This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 155 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 155 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following consists of the brain and spinal cord A) Central Nervous System. B) Brain Stem. C) Peripheral Nervous System. D) Somatic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central Nervous System. 2. When your parasympathetic nervous system is very active, which of the following would happen? A) Sweat increases. B) Heart rate decreases. C) Immune system response decreases. D) Digestion decreases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heart rate decreases. 3. The brain controls all the body's functions A) True. B) Talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. The brain has approximately how many neurons? A) 100 billion. B) 50 billion. C) 10 billion. D) 85 billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 85 billion. 5. Extends from foramen magnum to second lumbar vertebrasurrounded by spinal columnsubmerged in cerebrospinal fluidacts as relay station and relax center A) Brainstem. B) Spinal Column. C) Spinal Cord. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal Cord. 6. The activity of muscles and glands (controlled by the nervous system) is relevant to the functioning of ..... A) The muscular system. B) The endocrine system. C) All body systems. D) The cardiovascular system. E) The skeletal system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All body systems. 7. A person with aphasia does not speak A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. The ciliary ganglia and pterygopalatine ganglia are autonomic ganglia of the parasympathetic division. A) YES. B) NO. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) YES. 9. What controls reflex actions? A) Brain. B) Spinal Cord. C) Spine. D) Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal Cord. 10. What part of the eye is the colored, muscular portion of the eye which controls pupil size? A) Lens. B) Ciliary body. C) Choroid. D) Iris. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iris. 11. Which part of the nervous system:Acts as the integration and command center A) PNS. B) CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CNS. 12. The type of memory that is involved with the retaining of facts such as names or dates as well as associated emotional undertones is called ..... memory. A) Implicit. B) Working. C) Declarative. D) Short-term. E) Procedural. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Declarative. 13. What is full form of CNS? A) Central Nervous System. B) Cerebrum Nervous System. C) Cerebro Nervous System. D) Cerebellum Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central Nervous System. 14. If you want to change the pitch of a sound, you have to change the ..... A) Amplitude. B) Volume. C) Frequency. D) Speed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frequency. 15. Mr. Rudman drives his speed boat 22 km at 45 km/hr how, how long will it take him to go the 22 km? A) 48 hrs. B) 990 hrs. C) 0.48 hrs. D) 45 min. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 0.48 hrs. 16. Restricts the passage of most substances into the CNS, allowing the extracellular chemical environment of the CNS to be tightly controlled A) Resting potential. B) Astrocytes. C) Blood-brain barrier. D) Neurotransmitters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blood-brain barrier. 17. Which of the following is not a component of a proper warm-up? A) Stretching. B) Cardiovascular exercise. C) Dynamic movements. D) Heavy resistance training. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heavy resistance training. 18. Which of the following contains the thalamus, hypothalamus, and epithalamus? A) Medulla. B) Brain Stem. C) Cerebellum. D) Diencephalon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diencephalon. 19. Inflammation or infection of the conjunctiva is called A) Pupilitis. B) Silent. C) Scleritis. D) Conjunctivitis (pink eye). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conjunctivitis (pink eye). 20. Microglial cells help to? A) Phagocytize bacteria cells. B) Provides structural support. C) Produce myelin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phagocytize bacteria cells. 21. What is the main sensory receptor cells in our sense of hearing? A) Chemoreceptors. B) Cones. C) Mechanoreceptors. D) Rods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mechanoreceptors. 22. What does the outer ear consist of? A) Auricle/Pinna. B) Pinna, Ear Canal. C) Auricle/pinna, Ear Canal. D) Auricle, Ear Canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Auricle/pinna, Ear Canal. 23. If you just ate a big meal A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic. 24. T/F:Olfactory receptors can be found in the nose A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 25. What two structures make up the central nervous system? A) Nerves and spinal cord. B) Brain and spinal cord. C) Brain and nerves. D) Cerebrum and cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain and spinal cord. 26. The measure of potential energy generated by separated electrical charges is called A) Ohm's Law. B) Current. C) Resistance. D) Voltage. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Voltage. 27. Billy was hit in the back of the head playing ball. He "saw stars" for a while after the hit. What part of his brain was affected? A) Occipital lobe. B) Frontal lobe. C) Cerebellum. D) Parietal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Occipital lobe. 28. Poor articulation is called ..... A) Stuttered speech. B) Hoarseness. C) Slurred speech. D) Verbal apraxia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slurred speech. 29. Read the following decide if it is a neuron or neuroglia. "highly specialized" A) Neuron. B) Neuroglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuron. 30. Myelin is a fatty substance that covers the ..... of a neuron to help the impulse move faster A) Synaptic cleft. B) Cell body. C) Axon. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon. 31. Carry messages away from the brain and spinal cord A) Efferent nerves. B) Afferent nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Efferent nerves. 32. If you have a second severe concussion before recovering from the first one, there's a 50% chance you could die. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. Acts as an insulator for neurons and allows for faster conduction of nerve impulses. A) Meiosis. B) Multipolar. C) Mitosis. D) Myelin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myelin. 