This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System โ Quiz 141 ๐ Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 141 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Wernicke's area is involved in: A) Ensuring that people can hear. B) Producing language, including speech. C) Receiving and interpreting language. D) Visual processing in the occipital lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Receiving and interpreting language. 2. This controls the sensory function of hearing and tasting. A) Parietal. B) Insula. C) Temporal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal. 3. The output part of a neuron; single process specialized in conducting nerve impulses to other cells such as nerve, muscle and gland cells. A) Axon. B) Nerve. C) Neurons. D) Ganglion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon. 4. What part of the brain controls conscious activities, memory, language, and the senses? A) Cerebellum. B) Brainstem. C) Cerebrum. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum. 5. The resting membrane potential is ..... A) Hkhmf. B) +40mV. C) -55mV. D) -70mV. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -70mV. 6. For an action potential to occur, the voltage of the axon must change from ..... A) -70mV to-55mV. B) -55mV to 40mV. C) -55mV to-70mV. D) -70mV to 40mV. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -70mV to-55mV. 7. Which of the following is NOT a type of neuroglial cell? A) Microglia. B) Schwann cell. C) Ganglionic cell. D) Astrocyte. E) Ependymal cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ganglionic cell. 8. What is the name of the collar bone? A) Clavicle. B) Xiphoid. C) Scapular. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clavicle. 9. Dermatomes are areas of skin innervated by specific: A) Spinal nerves. B) Blood vessels. C) Muscles. D) Cranial nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal nerves. 10. This scan combines a series of X-ray images taken from different angles around your body and uses computer processing to create cross-sectional images (slices) of the bones, blood vessels and soft tissues inside your body. A) EEG. B) MRI. C) PET. D) CT Scan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) CT Scan. 11. What are chemical messengers that go between nerves? A) Neurotransmitters. B) Endorphins. C) Hormones. D) Electric impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurotransmitters. 12. The parasympathetic system releases what type of substance into the axon? A) Adrenalin. B) Acetylcholine. C) Adrenalin เนเธฅเธฐ acetylcholine. D) Acetylcholine เนเธฅเธฐ norepinephrin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acetylcholine. 13. Which of the following is the cause of illusion? A) The brain misinterprets the signals. B) The brain fails to work. C) The signals are not interpreted by the brain. D) The brain is tired. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The brain misinterprets the signals. 14. When a neuron is resting (not transmitting impulses), the outside of the cell has a ..... A) Net positive charge. B) Net negative charge. C) Net neutral charge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Net positive charge. 15. True or FalseThe effects of Cerebral Palsy are all the same no matter what part of the brain is damaged A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 16. A condition that occurs when the inside of a cell membrane is more negatively charged than the outside. A) Reflexes. B) Depolarized. C) Polarized. D) Conductivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polarized. 17. Impulses from the eye photoreceptors travel to the brain by the: A) Impulsic nerve. B) Electric nerve. C) Optic nerve. D) Auditory nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Optic nerve. 18. What organ controls the rest of the nervous system? A) Brain. B) Spinal cord. C) Sense organs. D) Brain and spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 19. The cervical plexus innervates A) Back to the thigh. B) Fingers. C) Arm. D) Neck. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neck. 20. An axon is covered by several Schwann cells. If it is severed, will it definitely heal? A) Yes, as long as it is sill alive, and is lined up with the other end of the axon. B) No, it will not heal. C) Maybe, depending on the severity of the injury. D) Yes, but it will take a long time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, as long as it is sill alive, and is lined up with the other end of the axon. 21. Which of the following is not one of the traditional five senses? A) Magnetism. B) Sound. C) Taste. D) Sight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magnetism. 22. What do myelin do? A) Passes messages away from the cell body to other neurons, muscles, or glands. B) Receive messages from other cells and sends those electrical signals to the cell body. C) Speed up neural messages. D) Form junctions with other cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speed up neural messages. 23. The ..... nervous system provides involuntary regulation of smooth muscle and cardiac muscle. A) Autonomic. B) Central. C) Peripheral. D) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic. 24. What is your body's biggest organ? A) Heart. B) Teeth. C) Brain. D) Skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skin. 25. What type of neuron carries signals from the sense organs to and from the brain and spinal cord? A) Sensory neuron. B) Interneuron. C) Motor neuron. D) Effector neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory neuron. 26. A type of neuron found in the brain and spinal cord that functions to relay information between the brain and the body. A) Dendrite. B) Sensory neuron. C) Motor neuron. D) Interneuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interneuron. 27. In peripheral nervous system, these receive messages from the CNS and transmit impulses out to peripheral effector organs, like muscles and glands: A) Efferent neurons. B) Glial cells. C) Interneurons. D) Sensory neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Efferent neurons. 28. What is the main purpose of the breathing system? A) To take in oxygen to the body and remove carbon dioxide from the body. B) To take in carbon dioxide to the body and remove oxygen from the body. C) To take in oxygen to the body and remove water vapour from the body. D) To take in water vapour to the body and remove carbon dioxide from the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To take in oxygen to the body and remove carbon dioxide from the body. 29. The peripheral nervous system consists of all of the nerves and associated cellsthat are ..... of the brain and the spinal cord. A) Are not. B) Are part. