This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 183 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 183 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mechanoreceptors 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: B) Skin and ears. 2. Membrane channel that uses ATP to actively transport Na+ and K+ ions to the original ionic state of the resting potential A) Depolarization. B) Proprioceptors. C) Sodium-potassium pump. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sodium-potassium pump. 3. Why is the overall charge of the cytosol negative in a resting neuron? A) Presence of Na ions. B) Presence of K ions. C) Presence of proteins and other anions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Presence of proteins and other anions. 4. The opposing effects of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervoussystems help the body maintain ..... A) Nutrients. B) Homeostasis. C) Balance. D) Electrical charges. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homeostasis. 5. The signal sent through neurons A) Impulse. B) Voluntary response. C) Neuron signalling. D) Calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impulse. 6. Depolarization is caused by A) Opening of sodium channels, letting sodium in. B) Opening of calcium channels to let calcium in. C) There are a lot of ions responsible for depolarization. D) Opening of potassium channels letting, potassium in. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opening of sodium channels, letting sodium in. 7. Warm Blooded means animals are ..... A) Endotherm, heterotherm. B) Endotherm, homeotherm. C) Ectotherm, heterotherm. D) Ectotherm, homeotherm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endotherm, homeotherm. 8. Which division of the autonomic nervous system functions under normal conditions, maintains necessary body functions, and conserves energy? A) Parasympathetic. B) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasympathetic. 9. A group of tissues together creates A) Mitochondria. B) A nerve. C) A cell. D) An organ. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An organ. 10. What are the branches of the autonomic nervous system? A) Peripheral nervous system and central nervous system. B) Sympathetic nervous system & parasympathetic nervous system. C) Autonomic nervous system and somatic nervous system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic nervous system & parasympathetic nervous system. 11. The central sulcus seperates the A) Temporal lobe from the frontal lobe. B) Frontal lobe from the parietal lobe. C) Cerebrum from the Cerebellum. D) Left hemisphere from the right hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frontal lobe from the parietal lobe. 12. A chemical found in the synaptic vesicles which, when released, has an effect on the next cell is called a ..... A) Conclusion. B) Glial cell. C) Precursor cell. D) Neurotransmitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurotransmitter. 13. Which of the following is the most accurate description of the association areas of the cortex? A) They are located in the left hemishere and associate input from the right hemisphere. B) They integrate information from different parts of the brain. C) They include the motor and sensory areas in each lobe. D) They are crucial for providing basic survival needs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They integrate information from different parts of the brain. 14. K+ ions diffuse out to restore the negative charge on the inside of the membrane, an event known as A) Depolarization. B) Repolarization. C) Neurotransmission. D) All or none response. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repolarization. 15. ..... are the main CELLS of the nervous system that send signals within the brain and between the brain and body. A) Neurons. B) Nucleus. C) Electrons. D) Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurons. 16. A key exicitory neurotransmitter that mediates our perception of pain A) Acetylcholine. B) Pain cells. C) Substance P. D) Threshold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Substance P. 17. When sound waves cause the eardrum to vibrate, these vibrations are immediately passed on to the three A) Cochlea. B) Tiny bones. C) Tiny hairs. D) Semicircular canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cochlea. 18. An analyzer is called: A) A) Receptors that perceive irritation. B) B) The area of the cerebral cortex that analyzes the information received. C) C) Nerves transmitting nerve impulses from the receptor to the cerebral cortex area. D) Organ that analyzes internal information of the body. E) A functional system including a, b and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) A functional system including a, b and c. 19. Which of the following is the main function of the nervous system? A) To transport nutrients and oxygen throughout the entire body. B) To break down food into nutrient molecules and absorb them. C) To inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. D) To detect stimuli and respond in order to maintain homeostasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To detect stimuli and respond in order to maintain homeostasis. 20. What does the cerebral cortex consist of? A) White matter. B) Pons. C) Gray matter. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gray matter. 21. This neuron is only found in the CNS A) Motor. B) Relay. C) Sensory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relay. 22. The correct conduction pathway of a nerve impulse is ..... A) Dendrites, cell body, axon, axon terminal. B) Cell body, axon, dendrites, axon terminal. C) Dendrites, axon, cell body, axon terminal. D) Dendrites, axon terminal, cell body, axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrites, cell body, axon, axon terminal. 23. The part of the neuron that interprets a message and decides what do to with it is called the ..... A) Cell body. B) Axon. C) Nucleus. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nucleus. 24. Sensations such as pain, pressure, touch, hot and cold A) Parietal. B) Occipital. C) Temporal. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parietal. 25. The connecting piece for the right hemisphere and the left hemisphere is called the ..... A) A colloidal body. B) Amygdala. C) Corpus connector. D) Cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A colloidal body. 26. The ..... coordinates muscles and helps keep your balance. A) Caribou. B) Cerebellum. C) Chocolate. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 27. PRessure receptors are involved in the olfactory sense. