This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 167 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 167 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which layer of the skin does NOT contain blood vessels? A) Epidermis. B) Hypodermis. C) Dermis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epidermis. 2. What is the main role of the nervous system? A) It helps digest food. B) It creates laser shows. C) It controls everything you do. D) It makes you nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It controls everything you do. 3. Which receptors detect heavy pressure? A) Ruffini corpuscles. B) Nociceptors. C) Hair root plexuses. D) Pacinian corpuscles. E) Meissner's corpuscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pacinian corpuscles. 4. The part of the brain that controls balance, coordination, and unconscious muscle activities. A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Spinal Cord. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 5. Responsible for visual processing A) Brain stem. B) Occipital lobe. C) Frontal lobe. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occipital lobe. 6. This is a part of the limbic system and is involved in emotions and fear: A) Amygdala. B) Hippocampus. C) Midbrain. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amygdala. 7. The ..... divides into two main sections or branches from the Trachea. A) Alveoli. B) Epiglottis. C) Bronchi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bronchi. 8. Type of neurotransmitter-short strands of amino acids A) Amines-. B) Aspirin. C) Neuropeptides. D) Acetylcholine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neuropeptides. 9. Sounds waves enter your outer ear and travel through A) Ear canal, ossicles, tympanic membrane, cochlea, auditory nerve. B) Ear canal, tympanic membrane, ossicles, cochlea, to auditory nerve. C) Cochlea, ear canal, ossicles, tympanic membrane, auditory nerve. D) Auditory nerve, cochlea, ossicles, tympanic membrane, ear canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ear canal, tympanic membrane, ossicles, cochlea, to auditory nerve. 10. This part of the nervous system controls the voluntary movements. A) PNS. B) ANS. C) SNS. D) CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SNS. 11. Each nerve is made up of many cells called A) Neurons. B) Dendrites. C) Axons. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurons. 12. Carries impulses from the brain towards the muscles and glads A) Soma. B) Sensory neuron. C) Peripheral nervous system. D) Motor neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor neuron. 13. Responsible for hearing, smelling, learning, memory: A) Occipital lobe. B) Temporal lobe. C) Parietal lobe. D) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temporal lobe. 14. Type of surgeon that operates on the brain is a A) Endocrinologist. B) Orthodontist. C) Neurosurgeon. D) Cardiologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurosurgeon. 15. Which ossicle gets it vibrations directly from the Tympanic Membrane? A) Malleus. B) Incus. C) Stapes. D) Cochlea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malleus. 16. T/F:There are millions of neurons in the human body. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. The vital centers are located in the A) Spinal cord. B) Midbrain. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla oblongata. 18. How many years has Mrs. Stevenson taught at Shepherd? A) 12. B) 10. C) 20. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 15. 19. What is the English Meaning of the Medical Term Lepsy [ LEPSY ]? A) Near, Beside, Beyond. B) Positive deviation. C) Speech. D) Union, Together, Joined. E) Feeling or Sensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positive deviation. 20. Nerve fibers that carry information into and out of the brain stem A) Parasympathetic. B) Sympathetic. C) Spinal Nerves. D) Cranial Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cranial Nerves. 21. Opening in the iris A) Cornea. B) Pupil. C) Lens. D) Retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pupil. 22. Biggest part of the brain that is responsible for all the thinking that you do, for example you are answering a question or following steps in activity. A) Brain stem. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum. 23. Blood leaves the brain via the ..... A) Carotid arteries. B) Vertebral arteries. C) Jugular veins. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jugular veins. 24. Neurorrhaphy means A) Nerve pain. B) Suture of a nerve. C) Soft nerve. D) Weak nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suture of a nerve. 25. 3 layers of membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord. A) CSF. B) Axon. C) Meninges. D) Myelin Sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meninges. 26. Which is not one of the two classifications of neural cells? A) Neuron. B) Axon. C) Neuroglia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 27. The largest section of the brain is the cerebrum: A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 28. What are surrounded by capillaries that exchange oxygen for carbon dioxide? A) Pharynx. B) Alveoli. C) Mucus. D) Cilia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alveoli. 29. What kind of neuron is responsible for sensing? A) They will bring it out. B) Afferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Afferent. 30. Someone with a spinal cord injury might experience: A) Inability to move and respiratory distress. B) Hairloss. C) Increased appetite. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inability to move and respiratory distress. 31. Polio and rabies viruses invade A) Ligodendrocytes. B) Neurons. C) CD 4+ T cells. D) Macrophages. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurons. 32. Your brain and spinal cord are part of the A) Central nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central nervous system. 