This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 173 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 173 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is not one of the basic functions of the nervous system? A) Formulate responses to the sensory stimulation. B) Send signals rapidly between body parts. C) Produce major body fluid such as plasma and interstitial tissue fluid. D) Detects sense stimuli. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Produce major body fluid such as plasma and interstitial tissue fluid. 2. Individuals with cerebellar disorders may exhibit an ataxic gait pattern, which is characterized by: A) Slow, shuffling steps. B) Stiff and spastic movements. C) Unsteady, stumbling steps. D) Normal gait with no abnormalities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unsteady, stumbling steps. 3. Question 11Special types of action, like sneezing and blinking, which you cannot control are called:( the right answer) A) Reflex actions. B) Conscious actions. C) Reflux actions. D) Voluntary actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reflex actions. 4. Which improves nerve speed & regeneration? A) Terminal. B) Node of Ranvier. C) Neurilemma. D) Myelin Sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myelin Sheath. 5. Small part of the brain that controls muscle movements, balance and coordination. A) Cortex. B) Brain stem. C) Cerebellum. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 6. Heart rate, breathing, sweating and other necessary processes are examples of an ..... response. A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. C) Neither A nor B. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involuntary. 7. Myelin sheath is mainly composed of which of the follwing substance? A) Protein. B) Glycerol. C) Lipid. D) Glycoprotein. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lipid. 8. Which brain region is responsible for voluntary movements, expressive language, and problem solving? A) Occipital lobe. B) Parietal lobe. C) Frontal lobe. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frontal lobe. 9. Spinal cord is the part of which system A) Peripheral nervous system. B) Central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central nervous system. 10. Inability to speak and understand speech A) Disorder. B) Aphasia. C) Acommunicasia. D) Amnesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aphasia. 11. The main function of the occipital lobe is ..... A) Smell. B) Vision. C) Taste. D) Touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vision. 12. If you are eating pizza and watching TV, what part of your Autonomic Nervous System is working? A) Parasympathetic. B) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasympathetic. 13. What is the purpose of the sympathetic nervous system? A) Controls voluntary movements. B) Prepares the body for 'fight or flight'. C) Controls involuntary functions. D) Transmits information to the CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prepares the body for 'fight or flight'. 14. Why central nervous system called central nervou system A) It integrates the received information and coordinates. B) Influences the activity of all parts of the bodies of bilaterally symmetric animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It integrates the received information and coordinates. 15. Which of the following is characterized by having a membrane potential below-70mV? A) Refractory period. B) Threshold. C) Resting potential. D) Action potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refractory period. 16. This portion of the brain controls heart rate, vomiting or coughing A) Cerebellum. B) Spinal cord elongated. C) Cerebral Cortex. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord elongated. 17. Thrombokinase activates ..... A) Inactive prothrombin. B) Insoluble fibrin. C) Soluble fibrinogen. D) Clot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inactive prothrombin. 18. Why is your spinal cord important? A) Because it holds our spine together. B) Because all communication travel through the spinal cord, towards and away from the brain. C) Because it interprets and controls our senses. D) It speeds up the transmission of nerve impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because all communication travel through the spinal cord, towards and away from the brain. 19. Which lobe is responsible for intellect and personality? A) Parietal. B) Frontal. C) Temporal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frontal. 20. Which of the following forms the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)? A) Medulla oblongata. B) Pons. C) Epithelium. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epithelium. 21. Sensory neurons deliver..... signals. A) Chemical. B) Electrical. C) Electrochemical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electrical. 22. When your body receives signals from an external environment and transmits the information to the brain, which body system is being used A) Nervous. B) Digestive. C) Outgrowths. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nervous. 23. The area that controls involuntary functions. A) Spinal cord. B) Brain stem. C) Central nervous system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain stem. 24. In the central nervous system (CNS), which type of neurons is primarily responsible for transmitting information between different regions of the brain and spinal cord, it receive information from our senses and relay them to our muscle (response)? A) Relay neurons. B) Photoreceptors. C) Motor neurons. D) Sensory neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relay neurons. 25. Activates the "fight or flight" response: A) Somatic nervous system. B) Cerebellum. C) Parasympathetic system. D) Sympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sympathetic nervous system. 26. Structure surrounding the lens that connects the choroid and iris. It contains ciliary muscles, which control the shape of the lens, and it secretes aqueous humor. A) Iris. B) Ciliary body. C) Pupil. D) Sclera. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ciliary body. 27. When potassium channels open A) Potassium ions move into the cell. B) Potassium ions move out of the cell. C) Sodium ions move into the cell. D) Sodium ions move out of the cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Potassium ions move out of the cell. 28. Actions that you do automatically, without you having to think about them, are called ..... A) Flexible. B) Repeat. C) Fast. D) Reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reflex. 