This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 162 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 162 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which part of the peripheral nervous system deals with voluntary activities? A) Parasympathetic. B) Sympathetic. C) Autonomic. D) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatic. 2. Photoreceptors responsible for vision in low light A) Rods. B) Cones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rods. 3. The main purpose of the ..... system is to break food particles into pieces that can be used. A) Circulatory. B) Respiratory. C) Skeletal. D) Digestive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Digestive. 4. After your nervous system analyzes a stimulus, it directs a ..... A) Traffic. B) System. C) Response. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Response. 5. The nervous system controls all other body systems. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 6. The long, fiber like part of a neuron which the cell sends information as action potential to receiving neurons A) Axon. B) Gene. C) Dendrite. D) Axon terminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon. 7. The (a) part of the autonomic nervous system is active during resting and digesting A) Peripheral. B) A parasympathetic. C) Sympathetic. D) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A parasympathetic. 8. T/f:recent studies disprove the common statement:coffee beans reset olfactory sensors. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Neural pathways that carry messages TO the brain A) Sensory. B) Motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory. 10. What does the abducens do? A) Abducts arm. B) Elevates shoulders. C) Moves eye away left and right. D) Constricts the pupil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moves eye away left and right. 11. What does farsighted mean? A) You are blind. B) You have perfect sight. C) You can see close up well. D) You can see far away well. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You can see far away well. 12. The recation to a stimulus is called a ..... A) None of these. B) Response. C) Reflex action. D) Reaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Response. 13. What is a phosphorylation cascade? A) The removal of a phosphate. B) Travelling of hormones through the air. C) Travelling of hormones through the blood. D) A series of molecules that get phosphorylated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A series of molecules that get phosphorylated. 14. Where is the cerebrospinal fluid formed A) Cerebral Ventricles. B) Cerebellum. C) Brainstem. D) Ventricles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebral Ventricles. 15. The roof of the mid brain: A) The roof. B) The roof. C) Superior colliculus. D) Inferior colliculus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The roof. 16. Which type of neuron structure has many processes and makes up 99% of neurons? A) Unipolar. B) Bipolar. C) Multipolar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multipolar. 17. The central nervous system includes your: A) Brain and spinal cord. B) Heart and brain. C) Nerves and heart. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain and spinal cord. 18. Which part of the autonomic nervous system is known as "fight or flight" ? A) Central. B) Sensory. C) Parasympathetic. D) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sympathetic. 19. Includes nerves extending from the brain and spinal cord. A) Central nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral nervous system. 20. The brain has deep grooves that separate the cerebrum into lobes: A) Sulci. B) Peaks. C) Fissures. D) Gyri. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fissures. 21. Which of the following is not a type of sensory receptor? A) Gas Receptor. B) Mechanoreceptor. C) Photoreceptor. D) Chemoreceptor. E) Nociceptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gas Receptor. 22. The PNS is divided into 2 parts. Which part controls voluntary actions? A) Somatic nervous system. B) Autonomic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic nervous system. 23. The olfactory tract carries impulses associated with ..... A) Smell. B) Pain. C) Equilibrium. D) Taste. E) Sight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smell. 24. It is the organ system that controls all other organ systems A) Circulatory system. B) Brain. C) Muscular system. D) Nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nervous system. 25. Which sense works together with our sense of smell? A) Hearing. B) Taste. C) Sight. D) Touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taste. 26. Name the general Excititory neurotransmitter. A) Histamine. B) Glutamic acid. C) Serotonin. D) GABA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glutamic acid. 27. What is the somatic nervous system A) Controls the voluntary muscles. B) Controls the involuntary muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Controls the voluntary muscles. 28. What is receives the electrical impulse from another neuron? A) Conclusion. B) Spinal cord. C) Neuron. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dendrite. 29. Suffix that means turning A) -own. B) -slope. C) -tropic. D) -itis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -tropic. 30. What is false about the 3rd category of cranial nerves? A) It is composed of 6 nerves-I, II, VII, VIII, IX, X. B) They serve structures centered on the head. C) The nerves have no counterpart in the spinal series. D) The nerves are motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The nerves are motor. 31. The ..... controls all your body's actions and jobs. A) Spinal cord. B) Peripheral. C) Nervous system. D) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nervous system. 