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 28. A nerve impulse is a signal that is transmitted along the membrane of the neuron A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. Nerve cells that cause muscles to move are ..... A) Relay neurone. B) Brain cells. C) Sensory neurone. D) Motor neurone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor neurone. 30. Action potentials A) Are propagated more rapidly in unmyelinated axons. B) Are able to "jump" between nodes of Ranvier. C) Occur in an all or none fashion. D) Both b and c. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both b and c. 31. It refers to the different species ina particular place or over the Earth A) Species abundance. B) Species richness. C) Species diversity. D) Species evenness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Species diversity. 32. When an neuron receives a sufficiently strong stimulus, what happens first? A) Ca+ gates open causing the neuron to release a neurotransmitter. B) Na+ gates open causing the cell to depolarize. C) The Na+/K+ resets the membrane potential. D) K+ gates open causing the cell to repolarize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Na+ gates open causing the cell to depolarize. 33. Sodium goes ..... the cell whereas Potassium goes ..... the cell A) Outside of, into. B) Into, into. C) Into, outside of. D) Around, into. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Into, outside of. 34. A patient is seen by their doctor for headache, fever, fatigue days after getting bit by a mosquito. What does the doctor suspect they have? A) West Nile Virus. B) Neuritis. C) Meningitis. D) Poliomyelitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) West Nile Virus. 35. Choose which of the following nerves are of the 1st category of cranial nerves. [1st category are in series with the dorsal spinal nerves and join the brainstem at a lateral level] A) 3, 4, 6, 12. B) I, II, VII, VIII. IX. X. C) IV, VI, VII, XI. D) 0, V in two parts, VIII, IX, X. E) 0, V in two parts, VII, IX, X. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 0, V in two parts, VII, IX, X. 36. How many coordination are there? A) 5. B) 6. C) 8. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 37. This part of your brain controls your heart beat and how you digest food. A) Brain stem. B) Cerebrum. C) Spinal cord. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain stem. 38. Which is an excitatory neurotransmitter? A) Potassium. B) GABA. C) Sodium. D) Glutamate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Glutamate. 39. Exercise can benefit which of the following body systems? (Select the BEST answer) A) Respiratory. B) Circulatory. C) Muscular. D) Every system in the human body!. E) Nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Every system in the human body!. 40. It regulates voluntary activities such as muscular movement. It also controls reflexes, such as pulling your hand away from the hot surface of a stove. A) Central Nervous System. B) Autonomic Nervous System. C) Sympathetic Nervous System. D) Somatic Nervous System. E) Parasympathetic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatic Nervous System. 41. Called the "rest and digest" system. A) Autonomic nervous system. B) Sympathetic nervous system. C) Somatic nervous system. D) Parasympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parasympathetic nervous system. 42. This division of the peripheral nervous system contains receptors and nerve fibers that carry information from the body to the CNS A) Motor division. B) Autonomic system. C) Somatic system. D) Sensory division. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory division. 43. What is hearing the transmission of? A) Heat waves. B) Light waves. C) Sound waves. D) Radio waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sound waves. 44. Potassium ions are more permeable than sodium ions, which makes them a major contributor to membrane polarization. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 45. Response to external stimuli such as extreme heat A) Perspire (sweat). B) Respiration. C) Shiver. D) Fever. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perspire (sweat). 46. Handles memory, cognition, and mood regulation A) Oxytocin. B) Glutamate. C) Acetylecholine. D) Serotonin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glutamate. 47. Where does the transduction process take place? A) First order neuron. B) Second order neuron. C) Receptor. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Receptor. 48. Gaps in the myelin sheath are called this. A) Neurotransmitters. B) Synapses. C) Axon terminals. D) Nodes of Ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nodes of Ranvier. 49. The somatic nervous system is involuntary. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 50. The Nervous System is like a telegraph line because it A) Is made of lines. B) Sends messages. C) Is very slow. D) Is outdated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sends messages. 51. What is definition of Autonomic? A) The muscles respond. B) A reaction to stimulus. C) Controls involuntary actions. D) The neutrons detect a stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Controls involuntary actions. 52. Food leaves the stomach to enter the small intestine through the ..... A) Gallbladder. B) Duodenum. C) Pyloric valve. D) Pancreas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pyloric valve. 53. What is the function of the limbic system? A) Emotional regulation. B) Hormone regulation. C) Controls muscles. D) Growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotional regulation. 54. What cerebrum hemisphere lobe is concerned with hearing and smell? A) Occipital. B) Frontal. C) Temporal. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal. 55. The main inner ear structure that enables one to hear is called the: A) Eustachian Tube. B) Auricle. C) Pinna. D) Cochlea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cochlea. 56. It helps keep you balanced. A) Cerebrum. B) Medulla. C) Cerebellum. D) Brain Stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 57. Involuntary actions are done by us A) Unconsciously. B) Consciously. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unconsciously. 58. Part of the brain that controls the senses A) Medulla oblongata. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain stem. D) Midbrain. E) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Midbrain. 59. What controls urges like hunger and thirst? A) Hippocampus. B) Hypothalamus. C) Medulla. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothalamus. 60. The chemical messengers in a synapse. A) Neurons. B) Dendrites. C) Neurotransmitters. D) Axons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurotransmitters. ← 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