This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 169 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 169 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The branchlike structures that receive messages from other neurons are called ..... A) Axon. B) Dendrites. C) Nerve bundles. D) Synapses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrites. 2. Sue just got diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. What symptoms would Sue present with? A) Fine muscle tremors. B) Shuffling gait. C) Involuntary tics or grunts. D) Memory and thought disturbances. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Memory and thought disturbances. 3. Which side was in charge of finding the way to survive? A) Right hemisphere. B) Left hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left hemisphere. 4. An axon carries impulses..... A) Toward the CNS. B) Away from the cell body. C) Away from the CNS. D) Toward the cell body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Away from the cell body. 5. The brain is encased in the skull. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 6. Sudden involuntary actions of the body in response to a thing or an event = Reflex actions A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. The VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR nerve has what function? A) Hearing and balance. B) Lateral eye movement. C) Vision. D) Swallowing reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hearing and balance. 8. Wearing protective gear during sports and physical activities can protect the ..... A) Spinal cord. B) Nervous system. C) Autonomic. D) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nervous system. 9. Transfers information or impulses toward the cell body A) Neurotransmitter. B) Axon. C) Dendrite. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrite. 10. Part of the blood that keeps it in liquid form. It is mostly made of water. A) Red blood cells. B) White blood cells. C) Platelets. D) Plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plasma. 11. Where are the thalamus and the hypothalamus found? A) The brain stem and the cerebrum. B) The frontal lobe and occipital lobe. C) The parietal lobe and the temporal lobe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The brain stem and the cerebrum. 12. Which muscles work automatically without you thinking about it? A) Involuntary muscles. B) Voluntary muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Involuntary muscles. 13. ..... connect the CNS to the muscles and glands of the body A) Sensory neurons. B) Interneurons. C) Some other kinda neuron. D) Motor neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor neurons. 14. Two major functions of the neurons are? A) Protect and defend. B) Movement and contractions. C) Lubricate and secrete. D) Irritability and conductivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irritability and conductivity. 15. In which order do the layers of skin occur from the outside to the inside A) Epidermis, Dermis, Hypodermis. B) Hypodermis, Dermis, Epidermis. C) Dermis, Epidermis, Hypodermis. D) Epidermis, Hypodermis, Dermis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epidermis, Dermis, Hypodermis. 16. This part of your brain is responsible for vision, hearing, sleep and wake cycles A) Pons. B) Midbrain. C) Forebrain. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Midbrain. 17. According to function a neuron (interneuron) that forms bridges would A) Transmit impulses from brain and spinal cords to muscles and glands directing action. B) Carry Impulses from skin and organs to the spinal cord and brain about the external and internal environment. C) Transmit impulses between other neurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transmit impulses between other neurons. 18. The soft delicate jelly-like part of the body is called A) Spinal cord. B) Network of nerves. C) Brain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain. 19. What substance surrounds the spinal cord? A) Gray matter. B) Mixed nerves. C) Spinal cord. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gray matter. 20. What is the control unit of the body? A) Spinal Cord. B) Brain. C) Heart. D) Stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain. 21. Which part of the peripheral nervous system is responsible for voluntary actions? A) Somatic nervous system. B) Central nervous system. C) Autonomic nervous system. D) Sympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic nervous system. 22. Muscles that you DO NOT control are known as ..... A) Involuntary. B) Slow Twitch. C) Voluntary. D) Fast Twitch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Involuntary. 23. What is a bundle of nerves that begins at the brain stem and continues down the center of the back through the vertebrae? A) Cerebellum. B) Peripheral nerves. C) Spinal cord. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord. 24. The part of the brain that is for balance and coordination A) Cerebrum. B) Brainstem. C) Cerebellum. D) Callous body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 25. Which of the following is an involuntary action and might require you to leave class immediately? A) You have to call your mom. B) You forgot your Chromebook in another class. C) You're going to throw up. D) Another students wants to talk to you. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You're going to throw up. 26. What is #7 in the diagram? A) Postsynaptic receptor. B) Vesicle. C) Nodes of Ranvier. D) Reuptake pump. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vesicle. 27. During the threshold and rising action potential (depolarization), what channels are opening? A) Sodium. B) Potassium. C) Calcium. D) Both sodium and Potassium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sodium. 28. ..... is responsible for memories, hearing, and smell A) Temporal lobe. B) Frontal lobe. C) Occipital lobe. D) Parietal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temporal lobe. 29. Carry impulses away from the cell body A) Axons. B) Cell Body. C) Myelin Sheath. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axons. 30. ..... controls and coordinates functions throughout the body and responds to internal and external stimuli A) The nervous system. B) The somatic system. C) The peripheral nervous system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The nervous system. 31. Functions of the Nervous System 21 ..... to information from the body's senses A) Responds. B) Memory and Learning. C) Communicates. D) Controls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Responds. 