This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 165 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 165 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In PET scanning, the isotope produces what type of radiation A) An x-ray. B) A neutron. C) An electron. D) A positron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A positron. 2. The ..... is a series of action potentials (or electrical messages) that move along the nerve cell. A) Impulse. B) Interneuron. C) Node of Ranvier. D) Myelin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impulse. 3. Which type of sensory receptor responds to touch, pressure, or distortion of your skin? What type of sensory receptor responds to touch, pressure, or distortion of your skin? A) Chemoreceptors. B) Photoreceptors. C) Thermoreceptors. D) Mechanoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mechanoreceptors. 4. The visible part of your ear is called: A) Inner ear. B) Outer ear. C) Middle ear. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outer ear. 5. Three main regions of the brain A) Hippocampus, cerebellum, brain stem. B) Cerebrum, cerebellum, brain stem. C) Callosum, hippocampus, cerebrum. D) Brain stem, callus, cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum, cerebellum, brain stem. 6. The ..... is made of all the nerves that spread out from the brain and spinal cord. A) Linear nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. C) Central nervous system. D) Average nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral nervous system. 7. What type of cell supports neurons all throughout the body? A) Glial Cells. B) Blood Cells. C) Muscle Cells. D) Epithelial Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glial Cells. 8. Which type of responses are associated with the parasympathetic division of the nervous system? A) Feed and Breed. B) Fight or Flight. C) Motor and Sensory. D) Stress & Digest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feed and Breed. 9. What does the somatic system do? A) Controls voluntary muscles of the skeleton. B) Carries messages from sense organs to the CNS. C) Carries nerve impluses to internal organs. D) Controls internal organs and glands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Controls voluntary muscles of the skeleton. 10. Cells of the CNS that encase axons in a lipid sheath (mylelin) A) Oligodendrocytes. B) Bipolar. C) Schwann. D) Multipolar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oligodendrocytes. 11. Lobe of the cerebrum used in thinking and planning A) Temporal. B) Occipital. C) Parietal. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frontal. 12. The impulse is either conducted over the entire axon or it doesn't happen at all A) Depolarization. B) Action potential. C) Neurotransmission. D) All or none response. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All or none response. 13. The junction of the parietal, temporal and occipital association areas is called the ..... A) Precentral gyrus motor region. B) Wernicke region. C) General somesthetic area. D) General interpretative area. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) General interpretative area. 14. Nose is the organ of ..... A) Hearing. B) Taste. C) Smell. D) Touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smell. 15. The spinal cord has 37 individual vertebrae protecting it at all times. (a) A) To False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To False. 16. The ..... connects the brain to the spinal cord A) Skull. B) Brain stem. C) Nerves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain stem. 17. DIGESTION IS A VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 18. Which part of the PNS can we control? A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. C) They will bring. D) Afferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic. 19. What does letter ABD represent? A) Hypothalamus. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Gyrus. D) Optic chiasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medulla oblongata. 20. Myelin is located on the ..... and functions to ..... nerve transmission. A) Dendrite-speed up. B) Axon-slow down. C) Axon-speed up. D) Dendrite-slow down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon-speed up. 21. What do neurotransmitters determine? A) The rate at which neurons fire. B) The location of the axon terminals. C) The number of dendrites produced. D) The distance across a synapse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The rate at which neurons fire. 22. What is the main role of the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)? A) Integration and control center. B) Communication system between the CNS and the rest of the body. C) Regulation of blood flow and temperature. D) Coordination of muscle movements. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Communication system between the CNS and the rest of the body. 23. PART OF THE BRAIN THAT CONTROLS PROBLEM SOLVING, EMOTIONS, AND SPEECH A) PARIETAL LOBE. B) TEMPORAL LOBE. C) FRONTAL LOBE. D) OCCIPITAL LOBE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) FRONTAL LOBE. 24. What are the chemicals that the neurons use to communicate A) Axon. B) Carbon Dioxide. C) Hydrogen. D) Neurotransmitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurotransmitter. 25. Viruses multiply: A) By taking over a cell and turning it into a factory. B) By binary fission. C) Both sexually and asexually. D) By eating other cells and growing larger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By taking over a cell and turning it into a factory. 26. What is the function of the myelin sheeth A) Increase rate of signal transfer. B) Slows down signal transfer. C) Transfers messages from the nerves to the muscles. D) Protects the nerve cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increase rate of signal transfer. 27. The eye uses photoreceptors to detect light. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. Type of neuron that receives impulses from sensory neurons and distributes them to other neurons A) Sensory. B) Motor. C) Interneuron. D) Interstitial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interneuron. 29. The axon hillock is the are of the cell body that A) Allows massive amounts of sodium to flood out of the cell body. B) Speeds up all electrochemical impulses (action potential) that are moving down the axon. C) Controls the initiation chemical impulse down the axon after processing the strength of incoming signals. D) Moves chemical impulse down the dendrites after processing the strength of incoming signals form other neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Controls the initiation chemical impulse down the axon after processing the strength of incoming signals. 