This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 144 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 144 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of neurons send signals from organs like your eyes, ears, and skin to your brain? A) Sensory neurons. B) Motor neurons. C) Interneurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory neurons. 2. Schwann cells perform what function? A) Insulation, myelination of axons in PNS. B) Create CSF. C) Consume old or diseased neural tissue. D) Insulation, myelination of axons in CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insulation, myelination of axons in PNS. 3. These are membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord. A) Cerebral Cortex. B) Meninges. C) Myelin. D) Corpus Collasum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meninges. 4. Which of the following is an example of a response? A) Touching something sticky. B) Not enough nutrients in your body. C) Moving inside out of the rain. D) Stepping on a Lego. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moving inside out of the rain. 5. The nervous system is organized to do which of the following? A) Detect changes in the external environment. B) Detect changes in the internal environment. C) Evaluate changes in the environment. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 6. The gap between the axon terminal of one neuron and the dendrites of another is called a ..... A) Conclusion. B) Connection. C) Terminal gap. D) Link-up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conclusion. 7. Function to support, insulate, and protect neurons A) Sensory Neuron. B) Conclusion. C) Neurotransmitter. D) Neuroglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neuroglia. 8. Two types of signals are carried between the brain and nerves. Name these.Then, tell which one is considered to be a hint, clue or indicator given by someone's behavior to the environment? A) Stimulus and motion; sensory. B) Motor and stimulus; motor. C) Sensory and motor; motor. D) Motor and sensory; sensory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor and sensory; sensory. 9. The accumulation of neuron cell bodies in the spinal cord forms: A) Nerve center. B) Cerebrospinal fluid. C) Gray matter. D) White matter. E) Synapse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gray matter. 10. Messages travel along neurones as..... A) Electrical impulses. B) Chemicals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electrical impulses. 11. Part of the nervous system made up of nerves outside the CNS A) Dendrites. B) Axon terminal. C) Motor (efferent) division. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrites. 12. The place where two neurons meet. A) Junction. B) Intersection. C) Crevice. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conclusion. 13. Suspensory ligament of lens connect to the A) Cornea. B) Ciliary muscles. C) Sclera. D) Pupil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ciliary muscles. 14. Do dendrites receive information or give it away? A) Receive. B) Give away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Receive. 15. What structure connects the 2 hemispheres of the cerebrum? A) Corpus Callosum. B) Thymus. C) Hypothymus. D) Limbic System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Corpus Callosum. 16. Performs the sensory and motor function of the nervous system. A) Central nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral nervous system. 17. It is divided into Sympathetic Nervous System and Parasympathetic Nervous System A) The PNS. B) The CNS. C) The Autonomic Nervous System. D) The Somatic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Autonomic Nervous System. 18. Reflex action are controlled by A) Heart. B) Brain. C) Spinal cord. D) Liver. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord. 19. Nerves are the control center for the nervous system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. Type of neuron that carries information from the brain or spinal cord to muscles or glands A) Motor Neurons. B) Interneurons. C) Sensory Neurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor Neurons. 21. The chemical ..... is part of the sympathetic nervous system and triggers the fight or flight response. A) Dopamine. B) Acetylcholine. C) Serotonin. D) Norepinephrine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Norepinephrine. 22. What is hydrocephalus? A) Damage to brain tissue from a blow to the head. B) Virus transmitted by insects that leads to swelling of the brain. C) Accumulation of excess CSF around the brain. D) Autoimmune disease that causes inflammation of the Mylen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Accumulation of excess CSF around the brain. 23. This system control everything you do: A) The muscular system. B) The Digestive System. C) The Nervous System. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Nervous System. 24. Which division of the nervous system DOES NOT require incoming sensory information to be sent up to the brain for further sensory processing, but instead produces an "automatic response" to the incoming sensory stimuli? A) Autonomic. B) Somatic. C) Enteric. D) Central. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic. 25. Middle layer of the meninges that looks like a spider A) Dura mater. B) Arachnoid mater. C) What does it mater. D) Pia mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arachnoid mater. 26. What is the process of making a person develop resistance to certain kind of diseases and is also called inoculation or vaccination? A) Protection. B) Immunization. C) Stabilization. D) Purification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Immunization. 27. Where are receptors located? A) At the start of an interneuron. B) At the start of a sensory neuron. C) At the start of a motor neuron. D) In a synapse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the start of a sensory neuron. 28. This groove separates the frontal and temporal lobes of the cerebrum. A) Central Sulcus. B) Side Sulcus. C) Lateral Sulcus. D) Circular Sulcus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lateral Sulcus. 29. What is the function of neuroglia? A) To transmit impulses to the CNS. B) To cover the axon with a myelin sheath. C) To secrete cerebrospinal fluid. D) To provide immune response and anchor neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To cover the axon with a myelin sheath. 30. The tissue types that serves as a lining or covering: A) Epithelial. B) Muscle. C) Nervous. D) Connective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epithelial. 31. We don't think before blinking our eyes. This is an example of: A) Reflex actions. B) Sense organs. C) Voluntary muscles. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reflex actions. 