32. Plays a major role in control of parasiticinfections and in hypersensitivity reactions. A) Monocytes. B) Eosinophil. C) Lymphocytes. D) Basophil. E) Neutrophil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eosinophil. 33. What process allows the sending of an action potential? A) Polarization. B) Repolarization. C) Depolarization. D) Hyperpolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Depolarization. 34. The type of involuntary muscle that lines the heart is the ..... muscle. A) Cardiac. B) Bicep. C) Smooth. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cardiac. 35. Nociceptors 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: E) Throughout the body. 36. Nerve cell process, the transmits impulses away from the cell body. A) Dendrite. B) Axon. C) Dopamine. D) Catecholamines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 37. Which type of neuron responds to the information processed by the brain? A) Spinal cord. B) Motor neurons. C) Memory neurons. D) Sensory neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor neurons. 38. The ..... nervous system includes nerves that connect the central nervous system to all parts of the body. A) Nervous system. B) Spinal cord. C) Peripheral. D) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral. 39. Nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord A) Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). B) Central Nervous System (CNS). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). 40. Transmit signals between the sensory and motor neurons A) Brain. B) Motor neurons. C) Interneurons. D) Sensory neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interneurons. 41. True/False:The two types of photoreceptors in the retina are rods and cones A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 42. The progressive impairment of intellectual function is called: A) Dementia. B) Delirium. C) Palsy. D) Coma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dementia. 43. What is the name of the juction between two neurons A) Conclusion. B) Axon. C) Receptor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conclusion. 44. Touching a cat is controlled by the ..... ? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 45. Rope-like tissue that connects bone to muscle A) Tissue. B) Muscle. C) Contract. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tendon. 46. During a late-night study session, Benjamin, Ethan, and Scarlett heard a sudden loud noise outside their window. Their immediate "fight or flight" response is the role of the: A) Parasympathetic system. B) Somatic nervous system. C) Cerebellum. D) Sympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sympathetic nervous system. 47. Excitable cells that conduct nerve impulses. A) Astrocytes. B) Schwann Cells. C) Microglial. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurons. 48. How many pairs of spinal nerves do humans have? A) 31. B) 12. C) 4. D) 21. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 31. 49. The ..... includes all the nerves spread throughout the body except those found in the brain and spinal cord. A) Central nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral nervous system. 50. Major connecting center between the brain an network of nerves and responsible for reflexes A) Spinal cord. B) Medulla. C) Cerebrum. D) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord. 51. A neuron has a large cell body that contains a ....., threadlike extensions called dendrites, and an axon. A) Nucleus. B) Neuron. C) Cell membrane. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nucleus. 52. Pumps oxygen-rich blood to the Aorta A) Right Atrium. B) Right Ventricle. C) Left Ventricle. D) Left Atrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Left Ventricle. 53. Which of the following best describes actin filaments? A) A thin filament made of two intertwining strands whose subunits bind together like beads on a string. B) A thick filament that looks like two golf clubs twisted together. C) A small, globular regulatory protein that holds another protein in place. D) A long, ropelike regulatory protein that spirals around another protein, covering its active sites. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A thin filament made of two intertwining strands whose subunits bind together like beads on a string. 54. Main source of immune defense against invading microorganisms: A) Microglial cells. B) Oligodendrocyte. C) Ependymal cell. D) Schwann cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Microglial cells. 55. When Cl-goes into the cell, the cell will become more negative and is hyper polarized A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 56. Which lobe of the brain is responsible for memories, hearing, and language? A) Temporal Lobe. B) Frontal Lobe. C) Occipital Lobe. D) Parietal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temporal Lobe. 57. Choose the motor nerve A) Auditory. B) Optic. C) None of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) None of the above. 58. Help to move muscles as a response A) Motor neurons. B) Sensory neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor neurons. 59. When does the stimuli cause an action potential? A) When it reaches threshold. B) Just below the threshold. C) Just above threshold. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When it reaches threshold. 60. How does the sympathetic nervous system prepare the body for emergencies and stress? A) By receiving impulses and conducting them to the cell body. B) By increasing breathing rate, heart rate and blood flow to the muscles. C) By maintaining normal body functions during ordinary circumstances. D) By carrying instructions to and from the autonomic nervous system. 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