30. This connects bone to bone in the skeletal system. A) Tendon. B) Ligament. C) Muscle. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligament. 31. What are the 3 layers of the brain from outer most to inner most? A) Dura mater, pia mater, arachnoid. B) Dura mater, arachnoid, pia mater. C) Arachnoid, dura mater, pia mater. D) Pia mater, dura mater, arachnoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dura mater, arachnoid, pia mater. 32. The part of the spinal cord that, in cross-section, is shaped like the letter H is the: A) White matter. B) Gray matter. C) Junction of the dorsal and ventral roots. D) Pattern of the ascending tracts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gray matter. 33. Which part of the brain is responsible for regulating body temperature and hunger? A) Cerebellum. B) Hypothalamus. C) Brainstem. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothalamus. 34. Blinking in a bright light:Is it? A) Reflex. B) Voluntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reflex. 35. Which part of the cerebrum is responsible for functions such as learning, speech, emotion, reasoning, vision, hearing, and fine movements? A) Cerebral Cortex. B) Brain Stem. C) Frontal Lobe. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebral Cortex. 36. Which hormone is released during the 'fight or flight' response? A) Adrenaline. B) Insulin. C) Cortisol. D) Oxytocin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adrenaline. 37. ..... are the automatic reactions that help us to avoid pain. A) Medulla. B) Reflexes. C) Spinal cord. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflexes. 38. What cranial nerve sends signals related to balance from the semicircular canals to the brain? A) Vestibular nerve. B) Auditory nerve. C) Optic nerve. D) Olfactory nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vestibular nerve. 39. What causes information to be sent by a sensory receptor? What causes information to be sent by a sensory receptor? A) An external stimulus. B) A release of a neurotransmitter. C) A movement of an electrical impulse. D) A change in the neuron's shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An external stimulus. 40. Actions which are NOT under your control (a) A) A involuntary. B) Voluntary. C) Vertebrae. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A involuntary. 41. Somatic health is the same as mental health A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 42. Which pathway sends messages from the senses to the brain A) Sensory motor pathway. B) Motor nerve pathway. C) Sensory nerve pathway. D) Central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory nerve pathway. 43. What is an example of homeostasis? A) Your feet pulling away when being tickled. B) Your stomach growling when your body needs nutrients. C) Your hair growing really long in the summer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Your stomach growling when your body needs nutrients. 44. True or FalseAnimals and humans all have the exact same sense organs. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 45. An infection of the outer ear A) Otitis externa. B) Presbyopia. C) Otitis media. D) Myopia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Otitis externa. 46. Which are functional types of neurons in spinal nerves? A) Somatic Afferent, Somatic Efferent, Visceral Sensory, Visceral Efferent. B) Somatic Afferent, Sensory Efferent, Visceral Afferent, Visceral Efferent. C) Somatic Efferent, Somatic Motor, Visceral Sensory, Visceral Efferent. D) Somatic Afferent, Somatic Efferent, Visceral Afferent, Visceral Efferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatic Afferent, Somatic Efferent, Visceral Afferent, Visceral Efferent. 47. Myelin, an insulating material, is found in A) Axon terminals. B) Dendrites. C) Cell bodies. D) Schwann cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Schwann cells. 48. What is the gap between two neurons called? A) CNS. B) Impulse. C) Inter neuron. D) Synapse/Synaptic cleft. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synapse/Synaptic cleft. 49. Your dog comes running when he hears his dog food being poured into a bowl. The sound of the dog food is a ..... A) Stimulus. B) Response. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stimulus. 50. A Schwann cell is A) Found in the CNS and produces myelin. B) Found in the PNS and produces myelin. C) Found in the PNS and surrounds the cell body of a neuron. D) Found in the CNS and surrounds the cell body of a neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Found in the PNS and produces myelin. 51. The fight, flight response is enabled by the A) Parasympathetic nervous system. B) Sympathetic nervous system. C) Central nervous system. D) The primary motor cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic nervous system. 52. The spinal cord connects the brain to the body's ..... A) Veins. B) Legs. C) Heart. D) Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nerves. 53. What part of the brain is responsible for coordination, posture & balance? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brainstem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 54. Inhibits digestive acitvity A) Sympathetic Nervous System. B) Parasympathetic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic Nervous System. 55. Lobe that contans the primary motor and logic processing area: A) Occipital lobe. B) Parietal lobe. C) Temporal lobe. D) Diencephalon. E) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Frontal lobe. 56. This connects with another Neurons. A) Cell Body. B) Axon. C) Soma. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 57. Which type of neurons connect motor and sensory neurons? A) Intrapolar neurons. B) Interpolate neurons. C) Intraneurons. D) Interneurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interneurons. 58. Pseudounipolar neuron has: A) One dendron, and axon. B) Two axons. C) Two branched axons. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One dendron, and axon. 59. The action of sympathetic nervous system in the Wall of airway is called as A) Increased gas exchange. B) Increase secretion. C) Bronchodilation. D) Broncho constriction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bronchodilation. 60. From the small bronchioles, air travels to the ..... A) Larynx. B) Trachea. C) Bronchi. D) Alveoli. 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