This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 153 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 153 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It controls balance and muscular coordination A) Spinal cord. B) Cerebrum. C) Medulla. D) Cerebellum. E) Spinal nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 2. Where all nerves are located outside of the central nervous system. A) Central. B) Motor. C) Periphreal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Periphreal. 3. The brain receives information directly from the nose, mouth, ears, and ..... A) Muscles. B) Skin. C) Joints. D) Eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eyes. 4. Reflex actions is controlled by A) Nerves. B) Brain. C) Spinal cord. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord. 5. Carry information from the brain or spinal cord to muscles and glands. A) Sensory neurons. B) Interneurons. C) Motor neurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor neurons. 6. ..... allow the flow of electrical or electrical impulses, or signals, to and from the brain. A) Veins. B) Vessels. C) Nerves. D) Arteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerves. 7. Which type of neurons carry impulses AWAY from the brain and spinal cord? A) Motor neurons. B) Sensory neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor neurons. 8. What is the structure of a pain receptor? A) Free nerve ending. B) Separate cells neuron. C) Hair cells. D) Encapsulated nerve ending. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free nerve ending. 9. Meninges, are separated by which fluid? A) Seminal fluid. B) Cerebrospinal fluid. C) Blood. D) Medullospinal fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrospinal fluid. 10. What is the role of the brain in the human nervous system? A) It acts as the connection between nerves. B) It connects the body to the external environment. C) It pumps blood to the nerves. D) It serves as the control centre. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It serves as the control centre. 11. ..... are cells that identify pathogens and activate other cells to help fight. A) NK Cells. B) Phagocytes. C) B-cells. D) Helper Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Helper Cells. 12. The neuron in its resting state has a ..... cell membrane A) Repolarized. B) Depolarized. C) Hyperpolarized. D) Polarized. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polarized. 13. Incomplete dominance means that the traits are A) Expressed equally. B) Dominant. C) Recessive. D) Blended. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blended. 14. Which of the following statements about cranial nerves is TRUE? A) The olfactory cells synapse with mitral cells in the olfactory bulbs. B) Most of the fibers in the optic tract terminate in the medial geniculate body. C) Trochlear nerve supplies the inferior oblique muscle. D) Parasympathetic innervation to the parotid gland is supplied by the facial nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The olfactory cells synapse with mitral cells in the olfactory bulbs. 15. Visual information received by our eyes is processed in which lobe? A) Temporal Lobe. B) Occipital Lobe. C) Parietal Lobe. D) Frontal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occipital Lobe. 16. The CNS is surrounded and protected by all except: A) The bone of the skull and vertebral column. B) The myelin sheath. C) The cerebro-spinal fluid. D) The meninges. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The myelin sheath. 17. The neuromuscular junction is the ..... between an axon terminal and a muscle fiber. A) Neurilemma. B) Astrocyte. C) Conclusion. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conclusion. 18. Cells that carry information throughout your nervous system. A) RBC. B) Synapses. C) Neurons. D) WBC. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurons. 19. Interneurons are part of the ..... nervous system. A) Peripheral. B) Central. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central. 20. What is the central nervous system? A) The main highway. B) Sensory input, integration, motor output. C) The main control center. D) Coordinates body activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coordinates body activities. 21. A nerve that takes information away from the CNS is functionally classified as A) Sensory. B) Motor. C) Interneuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor. 22. This part of the nervous system connects the CNS with the rest of the body. A) Central nervous System. B) Neurons. C) Brain. D) Peripheral Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peripheral Nervous System. 23. This sense take visual information to the brain? A) Sound. B) Taste. C) Sight. D) Smell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smell. 24. CSF is produced by cells of the A) Brain stem. B) Cranial ventricles. C) Choroid plexus. D) Pia mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Choroid plexus. 25. Which of the following is NOT true about multiple sclerosis (MS)? A) Characterized by myelin loss. B) Is curable. C) Is most common in women ages 20-40. D) Impairs nerve conduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is curable. 26. The brain stem includes all of the following except the ..... A) Cerebral cortex. B) Medulla. C) Midbrain. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebral cortex. 27. Speech and sensations (pain, touch) are controlled by the ..... lobe of the cerebrum. A) Frontal. B) Occipital. C) Temporal. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parietal. 28. Which of the following is NOT true about personality? A) Can be negative. B) Can be positive. C) Can be similar to someone else but never the exact same. D) It can never be modified. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It can never be modified. 29. A person is sees a yard stick falling and catches it. Catching the stick is a response that is ..... A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voluntary. 30. The Central Nervous System regulates A) All bodily activities. B) Forward movement. C) Chewing and swallowing. D) Reflexes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All bodily activities. 