This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 151 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 151 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Axons bundled with blood vessels and connective tissue are a/an A) Impulse. B) Receptor. C) Nerve. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerve. 2. Which part of the ear contains tiny hairs that help translate sound vibrations into electrical signals to the brain A) Eardrum. B) Hammer. C) Anvil. D) Cochlea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cochlea. 3. The voluntary control of body movement A) Autonomic Nervous System. B) Somatic Nervous System. C) Nervous System. D) Peripheral Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic Nervous System. 4. What organ of the inner ear is NOT involved in hearing? A) Semicircular canals. B) Cochlea. C) Vestibule. D) Organ of Corti. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semicircular canals. 5. Which type of cells do all sense organs contain? A) Effector. B) Receptor. C) Ciliated. D) Mesophyll. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Receptor. 6. The Autonomic Nervous System (SNS) corresponds to which of the following? A) Hunger, breathing, heartbeat, sneezing. B) Breathing, walking, thirst, hunger. C) Feeding, breathing, walking, being thirsty. D) Heartbeat, speech, walking, thirst. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hunger, breathing, heartbeat, sneezing. 7. The hammer, anvil, and stirrup are known as what A) The blacksmiths favorite tools. B) The optic bones. C) The auditory bones. D) The sensory bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The auditory bones. 8. Which receptors are responsible for both smell and taste? A) Gustatory receptors. B) Olfactory receptors. C) Chemosensory receptors. D) Mechanoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chemosensory receptors. 9. These allow you to sense where your body parts are without looking. A) Encapsulated nerve endings. B) Proprioceptors. C) Free nerve endings. D) Corpuscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proprioceptors. 10. What is the role of the autonomic nervous system? A) Transmits information to the CNS. B) Controls involuntary functions. C) Processes sensory information. D) Controls voluntary movements. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Controls involuntary functions. 11. Which of the following describes one of the functions of the stomach? A) To introduce carbohydrates to food. B) To remove excess water from food. C) Produces bile to make fats easier to digest. D) To temporarily store food. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To temporarily store food. 12. The pons regulates which of the following? A) Coughing. B) Sneezing. C) Breathing. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Breathing. 13. Made of Schwann cells that insulate the axon A) Axon. B) Dendrite. C) Cell Body. D) Myelin Sheath. E) Synaptic terminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myelin Sheath. 14. ( ) is a strong connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone. A) Tendon. B) Skeletal muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendon. 15. Thermoreceptors are located in or on A) Nose and tongue. B) Skin and ears. C) Eyes (retina). D) Skin. E) Throughout the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skin. 16. Muscles or glands that effect changes in the body A) Motor nerve. B) Neurons. C) Effectors. D) Plexus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Effectors. 17. How to check pulse? A) Bend the elbow. B) Place one finger on the pulse point and count for 30 seconds. C) Feel for the pulse. D) Place two fingers on the pulse point and count for a whole minute. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Place two fingers on the pulse point and count for a whole minute. 18. Ganglia, are cluster of cell bodies found in the ..... A) PNS. B) CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PNS. 19. The very end of a neuron that will synapse with another neuron is the A) Myelin sheath. B) Dendrite. C) Axon terminal. D) Node of Ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon terminal. 20. What do the sensory and motor divisions have in common A) Both help with movement. B) Both send signals to the brain. C) Both are in the digestive system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both send signals to the brain. 21. The process by which the body breaks down food so that it can be used for energy. A) Absorption. B) Deposition. C) Digestion. D) Composition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Digestion. 22. Some of the synapses used for signal transmission in the CNS of human beings are Chemical synapses. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 23. What is the part of an eye where light from an object passes through? A) Cochlea. B) Retina. C) Cornea. D) Olfactory Cell. E) Pupil. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Pupil. 24. Sensory(afferent) and Motor(efferent) pathways that branch off the spinal cord A) Central Nervous System. B) Brain. C) Peripheral Nervous System. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral Nervous System. 25. What part of the brain is the centre of thought and intelligence A) The cerebrum. B) The hypothalamus. C) The cerebellum. D) The brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cerebrum. 26. Most eye movement (4 out of the six eye muscles) A) Accessory. B) Facial. C) Oculomotor. D) Trochlear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oculomotor. 27. Your shoulder partner passing gas and you cover your nose and ask the teacher if you can move. The gas is representing an A) Internal stimulus. B) Internal response. C) External stimulus. D) External response. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) External stimulus. 28. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow is influenced by Aliran cecair serebropinal dipengaruhi oleh A) The level of blood pH.kadar pH darah. B) Changes of body posture.changes in body posture. C) Relaxation of skeletal muscles. relaxation of skeletal muscles. D) Movement of the head and neck.pergerakan kepala dan leher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Changes of body posture.changes in body posture. 