33. The "grooves", or valleys, on the surface of the brain are called ..... A) Cerebellum. B) Gyri. C) The brain. D) Sulci. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sulci. 34. What are the two color regions of nerve tissue? A) Grey and blue matter. B) Grey and White matter. C) White and yellow matter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grey and White matter. 35. What allows our nervous system interact with and react to our environment? A) Spinal cord. B) Central nervous system. C) Brain. D) 5 senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5 senses. 36. Use of cerebro-spinal fluid A) It protects the brain against shocks/jerks along with the meninges and cranium. B) Supplies food to the nervous system. C) Always protects the heart with the help of Ribs. D) Protects the lungs from diseases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It protects the brain against shocks/jerks along with the meninges and cranium. 37. This type of muscle tissue moves food through the digestive track A) Skeletal. B) Cardiac. C) Smooth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smooth. 38. What part of the brain controls breathing, heart rate/ heart beat, and temperature? A) Brain Stem/ Medulla. B) Pons. C) Occipital Lobe. D) Frontal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain Stem/ Medulla. 39. Which is another part of nervous system? A) Spinal cord. B) Heart. C) Kidneys. D) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord. 40. The brain stem is composed of ..... A) The spinal cord, cerebrum, cerebellum. B) The medulla, pons and midbrain. C) The cerebral cortex, thalamus, and hypothalamus. D) Inner brain and gray matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The medulla, pons and midbrain. 41. What composes the central nervous system? A) Brain and spinal cord. B) Cranial and spinal nerves. C) Sensory and motor systems. D) Sympathetic and parasympathetic systems. E) Afferent and efferent systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain and spinal cord. 42. This is a progressive, painless loss of vision due to the clouding of the lens of the eye. A) Cataracts. B) Conjunctivitis. C) Glaucoma. D) Otitis externa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cataracts. 43. In the central nervous system, myelin is make by A) Astrocytes. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Schwann cells. D) Ependymal cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oligodendrocytes. 44. Part of the eye that changes size to allow the proper amount of light to enter the eye A) Optic Nerve. B) Pupil. C) Lens. D) Retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pupil. 45. What is the pinna also known as? A) Eustachian tube. B) Cochlea. C) Auricle. D) Tympanic membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Auricle. 46. What is the name of the organ that connects the brain to the nerves all over the body? A) Brainstem. B) Cerebellum. C) Spinal cord. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord. 47. Liquid surrounding the lens; anterior part of the eye A) Synovial fluid. B) Vitreous humor. C) Water. D) Aqueous humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aqueous humor. 48. Nucleus and metabolic center of the cell A) Neurofibrils. B) Axons. C) Cell body. D) Myelin sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cell body. 49. What is the function of the channels that open in the next neuron? A) To release more neurotransmitters. B) To generate a new impulse in the axon terminal. C) To close the synaptic cleft. D) To continue the action potential from one neuron to the next. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To continue the action potential from one neuron to the next. 50. This portion of the nervous system controls motor movements A) Parasympethetic. B) Afferent. C) Sympathetic. D) They will bring it out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They will bring it out. 51. What separates your nasal cavities? A) Muscle. B) Nasal septum. C) Cilia. D) Trachea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nasal septum. 52. Which of the following organisms have endoskeleton skeleton? A) Spiders. B) Jelly-fish. C) Vertebrates. D) Insects. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebrates. 53. Which order do impulses travel in A) Axon, dendrites, cell body,. B) Axon, dendrites, cell body. C) Cell body, axon, dendrites. D) Dendrites, cell body, axon,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dendrites, cell body, axon,. 54. What do the skull and the vertebrae of the spine have in common? A) Both are part of the peripheral nervous system. B) Both control body's movement and behavior. C) Both protect parts of the central nervous system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both protect parts of the central nervous system. 55. Identify the stimulus ..... "A loud noise causes you to cover your ears" A) A loud noise. B) You cover your ears. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A loud noise. 56. Of the following muscle types, which is the only one subject to conscious control? A) 1.Smooth. B) 1.Skeletal. C) 1.Cardiac. D) 1.All of these muscle types are subject to conscious control. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1.Skeletal. 57. What is the name of the cells that carry information in the nervous system? A) Neuroglia. B) Dendrite. C) Neuron. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neuron. 58. The light sensitive area in the back of the eye A) Retina. B) Pupil. C) Iris. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Retina. 59. What disorder is characterized by frequent seizures? A) Stroke. B) Locked-in syndrome. C) Cerebral palsy. D) Epilepsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epilepsy. 60. The spinal cord is protected by the ..... ? A) Skull. B) Vertebrae. C) Lungs. D) Rib cage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebrae. ← 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