32. The clear, protective structure at the front of the eye: A) Pupil. B) Cornea. C) Retina. D) Iris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cornea. 33. When the electrical charge inside the membrane becomes more positive A) Refractory Period. B) Depolarized. C) Polarized. D) Conductivity. E) Repolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Depolarized. 34. Cerebrospinal fluid A) CF. B) CSF. C) SF. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CSF. 35. What are the two parts of the Motor nervous system? A) Voluntary and complementary. B) Involuntary and complementary. C) Sensory and Voluntary. D) Somatic and autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatic and autonomic. 36. Which of the following statements about the basal nuclei is true? A) They are located in the cerebrum. B) They contain the caudate nucleus. C) They are involved in motor control. D) They are part of the extrapyramidal system. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 37. The gray matter of the cerebrum ..... A) Creates messages. B) Creates hormones. C) Sends messages away. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Creates messages. 38. True or False:vitamins are individual chemical elements needed to function, such as calcium or potassium. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 39. A ..... is a space between nerve cells. A) Axon. B) Conclusion. C) Neuron. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conclusion. 40. Which of the following is the effect of sympathetic activation in a target organ? A) Dilation of the blood vessels in skeletal muscle. B) Decreased heart rate. C) Increased gastrointestinal secretions. D) Contraction of the bladder wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dilation of the blood vessels in skeletal muscle. 41. These are fibers that receive messages from other neurons A) Dendrites. B) Cell Body. C) Axons. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrites. 42. Imagine Daniel, Noah, and Liam are on a thrilling adventure in a dense forest. Suddenly, they notice something unusual. What could that 'something' be referred to in scientific terms? A) Money from the government. B) Message that carries neurons. C) Any change or signal in the environment that can make an organism react. D) Cells that carry information through the nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Any change or signal in the environment that can make an organism react. 43. Which of the following is TRUE of reflexes? A) They do not involve thought. B) They can be simple or complex. C) They help maintain homeostasis. D) All options are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All options are true. 44. The Central Nervous System is ..... system. A) Control, regulatory and Communicating. B) Drive. C) Run. D) Jump. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Control, regulatory and Communicating. 45. In humans, the central nervous system (CNS) is divided into the ..... and ..... A) Brain, Spinal cord . B) Sympathetic, Parasympathetic. C) Autonomic, Somatic nervous system. D) Central nervous system, Pheripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain, Spinal cord . 46. Plays a role in the regulation of body temperature, water balance, and metabolism A) Hypothalamus. B) Epithelium. C) Thalamus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypothalamus. 47. Which of the following senses detects and recognizes chemicals that dissolve in liquids? A) Taste. B) Smell. C) Neither smell nor taste. D) Both smell and taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both smell and taste. 48. The 3 parts that make up the nervous system. A) Medulla, dendrites, axons. B) Cell body, axon endings, nucleus. C) Lungs, brain, skin. D) Brain, spinal cord, nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain, spinal cord, nerves. 49. A bundle of nerves that runs along the back of a vertebrate within the spinal column. A) Stimulus. B) Brain Stem. C) Dendrites. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spinal cord. 50. Which neurotransmitter inhibits brain activity? A) Endorphins. B) Glutamate. C) Dopamine. D) GABA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) GABA. 51. Which Part of the bone contains blood vessels? A) Inner part. B) Outer part. C) All of these. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inner part. 52. This structure in the neuron is a insulating layer that helps transmit an impulse. A) Dendrite. B) Myelin sheath. C) Axon. D) Nodes of Ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myelin sheath. 53. The seventh cranial nerve that controls most facial expressions? A) Oculomotor. B) Vagus. C) Trigeminal. D) Facial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Facial. 54. Which statement is not considered a reflex action? A) Lift your foot when stepping on broken glass and cutting your foot. B) Individual intelligence. C) Jerking the hand away from the hot glass. D) He was able to carry a refrigerator down from the second floor during a house fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Individual intelligence. 55. What is the equation to calculate distance? A) Distance = speed x time. B) Distance = time/speed. C) Distance = speed/distance. D) Distance = speed/time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distance = speed x time. 56. The large organ of the central nervous system composed of white and gray matter, contained within the cranium and continuous with the spinal cord. A) Brain. B) Thermoreceptor. C) Neurotransmitter. D) Glial Cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 57. Functions of some parts the central system: A) Coordinated movement, control involuntary actions, control vital functions, integrates information. B) Higher functions, regulation and control of visceral functions, secretion of hormones. C) A and b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A and b. 58. What is the function of the sensory neurons A) Interpret info from CNS. B) Interpret info from PNS. C) Take info from CNS to PNS. D) Take info from PNS to CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Take info from PNS to CNS. 59. How is a neurons resting membrane potential measured? A) Overall charge inside the cytosol of the neuron. B) Overall charge of the matrix outside the neuron. C) Charge differential between the cytosol inside the neuron and matrix outside the neuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charge differential between the cytosol inside the neuron and matrix outside the neuron. 60. What is the functions of the nervous system? A) Moves body parts. B) Brings oxygen into the body. C) Sends messages to different parts of the body. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sends messages to different parts of the body. ← 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