34. The peripheral nervous system has two types of neurons: A) Sensory and smooth neurons. B) Sensory and motor neurons. C) Motor and heart neurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory and motor neurons. 35. The human skull contains ..... bones. A) 22. B) 67. C) 12. D) 54. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 22. 36. Pigment found in rods cells A) Vitamin A. B) Rhodopsin. C) Lysozyme. D) Iodopsins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhodopsin. 37. Two types of nerve impulses: A) Sensory and motor. B) White matter and gray matter. C) Dendrites and axons. D) Cytoplasm and nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory and motor. 38. All of the following are functions of the nervous system EXCEPT: A) Collect sensory information. B) Process incoming information within an integration center. C) Circulating nutrients throughout the body. D) Evaluate sensory information and decide on appropriate motor neuron action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circulating nutrients throughout the body. 39. The time required for the neurotransmitter to diffuse across a post synaptic neuron's membrane is called A) Synaptic Delay. B) Synaptic Fatigue. C) Electrical Potential. D) Diffusion Delay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synaptic Delay. 40. The substance which provides the eyeball with most of the material to maintain its shape is the: A) Choroid coat. B) Canal of schlemm. C) Aqueous humor. D) Ciliary body. E) Vitreous humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Vitreous humor. 41. The basic cells of the nervous system, carrying nerve impulses from one part of the body to another, are called: A) Astrocytes. B) Neuralgia. C) Neurons. D) Microglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurons. 42. Controls eyeball movement and pupil size A) Pons. B) Spinal Cord. C) Midbrain. D) Spinal cord elongated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Midbrain. 43. What is the diencephalon? A) The part of the brain responsible for higher cognitive functions and executive control. B) The area primarily associated with emotional regulation and memory consolidation. C) A region comprising structures like the thalamus and hypothalamus, involved in sensory relay and homeostasis. D) The division responsible for coordinating motor activities and movement regulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A region comprising structures like the thalamus and hypothalamus, involved in sensory relay and homeostasis. 44. The ..... lobe of the brain is responsible for visual processing. A) Temporal. B) Frontal. C) Parietal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occipital. 45. "Receives message from interneurons and trigger output, such as in muscles" refer to A) Receptors. B) Motor neurons. C) Interneurons. D) Sensory neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor neurons. 46. Which sensory receptor is responsible for sensing changes in chemical concentratrions? A) Mechanoreceptors. B) Chemoreceptors. C) Nociceptors. D) Thermoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemoreceptors. 47. Which gland is called the "master gland?" A) Pituitary. B) Thyroid. C) Pancreas. D) Adrenals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pituitary. 48. Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) A) Injury to the brain caused by a blow. B) Minor stroke; where neurological function is regained quickly with time. C) A prolonged feeling of helplessness, hopelessness, and sadness. D) A slowly progressive decline in mental abilities, including memory, thinking, and judgment, that is often accompanied by personality changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Minor stroke; where neurological function is regained quickly with time. 49. These are changes in environment that cause your System to respond. A) Sensory input. B) Integration. C) Stimuli. D) Motor output. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stimuli. 50. Schwann cells have a similar function in the peripheral nervous system as these cells have in the central nervous system: A) Oligodendrocytes. B) Microglia. C) Ependymal cells. D) Astrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oligodendrocytes. 51. What part of the nervous system is responsible for increasing the heart rate, diverting blood to major muscle groups, and preparing the body to escape a dangerous situation? A) Sympathetic. B) Spinal Nerves. C) Parasympathetic. D) Spinal Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic. 52. Which of the following is a receptor? A) Heart. B) Tongue. C) Brain. D) Stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tongue. 53. The diencephalon is composed primarily of ..... A) The cerebellum, brain stem and cerebrum. B) The brain stem, hippocampus and amygdala. C) The thalamus, hypothalamus and epithalamus. D) The midbrain, pons and cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The thalamus, hypothalamus and epithalamus. 54. In the brain fenestrated type of capillaries are present. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 55. Which type of PNS neuroglial cells support and brace neurons and connect them to their nutrient/blood supply? A) Schwann cells. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Astrocytes. D) Satellite cells. E) Ependymal cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Satellite cells. 56. List the conventional names for the following scientific names for major sensory processes:Audioception, Ophthalmoception, Gustaoception, Olfalcoception and Tactioception A) Hearing, Sight, Smell, Taste, Touch. B) Hearing, Smell, Sight, Touch Taste. C) Hearing, Taste, Touch, Sight, Smell. D) Hearing, Sight, Taste, Smell, Touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hearing, Sight, Taste, Smell, Touch. 57. The vitamin essential for blood clotting A) Vitamin A. B) Vitamin B. C) Vitamin K. D) Vitamin C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vitamin K. 58. A thermoreceptor is sensitive to A) Chemical substances. B) Physical stimuli:touch, pressure, sound waves, gravity. C) Temperature change. D) Light. E) Stimuli that cause pain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temperature change. 59. Part of brain that plays a major role in memory A) Limbic system. B) Pons. C) Hippocampus. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hippocampus. 60. A part of the plays important roles in the consolidation of information (learning) from short-term memory to long-term memory, and in spatial memory that enables navigation. As well is involved with emotion and motivation. It has the shape of a seahorse A) Hippocampus. B) Thalamus. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hippocampus. ← 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