31. Intercellular communication in multicellular organisms occur through A) Digestive system. B) Nervous system. C) Both nervous and endocrine system. D) Respiratory system only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both nervous and endocrine system. 32. How many types of muscles do we have? A) 3. B) 5. C) 7. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 33. The generic name for Cymbaltatextregistered is: A) Bupropion. B) Duloxetine. C) Lorazepam. D) Clonazepam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Duloxetine. 34. Which type of muscle is found in your heart? A) Skeletal. B) Cardiac. C) Straight. D) Smooth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cardiac. 35. The part of the eye that sees black, white, and gray and is for night vision. A) Pupil. B) Cones. C) Optic nerve. D) Rods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rods. 36. The thalamus, hypothalamus, and epithalamus collectively constitute the ..... A) Cerebellum. B) Brainstem. C) Diencephalon. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diencephalon. 37. Active digestion A) Parasympathetic. B) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasympathetic. 38. Which behavior is a function of the nervous system under the power of the mind? A) Heartbeat. B) Peristalsis of the intestines. C) Running away when frightened. D) The work of various glands. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Running away when frightened. 39. Superior posterior region of the cerebrum processes sensory information from the body like touch, pressure, and pain: A) Occipital lobe. B) Parietal lobe. C) Temporal lobe. D) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parietal lobe. 40. The full form of CNS is A) Central nose system. B) Central negative system. C) CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. 41. Which part of the brain acts as a "relay station" receiving most incoming sensory information and transmitting that information to the appropriate primary motor area in the brain? A) Pons. B) Thalamus. C) Hypothalamus. D) Amygdala. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thalamus. 42. The neurotransmitter norepinephrine stimulates fight or flight reactions in what system? A) Sympathetic system. B) Parasympathetic system. C) Somatic motor neuron system. D) Sensory neuron system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic system. 43. Black circle, allows light to enter the eye A) Optic nerve. B) Iris. C) Retina. D) Pupil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pupil. 44. Carry impulses from the sense organs to the spinal cord and brain. A) Nerves. B) Motor neurons. C) Interneurons. D) Sensory neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory neurons. 45. What does a ligand-gated channel require in order to open? A) Increase in concentration of Na+ ions. B) Binding of a neurotransmitter. C) Depolarization of the membrane. D) Increase in concentration of K+ ions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Binding of a neurotransmitter. 46. This part of the brain is where new memories are formed. A) Hippocampus. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hippocampus. 47. The part of the brain responsible for heart beat is ..... A) Cerebellum. B) Medulla. C) Cerebrum. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medulla. 48. Encephalo means: A) Skull. B) Brain. C) Brain and Skull. D) The whole head. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain. 49. Portion of the neuron increases the speed of the impulses transmission. A) Dendrite. B) Myelin Sheath. C) Cell Body. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myelin Sheath. 50. As part of the immune system, white blood cells fight germs. Another name for white blood cells is: A) Rhinovirus B. B) Leukocytes. C) Glands. D) Nodes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leukocytes. 51. The brain carries out all mental functions. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 52. In neurons, that portion of the cell that contains the nucleus; the cell body, as opposed to the cell processes (axons and dendrites). A) Cerebral Cortex. B) White Matter. C) Neurotransmitter. D) Soma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soma. 53. A bundle of neurons forms a ..... A) Axon. B) Dendrite. C) Cell body. D) Nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nerve. 54. The nervous system is structurally subdivided into two systems: ..... nervous system and ..... nervous system A) Central; peripheral. B) Parasympathetic; sympathetic. C) Somatic; autonomic. D) Autonomic; sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central; peripheral. 55. Which group of animals has a series of paired dorsal spinal nerves containing somatic sensory, visceral sensory and visceral motor nerve fibers? A) Teleosts. B) Hagfishes. C) Lampreys. D) Amphioxus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amphioxus. 56. Which statement is correct? A) The nerve forms the nerve bundle. B) Nerve fibers form the nerve sheath. C) The axons form the nerve. D) Axons with their surrounding sheaths form the nerve fiber. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axons with their surrounding sheaths form the nerve fiber. 57. Part of the Nervous System that is activated when you feel excited, embarrassed, or are engaged in exercise. A) Parasympathetic NS. B) Somatic (Voluntary NS). C) Peripheral NS. D) Sympathetic NS. E) Autonomic (Involuntary NS). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sympathetic NS. 58. A girl pinches her fingers between 2 desks. She pulls her fingers away quickly. The response in the scenario is ..... A) Fingers pinched between 2 desks. B) Pull fingers away. C) She yells "ow"!. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pull fingers away. 59. A synapse between a motor neuron and a muscle cell is called ..... A) A muscle-nerve area. B) A neuromuscular junction. C) A mobility information transfer. D) A place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A neuromuscular junction. 60. What is the primary function of the structure located at the lower part of the back of the brain, known as the cerebellum? A) Regulating heart rate. B) Processing visual information. C) Storing long-term memories. D) Controlling voluntary muscle movements. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Controlling voluntary muscle movements. ← 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