29. Motor nerves carry messages from the body to the brain. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 30. The type of nerves that carry impulses to the CNS A) They will bring it out. B) Afferent. C) Somatic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Afferent. 31. Pertaining to the charge of a neuron at rest, which of the following is correct? A) The exterior of the neuron is more positively charged relative to the interior, with an excess amount of sodium ions found on the exterior portion of the neuron relative to the interior. B) The interior of the neuron is more positively charged relative to the exterior, with an excess amount of sodium ions found on the interior portion of the neuron relative to the exterior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The exterior of the neuron is more positively charged relative to the interior, with an excess amount of sodium ions found on the exterior portion of the neuron relative to the interior. 32. The ..... lobe of the brain controls muscle movement, motor skills, and cognitive function. A) Parietal. B) Frontal. C) Occipital. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frontal. 33. Neurotransmitters can be classified by structure and size (T/F)? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 34. By what is cerebellum divided into two halves A) Transmit. B) Conclusion. C) Deep groove. D) Reflex Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deep groove. 35. Which part of the brain controls our thoughts, memory, and intelligence? A) Brainstem. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum. 36. Which nervous system stimulates digestion? A) Parasympathetic Nervous System. B) Sympathetic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasympathetic Nervous System. 37. Which part of the nervous system is responsible for analyzing and interpreting data? A) Peripheral nervous system. B) Central nervous system. C) Autonomic nervous system. D) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central nervous system. 38. Controls balance A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 39. This type of neuron causes you to do something. A) Interneuron. B) Motor Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor Neuron. 40. A neuron consists of a ..... which comprises of Nucleus and Cytoplasm. A) Myelin Sheath. B) Dendrite. C) Cell body. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cell body. 41. Click on the image and answer the question. (a) A) Not here. B) Muscular. C) Skeletal. D) A nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A nervous. 42. What is the function of the taste buds? A) Identify different tastes. B) It is the organ of taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Identify different tastes. 43. Balance and coordination are most associated with the A) Hippocampus. B) Frontal cortex. C) Thalamus. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 44. When the cell becomes hyperpolarized (dips beneath its resting membrane potential) this is because of ..... A) All the potassium ions leaving the cell. B) The neurotransmitters flooding the synapse. C) Sodium entering the cell at a quick rate. D) The neurotransmitters binding to their receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All the potassium ions leaving the cell. 45. What are the gaps called that are formed by many Schwann cells in the myelin sheath? A) Nucleus. B) Axon hillock. C) Nodes of Ranvier. D) Synaptic cleft. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nodes of Ranvier. 46. Which part of a neuron TRANSFERS information? A) Terminal. B) Cell body. C) Dendrite. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axon. 47. The outer ear is made up of pinna, ear canal and ear drum. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 48. Pain sensation of a limb that has been amputated is: A) Phantom Limb. B) Hemorrhagic stroke. C) Neuritis. D) Poliomyelitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phantom Limb. 49. The Nervous System is known as the A) Control center of the human body. B) Worst system of the human body. C) Hardest working system in the human body. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Control center of the human body. 50. Responsible for sending out commands from the CNS to effectors in the body A) ANS. B) Efferent nerves. C) Neuron. D) Afferent nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Efferent nerves. 51. Spinal cord is the most complex organ in the human body. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 52. Your PNS is made up of: A) Your brain and nerves. B) Your brain and spinal cord. C) Your spinal cord and nerves. D) Your nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Your nerves. 53. An automatic response A) Stimulus. B) Reflex. C) Pain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflex. 54. THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM is apart of the central nervous system A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 55. T/F:The right side of your brain controls the right side of your body. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 56. Auditory nerve is which kind of nerve? A) Motor nerve. B) Sensory nerve. C) Mixed nerve. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory nerve. 57. Fill in the blank. Information we know is stored in our ..... A) Long term memory. B) Short term memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long term memory. 58. Question 13Which of the following is a reflex action? (~ the right answer) A) A girl chooses a book in the library. B) A boy blinks when he gets dust in his eye. C) A girl writes a letter to a friend. D) A boy runs away from a fierce dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A boy blinks when he gets dust in his eye. 59. Largest part of the brain and has two colored regions A) Cerebellum. B) Skull. C) Brain stem. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum. 60. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the synapse? A) At the synapse, neurotransmitters are released at the postsynaptic membrane. B) At the synapse, chemical signals are converted into electrical signals. C) Small gap between neuron is called synaptic cleft. D) Neurotransmitter binds to ligand-gated ion channel on post-synaptic membrane. 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