A) Cerebellum. B) Hypothalamus. C) Pyramid. D) Roof. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 8. Gray matter on the surface of the brain A) Cortex. B) Nerve tract. C) Nucleus. D) Ganglion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cortex. 9. Combining form that means nerve root A) The root. B) Root/o. C) Skulls. D) Nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The root. 10. Which lobe is primarily responsible for processing auditory information (hearing)? A) Temporal lobe. B) Frontal lobe. C) Occipital lobe. D) Parietal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temporal lobe. 11. Anna is recovering from a fight with Arianne. Anna's breathing is slowing down, her pulse is slowing, and she is fatigued. What part of the nervous system is responsible for these changes?ACranial NervesBParasympatheticCSpinal NervesDSympathetic A) Spinal nerves. B) Parasympathetic. C) Sympathetic. D) Cranial Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic. 12. Controls thinking and awareness. A) Cerebellum. B) Spinal cord. C) Cerebrum. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum. 13. . Cardiac muscle is a..... muscle. A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involuntary. 14. The organ of equilibrium is the A) Auditory ossicles. B) Semicircular canals. C) Tympanic membrane. D) Cochlea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semicircular canals. 15. Part of the brain with specialized regions that control movement, memory, communication, and reasoning: A) Spinal Cord. B) Cerebellum. C) Neuron. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum. 16. The cerebrum is responsible for ..... A) Smell, speech, touch, movement, sight, etc. B) Balance and coordination. C) Frontal lobe. D) Temporal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smell, speech, touch, movement, sight, etc. 17. A receptor cell that responds to mechanical stimuli such as touch, pressure, or sound waves. A) Chemoreceptor. B) Neurotransmitter. C) Mechanoreceptor. D) Photoreceptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mechanoreceptor. 18. What nerve is purely sensory and carries impulses for the sense of smell? A) Optic. B) Accessory. C) Olfactory. D) Vagus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Olfactory. 19. Narrow gaps in the myelin sheath between Schwann cells are called A) Nodes of Ranvier. B) Neurilemma. C) Synapses. D) Neurotransmitters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nodes of Ranvier. 20. Nervous system is a ..... throughout the body. A) System in the body that provides blood. B) Bundle of nerves in the brain only. C) Network of cells. D) Network of nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Network of nerves. 21. If you cannot see colours, which part of the eye might be damaged? A) Retina. B) Iris. C) Cornea. D) Lens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Retina. 22. Which lobe of the brain is primarily responsible for visual information? A) Parietal. B) Occipital. C) Frontal. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occipital. 23. The Skeletal Muscles are controlled by the: A) Autonomic nervous system. B) Cerebellum. C) Cranial nerves. D) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatic nervous system. 24. What happens to your eyes if you are in a dark room? A) Your Iris will narrow to allow more light in. B) Your pupils will narrow to let in more light. C) Your pupils will widen to let in more light. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Your pupils will widen to let in more light. 25. The part in blue A) Cerebellum. B) Diencephalon. C) Brain stem/spinal cord. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain stem/spinal cord. 26. Where is the Eardrum located? A) The Outer ear. B) The Inner Ear. C) The Middle Ear. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Middle Ear. 27. ..... is a space between neurons. A) An axon. B) A synapse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A synapse. 28. Air travels from the nostrils to the pharynx and then into the ..... A) Left/Right Bronchi. B) Nasopharynx. C) Bronchioles. D) Larynx. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Larynx. 29. True or false:Graded potentials vary in size depending on the stimulus. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 30. Threshold stimulus means that A) A certain level of stimulus is required to generate an action potential. B) The size of the action potential does not change. C) The membrane becomes repolarised quickly after an action potential passes. D) Only one impulse is conducted at a time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A certain level of stimulus is required to generate an action potential. 31. Which is the biggest brain animal of all time in terms of body size? A) Shrews (tiny rat)చుంచు ఎలుక. B) Humans. C) Monkeys. D) Ostrich fire chickens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shrews (tiny rat)చుంచు ఎలుక. 32. Separates cerebrum into L & R A) Lateral fissure. B) Transverse fissure. C) Longitudinal fissure. D) Central fissure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Longitudinal fissure. 33. An eyeball that is slightly longer than it should be causes ..... A) The eye to be near-sighted because the light is focused in front of the retina. B) The eye to be far-sighted because the light is focused in front of the retina. C) The eye to be near-sighted because the light is focused past the retina. D) The eye to have an astigmatism because the light will focus in more than one place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The eye to be near-sighted because the light is focused in front of the retina. 34. The nervous system is made up of the brain, spinal cord, and A) Cerebellum. B) Nerves. C) Spinal cord. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nerves. 