29. Part of the brain that coordinates movements that start from the motor cortex A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Brain stem. D) Diencephalon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 30. Which is the component of the brain stem (Brain Stem)? A) Forebrain Cerebrum and Medulla oblongata. B) Midbrain Pons and Medulla oblongata. C) Cerebrum Medulla oblongata and Forebrain. D) Forebrain Pons and Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Midbrain Pons and Medulla oblongata. 31. Skin "feels" the following A) Heat, cold, pain, pressure. B) Pain and tickling. C) Heat, cold, temperature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heat, cold, pain, pressure. 32. What is the speed of a man who runs 10 miles in 1 hr? A) 20 hrs. B) 10 m/min. C) 20 miles. D) 10 miles/hr. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10 miles/hr. 33. Nerves that extend beyond the end of the spinal cord into the lower portion of the spinal column A) Anterior Fissure. B) Ventral Horn. C) Sacral Plexus. D) A horse's tail. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A horse's tail. 34. The shaft of the bone is called: A) Epiphysis. B) Diaphysis. C) Periosteum. D) Endosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diaphysis. 35. What is the function of the esophagus? A) To absorb nutrients from the food that you eat. B) To absorb water from the food that you eat. C) To move food from the mouth to the stomach. D) To further breakdown food with stomach acid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To move food from the mouth to the stomach. 36. The cochlea sends the sound through A) The ear canal to the brain. B) The cochlea to the brain. C) The auditory nerve to the brain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The auditory nerve to the brain. 37. Which two senses can warn us of food that has turned bad? A) Sense of sight and taste. B) Sense of hearing and smell. C) Sense of sight and hearing. D) Sense of taste and smell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sense of taste and smell. 38. Which function of the nervous system sends a response from the CNS by activating muscles or glands? A) Sensory Function. B) Integrating Function. C) Motor Function. D) Regulating Function. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor Function. 39. Which of these is NOT a component of the diencephalon? A) Thalamus. B) Pons. C) Pineal gland. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pons. 40. The nerves in the PNS are myelinated by A) Astrocytes. B) Schwann cells. C) Ependymal. D) Oligodendrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Schwann cells. 41. The motor neuron is responsible for A) Connecting to a muscle and helping you move. B) Connecting within the brain to help you make a decision. C) Sending a message toward your brain from a pain receptor in your skin. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connecting to a muscle and helping you move. 42. The meninges have a fluid called ..... fluid. A) Medulla oblongata. B) Cerebrospinal. C) Cerebellum. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrospinal. 43. Which part of the neuron is covered in myelin and sends an impulse to the next neuron? A) Dendrite. B) Axon. C) Cell Body. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 44. Anterior neuropore closes on.....day. A) 26. B) 27. C) 24. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 25. 45. A structure containing a number of nerve cell bodies and often forming a swelling on a nerve fiber. A) Synaptic Cleft. B) Ganglion. C) Axon Terminal. D) Tract. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ganglion. 46. The part of the neuron that sends messages (conducts impulses) to other neurons, can be covered by myelin sheaths A) Dendrite. B) Axon. C) Cell body. D) Schwann cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 47. This part controls your emotions and keeps your body at the right temperature. A) Thalamus. B) Cerebrum. C) Hypothalamus. D) Hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothalamus. 48. Which nervous system carries out the following scenario:Slowing down digestion during exercise A) Central Nervous System. B) Peripheral Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral Nervous System. 49. How many cranial nerves are there in the peripheral nervous system? A) 31. B) 24. C) 12. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12. 50. Which of the following is not a type of muscle action that can be trained during exercise? A) Antagonistic. B) Isokinetic. C) Isometric. D) Eccentric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antagonistic. 51. Which of the following is the deep grove that separates the hemispheres of the cerebrum? A) Longitudinal hemisphere. B) Longitudinal fault. C) Longitudinal gyri. D) Longitudinal fissure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Longitudinal fissure. 52. The space between the axon terminal of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron. A) Dendrite. B) Cell body. C) Axon. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conclusion. 53. Neurons carrying impulses from the CNS to the effectors is called A) Interneurons. B) Axons. C) Afferent. D) They will bring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They will bring. 54. Alzheimer's disease is a: A) Communicable disease. B) Degenerative disease. C) Acute disease. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Degenerative disease. 55. Osteoblasts are: A) Bone building cells. B) Blood producing cells. C) Mature bone cells. D) Bone destroying cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bone building cells. 56. It controls breathing, heartbeat, and other vital body processes A) Medulla. B) Cerebrum. C) Spinal cord. D) Spinal nerves. E) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medulla. 57. A chemoreceptor is sensitive to A) Stimuli that cause pain. B) Chemical substances. C) Physical stimuli:touch, pressure, sound waves, gravity. D) Temperature change. E) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemical substances. 58. Bones can grow back together if they get broken. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 59. Cerebrospinal fluid is found in the A) Pons. B) Subarachnoid space. C) Thalamus. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subarachnoid space. 60. Chemical that transfers information between neurons? A) Impulse. B) Hormone. 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