This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 154 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 154 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which part of the eye has photoreceptors called rods and cones that help us to detect colour and light intensity? A) Optic nerve. B) Sclera. C) Retina. D) Cornea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Retina. 2. Mary is getting a pedicure. She is feeling tickles and even a sharp pain from the cuticle remover. Which lobe processes sensory information? A) Occipital. B) Parietal. C) Frontal. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parietal. 3. ..... is when your brain takes both views from your eyes and makes it into one. A) Accurate depth perception. B) Olfactory fatigue. C) Afterimage. D) Bone conduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accurate depth perception. 4. The nose responds to molecules floating in the air with these A) Olfactory receptors. B) Photoreceptors. C) Thermoreceptors. D) Reflex arc. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Olfactory receptors. 5. Which neurotransmitter deals with "flight or fight" activities? A) Serotonin. B) Acetylcholine. C) Endorphins. D) Norepinephrine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Endorphins. 6. The part of the nervous system that consists of nerves that branch out from the CNS and connect to other body parts A) Parasympathetic. B) Autonomic. C) Sympathetic. D) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peripheral. 7. Which part of the human eye acts like a camera lens, adjusting its shape to focus light onto the retina? A) Cornea. B) Lens. C) Iris. D) Retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lens. 8. The correct statement about separate cells is A) Receive the sensation of crude touch. B) A type of unipolar neuron. C) Separate cells are part of first order neurons. D) Receptor menghantar impuls kepada first order neuron melalui chemical synapse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Receptor menghantar impuls kepada first order neuron melalui chemical synapse. 9. An injury to the spinal cord in the lower back could cause you to lose movement and feeling in your: A) Arms. B) Legs. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legs. 10. True or False:The pons passes signals A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 11. Which portion of the axon will develop sprouts to help reestablish the former neural connection? A) The portion superior to the cell body. B) The portion proximal to the cell body. C) The portion distal to the cell body. D) The portion inferior to the cell body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The portion proximal to the cell body. 12. What is the function of the hippocampus in the brain? A) Coordination of voluntary movements and thinking carefully when problem solving. B) A region within the brain that plays a crucial role in the formation and retrieval of memories. C) Processing of information, pondering literature, writing poetry, delivering speeches. D) Control of body functions, movements, athletic ability, hearing loss difficulties. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A region within the brain that plays a crucial role in the formation and retrieval of memories. 13. Antidepressants (SSRIs) work visa A) Blocking the axon. B) Blocking the synaptic gap. C) Blocking the receptor sites on the dendrites. D) Blocking the re-uptake channels on the pre synaptic terminal buttons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blocking the re-uptake channels on the pre synaptic terminal buttons. 14. The gap/junction between neurons is called the A) Open space. B) River. C) Bridge to Terabithia. D) Synaptic cleft. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synaptic cleft. 15. Which type of neuron would be connected to photoreceptors in your eye? A) Motor neuron. B) Connector neuron. C) Relay neuron. D) Sensory neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory neuron. 16. Parts of brain that controls our body balance and coordination is ..... A) Cerebellum. B) Brain Stem. C) Cerebrum. D) Corpus Callosum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 17. What does the myelin sheath look like? A) A star-shaped shield. B) Several shorter tubes with gaps between. C) One long tube. D) Rectangular blocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Several shorter tubes with gaps between. 18. This is the division of the brain that has 4 parts and connects the cerebrum to the spinal cord. A) Spinal cord elongated. B) Diencephalon. C) Brain Stem. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain Stem. 19. Neurons that have only one process extending from the cell body are known as? A) Multipolar neurons. B) Neurofibral node. C) Bipolar neurons. D) Unipolar neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unipolar neurons. 20. What does the sclera do? A) Protects the eye. B) Helps the eye focus. C) Allows light to enter eye. D) Transmits light rays to retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protects the eye. 21. This nerve moves the tongue A) Accessory. B) Hypoglossal. C) Glossopharyngeal. D) Vagus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypoglossal. 22. The part of the neuron that sends the stimulus to the next neuron is the A) Axon. B) Cell body. C) Dendrite. D) Myelin sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon. 23. A bundle of nerve cells. A) Axon terminal. B) Axon. C) Nerve. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerve. 24. What is the function of the midbrain? A) Controls breathing. B) Reflex center for vision and hearing. C) Sends impulses to skeletal muscle. D) Provides involuntary coordination of body movements. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflex center for vision and hearing. 25. Sensory nerves send signals from ..... to ..... A) Brain to sense organs. B) Sense organs to brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sense organs to brain. 26. The nerves that extend from the brain and spinal cord, make up the ..... A) Autonomic Nervous System. B) Central Nervous System(CNS). C) Somatic Nervous System. D) Peripheral Nervous System(PNS). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peripheral Nervous System(PNS). 27. The PNS is made up of: A) Autonomic. B) Somatic. C) Parasympathetic. D) Sympathetic. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 28. A circular structure behind the pupil that helps you to focus on objects? A) Lens. B) Cornea. C) Cataract. D) Iris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lens. 29. What system transports blood and key materials to cells in the body? A) Digestive. B) Excretory. C) Circulatory. D) Nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circulatory. 30. Which feature separates the frontal and parietal lobes? A) Lateral sulcus. B) Longitudinal fissure. C) Central sulcus. D) Transverse fissure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central sulcus. 31. The temporal lobe controls A) Learning, memory, thinking. B) Learning, memory, and hearing. C) Language, feelings and hearing. D) Learning, behavior, and feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Learning, memory, and hearing. 32. Has many processes arising from the cell body, one is an axon the rest are dendrites A) Unipolar. B) Bipolar. C) Pseudounipolar. D) Multipolar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Multipolar. 33. Eyes have ..... receptors. A) Mechanical. B) Light. C) Chemical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light. 34. Protective layer covering the brain; has 3 layers A) Nerve. B) Neuron. C) Motor neuron. D) Meninges. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meninges. 35. What is Synaptogenesis? A) It is the growth and development of the white fatty substance called myelin that wraps around axons. B) The process of eliminating connections. C) The process of forming new synapsis. D) The ability of the brain's neural structure or function to be changed by experience throughout the life span. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The process of forming new synapsis. 36. Nerves are made up of nerve cells called: A) Spinal cord. B) Nerves. C) Brain. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurons. 37. Where does the spinal cord begin A) Brainstem. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Thalamus. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medulla oblongata. 38. A signal from another axon would enter a different axon where? A) Myelin Sheath. B) Dendrites. C) Conclusion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conclusion. 39. Reversal of charges from negative to positive aka a nerve impulse A) Myelin sheath. B) Threshold. C) Resting potential. D) Action potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Action potential. 40. You are able to learn, understand and remember the knowledge of body systems The above statements refers to the function of A) Parietal lobe. B) Occipital lobe. C) Temporal lobe. D) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frontal lobe. 41. Pupil reflex is controlled by the A) Spinal cord. B) Spine. C) Neurones. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain. 42. Which part of the brain is also called the "inner brain" ? A) Cerebrum. B) Diencephalon. C) Brain stem. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diencephalon. 43. What are considered special senses? A) Touch, pressure, temperature. B) Vision, smell, taste, hearing, and equilibrium. C) Pain, itch, proprioception. D) Hunger, thirst, fatigue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vision, smell, taste, hearing, and equilibrium. 44. Neurons that conduct impulses from the CNS to muscles or glands are A) Sensory neurons. B) Unipolar neurons. C) Motor neurons. D) Interneurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor neurons. 45. Damage to the Hypothalamus causes constant hunger A) Stroke. B) Prader Willi. C) Cerebral Palsy. D) Cerebellar Ataxia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prader Willi. 46. Neuroglia that produce myelin on axons in the brain and spinal cord are A) Schwann cells. B) Microglia. C) Astrocytes. D) Oligodendrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oligodendrocytes. 47. Which part of the brain is responsible for thinking, reasoning, problem-solving, and senses? A) Cerebrum. B) Spinal Cord. C) Brainstem. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 48. Which division of the PNS conveys impulses TO the CNS from the sensory receptors? A) Somatic. B) Sympathetic. C) Sensory (afferent). D) Motor (efferent). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory (afferent). 49. Hematoxylin stains which part of the cell organelles? A) Cytoplasm. B) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nucleus. 50. What is the role of microglia cells? A) Acts as an immune cell and assist and assist damaged dying neurons. B) Helps form the blood brain barrier. C) Support/brace neurons and connect them to capillaries to gain nutrients. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acts as an immune cell and assist and assist damaged dying neurons. 51. Myelinated neurons experience A) Transmission of an impulse all the way down the axon. B) Saltatory transmission from node to node. C) Saltatory transmission from neurilemma to neurilemma. D) Neurotransmitter release down the axon to the end. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saltatory transmission from node to node. 52. Multiple Sclerosis (Rich's research topic) is caused when there is a problem with the nerve cell's ..... A) Cytoplasm. B) Axon terminals. C) Myelin sheath. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myelin sheath. 53. Which CN (cranial nerve) helps with chewing food? A) Abducting. B) 5th. C) Facial. D) 1st. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5th. 54. On the cerebral cortex, the ridges that result from an embryological increase in surface area and folding of the cortex: A) Sulci. B) Hemispheres. C) Lobes. D) Gyri. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gyri. 55. Photoreceptors 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: C) Eyes (retina). 56. Major pathways of the peripheral nervous system that lead to the skin and skeletal muscles A) Central nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. C) Autonomic nervous system. D) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatic nervous system. 57. Axon fibers are insulated by a ....., which increase the rate of neural impulse transmission. A) Cell body. B) Myelin sheath. C) Dendrite. D) Neuroglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myelin sheath. 58. Salivary glands are innervated by ..... A) Only in parasympathetic nerve. B) Only in sympathatic nerve system. C) Both of the autonomic division. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of the autonomic division. 59. Axons are also called as ..... A) Nerve fibres. B) Nerve cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerve fibres. 60. 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