35. Found in the skull, in control of MOST functions A) Cerebrospinal fluid. B) Neurons. C) Interneurons. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain. 36. Long term memory A) Occipital lobe. B) Frontal lobe. C) Parietal lobe. D) Temporal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temporal lobe. 37. Myelin ..... the transmission speed of an action potential A) Decreases. B) Increases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increases. 38. What contains all of the nerves that connect the outer part of the body to the brain/spinal cord? A) Peripheral Nervous System. B) Nervous System. C) Central Nervous System. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peripheral Nervous System. 39. Division of the PNS composed of nerves that carry information FROM the CNS A) Dendrites. B) Schwann cell. C) Motor (efferent) division. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor (efferent) division. 40. Which of the following represents the pathway for smell in the correct order? A) Bipolar neuron-CN I-temporal lobe-hypothalamus and amygdala. B) Bipolar neuron-CN I-temporal lobe-frontal lobe. C) Both answers are correct. D) Neither answer is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both answers are correct. 41. This is made up of the brain and spinal cord A) Central Nervous System. B) Peripheral Nervous System. C) Autonomic System. D) Somatic System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central Nervous System. 42. Neurolemmocytes; produce myelin sheaths around PNS neurons; speeds up transmission of impulse; CAN be repaired if damaged A) Microglia. B) Schwann cells. C) Ependymal cells. D) Astrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Schwann cells. 43. Associated with formation of memories A) Hippocampus. B) Medulla. C) Amygdala. D) Hypothalamus. E) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hippocampus. 44. Multiple sclerosis is ..... A) A disorder of the astrocytes. B) A myelin disorder. C) Most common in men from ages 40 to 60. D) Both a and b above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A myelin disorder. 45. Receptor that adapts to warm temperatures, but but never hot A) Thermoreceptor. B) Baroreceptor. C) Pacinian Corpuscle. D) Chemoreceptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thermoreceptor. 46. "Sight" happens..... A) In the eye. B) In the brain. C) In the optic nerve. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the brain. 47. THE ..... CONTROLS OUR BODY.THE ..... RECEIVES INFORMATION FROM OUR FIVE SENSES. THE SENSES SEND INFORMATION TO THE BRAIN THROUGH OUR ..... A) BRAIN NERVOUS SYSTEMNERVES. B) NERVESBRAINNERVOUS SYSTEM. C) NERVES NERVOUS SYSTEM BRAIN. D) NERVOUS SYSTEM BRAIN NERVES. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NERVOUS SYSTEM BRAIN NERVES. 48. The "brain" of a cell/neuron A) Soma. B) Nucleus. C) Dendrite. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nucleus. 49. Neurons found thought out the body A) Peripheral nervous system. B) Brain. C) Spinal cord. D) Stimuli. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peripheral nervous system. 50. The skeleton is made up of ..... A) Muscles. B) Bones and joints. C) Nerves. D) Skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bones and joints. 51. Once a nerve impulse reaches the axon terminal, what ion is stimulated to move the neurotransmitters to the edge of the axon terminal? A) Calcium. B) Sodium. C) Potassium. D) Hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium. 52. The Central Nervous System contains the brain and the brain stem. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 53. What is a characteristic of axons? A) Depolarization occurs when potassium ions diffuses into the axon. B) When there is resting potential, the outside of the axon is negative relative to the inside. C) During an action potential, sodium ions diffuse into the axon. D) The axon is depolarized when potassium ions diffuses out of it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) During an action potential, sodium ions diffuse into the axon. 54. What are the functions of the brainstem? A) Digestion. B) Heart beat. C) Breathing. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 55. Which is the SENSORY FUNCTION of the Nervous System? A) Gathers information from both inside and outside the body. B) Processes the information in the brain and spine. C) Sends information to the muscles, glands, and organs so they can respond appropriately. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gathers information from both inside and outside the body. 56. The secondary nerves that carry messages from the sense organs to the brain or spinal cord A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 57. There are two different types of nerves: A) Sensory nerves (connected to our locomotor system). B) Motor nerves (connected to the musculoskeletal system). C) Motor nerves in our sense organs. D) Sensory nerves like the optic or auditory one. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor nerves (connected to the musculoskeletal system). 58. When a neuron is not receiving action potentials, it is A) Depolarization. B) Dead. C) Resting Potential. D) Repolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resting Potential. 59. What is another word for automatic (you don't have to think about it)? A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. C) Central. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involuntary. 60. Olfactory cells in the mucous membranes lining each nostril react to chemicals you breathe in and send messages along specific nerves to the brain. A) Sense of Touch. B) Sense of Smell. C) Sense of Hearing. D) Sense of Sight. E) Sense of Taste. 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