This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 158 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 158 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where is the sciatic nerve? A) Brain to shoulders. B) Shoulder to hand. C) Back from neck to hips. D) Hip and down legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hip and down legs. 2. This part of your brain controls involuntary muscular movement including the muscles that allow you to keep your balance without giving it a second thought. A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Thalamus. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 3. What does the retina do? A) Transmit impulses from retina to brain. B) Helps the eye focus. C) Receives light and sends it to brain. D) Transmits light rays to retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Receives light and sends it to brain. 4. Bladder constricts (allows for urination) A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic tagsPNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic tagsPNS. 5. In a resting neuron: A) The inside is relatively negative to the outside. B) The inside is relatively positive to the outside. C) The inside and outside are equal. D) There is more potassium ions on the outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The inside is relatively negative to the outside. 6. What is the main pathway of information that connects the brain to the rest of the body? A) Central nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. C) Spinal cord. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord. 7. Most of our digestion takes place in the A) Esophagus. B) Stomach. C) Intestines. D) Mouth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intestines. 8. Type O blood can donate blood to all blood groups but cannot receive blood from Type A, B and AB. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 9. What happens after a sensory neuron collects an impulse? A) The impulse jumps across the synapse. B) The impulse continues to travel through the interneurons. C) The impulse travels from the dendrite, to the cell body and to the axon. D) The brain processes the impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The impulse travels from the dendrite, to the cell body and to the axon. 10. The ..... nervous system carries impulses from the central nervous system to the heart and other organs. A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. C) Cerebral. D) Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic. 11. This is what the brainstem is associated with having control of in your body. A) Body temperature, blood pressure and breathing. B) Breathing, heartbeat, and blood pressure. C) Visual processing. D) Coordination, posture, and balance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Breathing, heartbeat, and blood pressure. 12. The ..... is directly behind the central fissure in the front of the parietal lobe. A) Primary Motor Cortex. B) Broca's Area. C) Somatosensory Cortex. D) Wernicke's Area. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Somatosensory Cortex. 13. Which part of the bone is found at the end of the bone and protects it? A) Marrow. B) Blood vessels. C) Cartilage. D) Outer covering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 14. Part of the brain that controls the most basic functions of life A) Cerebellum. B) Brainstem. C) Diencephalon. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brainstem. 15. What do you call bundle of axons A) Conclusion. B) Impulses. C) Dendrites. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 16. The part of the brainstem that joins the hemispheres of the cerebellum and connects the cerebrum with the cerebellum. A) Cerebellum. B) Spinal cord elongated. C) Pons. D) Pituitary gland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pons. 17. The circular, transparent area in the front portion of the eye is A) Iris. B) Retina. C) Cornea. D) Pupil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cornea. 18. Cerebrospinal fluid provides nutrition tobrain. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Select the axon's electrical signal A) Graded Potential. B) Action potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Action potential. 20. It is a brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and, eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest tasks. A) CEREBRAL PALSY. B) MULTIPLE CLEROSIS. C) ALZHEIMER'S. D) EPILEPSY. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ALZHEIMER'S. 21. Unmyelinated nerve fibres are present in: A) ANS. B) SNS. C) Visceral nervous system. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All. 22. A man suffers a head injury in a car accident. For several days afterward, he has difficulty remembering phone numbers. This loss of memory results from damage to the man's A) Spinal cord. B) Cerebrum. C) Medulla. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 23. The cranial nerve that is responsible for taste and swallowing A) Glossopharyngeal. B) Vagus. C) Hypoglossal. D) Accessory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glossopharyngeal. 24. Why is a reflex action faster than a reaction? A) The information comes directly from the brain. B) Before the stimulus, you have time to think of your response. C) The response is made without the information going to the brain. D) It is a voluntary action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The response is made without the information going to the brain. 25. Cord-like section of the neuron that conducts the signal away from the cell body A) Myelin Sheath. B) Synaptic terminal. C) Cell Body. D) Axon. E) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axon. 26. What Fibre Carries Nerve Impulses A) Conclusion. B) Myelin Sheath. C) Axon. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon. 27. This cranial nerve allows you to swallow and talk A) Vagus. B) Spinal accessory. C) Hypoglossal. D) Optic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypoglossal. 28. Motor Nerve Fibers carry signals from ..... to the ..... A) Brain, muscles. B) Skin, muscles. C) Skin, brain. D) Muscles, brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain, muscles. 29. Nerve cells that receive information and send impulses to the brain or spinal cord are called ..... neurons. A) Brain. B) Motor. C) Interneurons. D) Sensory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory. 30. For every 2 potassium (K+) pump into the cell it pumps out 3 sodium (Na+) A) Membrane Potential. B) Voltage-Gated Channel. C) Electrochemical Gradient. D) Sodium-Potassium Pump. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sodium-Potassium Pump. 31. The part of the brain that controls conscious thoughts, senses, and language is called the ..... A) Cerebrum. B) Nerve. C) Brain stem. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 32. What is the first step in the pain withdrawal reflex? A) Detection of the stimulus. B) Muscle contraction. C) Interpretation of the message. D) Impulse passing through the relay neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Detection of the stimulus. 33. The brain and spinal cord make up the central nervous system. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 34. Which part of the brain is connected with hearing, short term memory, sense of smell A) Temporal lobe. B) Frontal lobe. C) Parietal lobe. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temporal lobe. 35. Muscles that are under your control. Smiling, turning a page in a book and getting out of your chair are some examples. A) Involuntary Muscles. B) Voluntary Muscles. C) Skeletal Muscles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voluntary Muscles. 36. The network of nerves outside the brain and spinal cord, connecting them to the rest of the body A) Central nervous system. B) Circulatory system. C) Peripheral nervous system. D) Endocrine system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral nervous system. 37. True or False:Sensory neurons carry impulses from the central nervous system to the effector organ A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 38. The division or part of the nervous system s that is composed of the brain and spinal cord. A) Somatic Nervous System. B) Autonomic Nervous Sytem. C) PNS. D) CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) CNS. 39. Which part of the Nervous System is responsible for processing information that was received from the external environment? A) Central Nervous System. B) Periphrial Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central Nervous System. 40. Can you pull my hand A) Can you take my hand. B) Can you push my hand away?. C) Can you please yourself?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can you take my hand. 41. The tympanic membrane is the scientific name for what structure? A) The eardrum. B) Mucus glands in the nose. C) The eyelid. D) The meninges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The eardrum. 42. A neuron that transmits a nerve impulse toward the central nervous system is called a(n): A) Interneuron. B) Sensory neuron. C) Motor neuron. D) Bipolar neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory neuron. 43. A stroke in the primary motor area has caused Peter to lose control over his skeletal muscles on the right side of his body. What lobe of his brain was damaged? A) Temporal lobe. B) Occipital lobe. C) Frontal lobe. D) Parietal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frontal lobe. 44. *In excitation contraction coupling, calcium ions are released from the A) *sarcoplasmic reticulum. B) *Transverse tubules. C) *myofibrils. D) *sarcolemma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) *sarcoplasmic reticulum. 45. What do you call the cell that compose the nerves? This is the basic working unit of the nervous system. A) Neutrinos. B) Nerve cells or neurons. C) Electrons. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nerve cells or neurons. 46. What is one common problem or disorder that occurs with the endocrine system? A) Bad gas. B) Hemophilia. C) Lung cancer. D) Diabetes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diabetes. 47. You can find mechanoreceptors inside which organ? A) Brain. B) Eye. C) Heart. D) Ear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ear. 48. Which has co-ordinating fibers and which has neurons in a nerve net, respectively? A) Amoeba Paramecium. B) Planaria sea star. C) Paramecium Hydra. D) Amoeba Hydra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paramecium Hydra. 49. The brain and the spinal cord are part of the: A) Central nervous system. B) Autonomic nervous system. C) Peripheral nervous system. D) Cranial nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central nervous system. 50. Which of the following is the section of the brain located at the rear and bottom of each cerebral hemisphere and contains the visual centers of the brain? A) Temporal lobe. B) Parietal lobe. C) Occipital lobe. D) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occipital lobe. 51. Which part of your body is a part of the peripheral nervous system (PNS)? A) Nerves all over your body (arms and legs). B) Brain. C) Spinal cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerves all over your body (arms and legs). 52. What part of the neuron passes messages through its branches to other neurons or to muscles or glands? A) Conclusion. B) Dendrite. C) Axon. D) Myelin Sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon. 53. Which imaging technique identifies abnormal tissue metabolism? A) Stereotaxy. B) PET Scan. C) Encephalography. D) CT Scan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PET Scan. 54. Skin surface areas that are supplied by a single spinal nerve are called ..... A) Dermatomes. B) Sensation regions. C) Myotomes. D) Sensatomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dermatomes. 55. The movement of sodium and potassium ions across a cell membrane is called a(n) A) Neurilemma. B) Resting potential. C) Impulse. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impulse. 56. What part of the brain determines emotional reaction, especially involving excitement or fear? A) Brain stem. B) Prefrontal cortex. C) Amygdala. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amygdala. 57. What are the 4 ventricles of the brain filled with? A) Serous fluid. B) Blood. C) Water. D) Cerebrospinal fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrospinal fluid. 58. Liquid part of the blood. 90% water. A) Platelet. B) White Blood Cell. C) Plasma. D) Red Blood Cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plasma. 59. One example of how the nervous system interacts with circulatory system A) Nervous and circulatory system are connected by the heart, the nervous system controls the heart function and fluid circulation. B) Works closly to brain to control horomones. C) Tells the smooth muscile when to contract and diolate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nervous and circulatory system are connected by the heart, the nervous system controls the heart function and fluid circulation. 60. Nerve impulse travels through sensory neuron to ..... A) Medulla oblongata. B) Brain. C) Spinal cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord. ← 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