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are not. 30. Nerve impulses are electrical messages carried by a nerve cell. they can only travel in one direction. why? A) So there is not too much going on. B) Because science. C) CNS and PNS. D) Potato. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So there is not too much going on. 31. Where does the spinal cord begin and end? A) Begins below midbrain, ends at coccyx. B) Begins below medulla oblongata, ends at T10 vertebrae. C) Begins at pons, ends at sacrum. D) Begins below medulla oblongata, ends at L2 or L3 vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Begins below medulla oblongata, ends at L2 or L3 vertebrae. 32. Which body system is responsible for the movement of the body? A) Circulatory. B) Respiratory. C) Excretory. D) Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muscular. 33. What could we compare our nervous system to? A) Watching a movie. B) Sending a text or letter. C) Singing a song. D) Running. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sending a text or letter. 34. Which part of the following action statement is a stimulus?The rabbit saw a hawk circling in the sky so it scampered into the brush. A) The rabbit saw a hawk circling in the sky. B) It scampered into the brush. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The rabbit saw a hawk circling in the sky. 35. What are the 3 parts if the cardiovascular system? A) Tubes, heart, and blood. B) Blood, water, and hormones. C) Blood vessels, heart, and blood. D) Hormones, blood vessels, blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blood vessels, heart, and blood. 36. Number of pairs of cranial nerves that arise from the brain: A) 20. B) 12. C) 10. D) 30. E) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12. 37. What part of the eye contains the receptors for sight A) The retina. B) The pupil. C) The choroid. D) The sclera. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The retina. 38. The part of the eye that contains sensory receptors that process visual information and sends it to the brain: A) Retina. B) Iris. C) Cornea. D) Pupil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Retina. 39. What is the inner most covering of the CNS? A) Dura mater. B) Arachnoid mater. C) Mater mater. D) Pia mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pia mater. 40. Sensory neurons are part of the ..... nervous system. A) Central. B) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral. 41. What is the outermost layer of the meninges? A) Arachnoid. B) Periosteum. C) Pia mater. D) Dura mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dura mater. 42. If a stroke has occurred and the patients' vision is impaired, which lobe was affected by the stroke? A) Occipital. B) Brain Stem. C) Parietal. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Occipital. 43. Which part of a neuron receives stimuli? A) Dendrites. B) Nucleus. C) Axon. D) Myelin Sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrites. 44. A group of connected structures in the brain that produces emotional feelings A) Thalamus. B) Limbic system. C) Hypothalamus. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limbic system. 45. Structural nervous system subdivision that consists of spinal nerves and cranial nerves A) Peripheral nervous system (PNS). B) Sensory (afferent) division. C) Autonomic nervous system (ANS). D) Motor (efferent) division. E) Central nervous system (CNS). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peripheral nervous system (PNS). 46. What is the innermost layer of the meninges called? A) Arachnoid. B) Pia Mater. C) Mother Care. D) Cerebrospinal fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pia Mater. 47. The part of the brain in which most thoughts, memories, voluntary actions, and intelligence occur is the ..... A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain stem. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 48. Part of the neuron that receives messages and sends the to the cell body A) Conclusion. B) Node. C) Axon terminal. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dendrite. 49. Part of brain that includes midbrain, pons, and medulla. A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brainstem. D) Callous body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brainstem. 50. Myelin sheaths are formed around what structure of the neuron? A) Cell Body. B) Node of Ranvier. C) Axon. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon. 51. What is the voltage of a typical neuron at rest? A) -55 millivolts. B) 0 millivolts. C) -70 millivolts. D) +70 millivolts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -70 millivolts. 52. You can find lymph nodes in- A) Neck. B) Groin (hip area). C) Armpits. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 53. At what stage is there more potassium outside the neuron, and more sodium inside the neuron? A) Resting Potential. B) Repolarization. C) Hyperpolarization (refractory period). D) Depolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repolarization. 54. Damage to the brain stem would most likely result in A) A coma. B) Blindness. C) Death. D) Impaired planning abilities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Death. 55. Network of nerves that transmit signals to and from the brain through the spinal cord. A) Brainstem. B) Cerebrum. C) Spinal cord. D) Peripheral nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peripheral nerves. 56. Which term describes changes in the internal or external environments that can cause a nervous system response? A) Cerebrum. B) Stimuli. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stimuli. 57. The ..... is the opening in the center of the iris that controls the amount of light entering the eye. A) Cataracts. B) Pupil. C) Rods. D) Accommodation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pupil. 58. The nose senses ..... A) Taste. B) Smell. C) Sight. D) Touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smell. 59. The largest and most complex nerve tissue of the body is the: A) Axon. B) Spinal cord. C) Brain. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain. 60. This structure is stretched tight like the skin of a drum and is very sensitive. A) Hammer. B) Anvil. C) Pinna. D) Eardrum. 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