32. The action potential seems to "leap" from node to node A) Schwann Cells. B) Microglial. C) Membrane Potential. D) Saltatory Conduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saltatory Conduction. 33. What are the main parts of the brain? A) Axon, dendrite, and soma. B) Nodes of Ranvier, myelin sheath, and axon terminals. C) Cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem. D) Medulla oblongata, midbrain, and pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem. 34. ) Why is it hard to diagnose a football player with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy? A) ) Many athletes are non-compliant and don't report their symptoms. B) ) There aren't many doctors trained in the art of diagnosing CTE. C) ) The examination takes too much time away from sports. D) ) CTE can only be confirmed through a post-mortem examination of the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ) CTE can only be confirmed through a post-mortem examination of the brain. 35. Intermediate cytoskeleton that maintains cell shape A) Neurofibrils. B) Neurilemma. C) Dendrites. D) MIcroglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurofibrils. 36. Consists of all nerves that lead to and from the spinal cord and brain, known as cranial and spinal nerves A) Sensory neuron. B) Spinal cord. C) Sympathetic nervous system. D) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peripheral nervous system. 37. The CNS is responsible for ..... A) Big nose. B) Homeostasis. C) Funny face. D) Hair loss. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homeostasis. 38. Nerves that conduct impulses from sensory neurons to motor neurons. A) Interneuron. B) Motor neuron. C) Meninges. D) Microglial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interneuron. 39. You are looking at your chart online and you see:BP 120/70. You know that BP stands for: A) Big presents. B) Blood pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blood pressure. 40. The ..... nerve is a branch of the VIII cranial nerve. A) Ophthalmic. B) Mandibular. C) Maxillary. D) Cochlear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cochlear. 41. The nervous system is composed of cells, tissues, and organs. Which is a cell of the nervous system? El sistema nervioso está compuesto por células, tejidos y órganos. ¿Cuál es una célula del sistema nervioso? A) Spinal cord. B) Ganglion. C) Brain. D) Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neuron. 42. This systems helps maintain homeostasis. A) Digestive. B) Circulatory. C) Skeletal. D) Nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nervous. 43. Which structure is a covering composed of Schwann cells that speeds up the rate of impulses? A) Axon. B) Dendrite. C) Nodes of Ranvier. D) Myelin sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myelin sheath. 44. Perception ca be defined as- A) How we perceive different things. B) How we interpret the information from the external world. C) How we sense things from the external world. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How we interpret the information from the external world. 45. What are the two systems found in the PNS? A) Somatic and autonomic. B) Autonomic and systemic. C) Automatic and somatic. D) Systematic and automatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic and autonomic. 46. An axon conducts nerve impulses ..... the cell body. A) Away from. B) Toward. C) Both toward and away. D) Around, bypassing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Away from. 47. The somatic nervous system controls which of the following? A) Smooth muscle. B) Cardiac muscle. C) Skeletal muscle. D) Glands. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal muscle. 48. Where are the most organelles located? A) Axon. B) Soma. C) Brain. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soma. 49. Also known as the "fight or flight" system A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic. 50. Our vertebrae are..... A) Flexible joints. B) Semi-flexible joints. C) Fixed joints. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semi-flexible joints. 51. Controls your heart as well as coughing, sneezing, vomiting, and swallowing. A) Midbrain. B) Spinal Cord. C) Spinal cord elongated. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord elongated. 52. Which of the following types of epilepsy is a medical emergency requiring immediate administration of anticonvulsants? A) Status epilepticus. B) Little harm. C) Grand mal. D) Infantile spasms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Status epilepticus. 53. Conduct impulses away from the cell body A) Axons. B) Neurofibrils. C) Neurilemma. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axons. 54. Pick the best definition for "brain integration" . A) Muscles responding to stimuli. B) Brain control. C) The brain taking in information. D) The brain making sense of information & initiating a response. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The brain making sense of information & initiating a response. 55. Action potentials run along the ..... from ..... to ..... A) Axon, dendrites, axon terminals. B) Axon, axon terminals, dendrites. C) Axon terminals, axon, dendrites. D) Dendrites, axon, axon terminals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon, dendrites, axon terminals. 56. True or False:The right side of your body controls the left side of your body. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 57. What causes a fever when you are sick? A) A pathogen has escaped the biosphere and has inhibited the brain. B) Histamines are released, which raises the body's temperature to help fight illness. C) Your heart begins to skip so fast that you begin to sweat, causing a fever to start. D) The sweat glands are over producing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Histamines are released, which raises the body's temperature to help fight illness. 58. A change in an organism's environment is called ..... A) Stimulus. B) Homeostasis. C) Gathering. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stimulus. 59. The critical level of depolarization that has to be reached for an action potential to occur is the ..... A) Hyperpolarization. B) Repolarization. C) Depolarization. D) Threshold potential. E) Resting potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Threshold potential. 60. Name the sleeping disorder where you can stop breathing for periods of time during your sleep cycle. A) Sleep apnea. B) Narcolepsy. C) Insomnia. D) Night terrors. 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