This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 188 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 188 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the follow is the correct order of events in a reflex? A) Afferent system $\rightarrow$ Interneuron $\rightarrow$ Efferent System. B) Interneuron $\rightarrow$ Efferent System $\rightarrow$ Afferent system. C) Efferent System $\rightarrow$ Afferent system $\rightarrow$ Interneuron. D) Interneuron $\rightarrow$ Afferent system $\rightarrow$ Efferent System. E) Afferent system $\rightarrow$ Efferent System $\rightarrow$ Interneuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Afferent system $\rightarrow$ Interneuron $\rightarrow$ Efferent System. 2. Letter D represents the ..... A) Ions. B) Neurotransmitter. C) Receptor. D) Synaptic cleft. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synaptic cleft. 3. A nerve impulse will travel faster if the axon is A) Has meninges. B) Surrounded by cerebrospinal fluid. C) Is myelinated. D) Is unmyelinated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is myelinated. 4. This layer of the meninges is attached to the inner surface of the skull, but is not found in the spinal cord. A) Periosteum. B) Dura mater. C) Pia mater. D) Arachnoid layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periosteum. 5. A stroke may cause A) Brain cells to die. B) Paralysis. C) Loss of normal functions. D) All of the above can be caused by a stroke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above can be caused by a stroke. 6. Corpses usually exhibit rigor mortis because ..... A) 1.ATP hydrolysis is stimulating myosin head attachment to actin. B) 1.calcium stores become deficient. C) 1.sodium stores become deficient. D) 1.a lack of ATP hydrolysis prevents myosin head detachment from actin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1.a lack of ATP hydrolysis prevents myosin head detachment from actin. 7. Increases in dopamine would cause what effect on a person? A) Increase in heart rate. B) Happiness. C) Depression. D) Sleepiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Happiness. 8. The ..... lobe is the sensory area. A) Temporal. B) Parietal lobe. C) Occipital. D) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parietal lobe. 9. This portion of the nervous system senses things A) They will bring it out. B) Afferent. C) Sympathetic. D) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Afferent. 10. CSF is produced within the cavities of the brain called A) Choroid plexuses. B) Ventricles. C) Hemispheres. D) Arachnoid villi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Choroid plexuses. 11. Which is a peripheral nerve disease? except ..... A) Ulnar Nerve Injury. B) Spina Bifida. C) Radial Nerve injury. D) Common Peroneal Nerve Injury. E) Bell's Palsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spina Bifida. 12. Which term matches the following definition. Definition:Parts of the nervous system transfers an electrical signal from the control centre to the effector. A) Response. B) Sensory Neurons. C) Sensory Receptors. D) Effectors. E) Motor Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Motor Neurons. 13. The space between neurons across which a nerve impulse is transmitted by a neurotransmitter. A) Dendrite. B) Axon Terminal. C) Synaptic Cleft. D) Action Potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synaptic Cleft. 14. True or False:The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Pupils in your eyes dilate (get bigger) in the dark A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic. 16. Which phase is missing from this action potential, polarization, depolarization, repolarization. A) Depolarization. B) Repolarization. C) Polarization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polarization. 17. The junction between neurons is called a A) Conclusion. B) Axon. C) Cell. D) Terminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conclusion. 18. The synaptic cleft is: A) Located between the dendrites and axon. B) Located between the nodes of Ranvier. C) Located in the nucleus of the cell body. D) Located between 2 neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Located between 2 neurons. 19. A star-shaped abundant glial cell that supports and anchors to blood capillaries is called a ..... A) Schwann Cells. B) Ependymal. C) Microglia. D) Astrocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Astrocyte. 20. A bundle of nerve cell bodies in the PNS are called ..... A) Astrocyte. B) Tract. C) Ganglia. D) Neuroglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ganglia. 21. Colourful part of eyes A) Eye. B) Iris. C) Eye lash. D) Pupil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iris. 22. Overtaking coffee and tea cause ..... A) Bad effect on heartbeats. B) Feeling happy. C) Feeling sad. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bad effect on heartbeats. 23. Cranial nerve II is ..... A) Vagus. B) Trochlear. C) Optic. D) Facial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Optic. 24. Which part of the ear maintains balance when it works with the cerebellum? A) Hammer, anvil, and stirrup. B) Eardrum. C) Eustachian tube. D) Semicircular canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Semicircular canals. 25. Which of the following detects a change & sends the info to the Control Center? A) Receptors. B) Effectors. C) Muscles & Glands. D) Brain & Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Receptors. 26. Which of the following is the correct order of meninges from the outermost layer to the innermost layer? A) Arachnoid Mater, Pia Mater, Dura Mater. B) Pia Mater, Arachnoid Mater, Dura Mater. C) Dura Mater, Arachnoid Mater, Pia Mater. D) Dura Mater, Pia Mater, Arachnoid Mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dura Mater, Arachnoid Mater, Pia Mater. 27. Which of the following parts of the nervous system creates an arousing effect on the brain and body (The "Fight or Flight" Response)? A) Parasympathetic. B) Sympathetic. C) Somatic. D) Sensory Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic. 28. What type of glial cells line the cavities of the brain and spinal cord? A) Oligodendrocytes. B) Schwann cells. C) Ependymal cells. D) Astrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ependymal cells. 29. The part of the Schwann cell that contains most of the cytoplasm and nuclei, outside the myelin sheath A) Myelin. B) Nodes of Ranvier. C) Schwann cells. D) Neurilemma. E) Oligodendrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurilemma. 30. Which of these animal's skeletons are covered with muscles and soft tissue? A) Spider, crab and scorpion. B) Bird, snake, frog and fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bird, snake, frog and fish. 31. Which type of conduction will happen in left neuron? A) Continuous. B) Graded. C) Decremental. D) Saltatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Continuous. 32. Your surrounding environment affects your brain development A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. What is the first step to the sequence of events in a nerve impulse? A) The membrane becomes depolarized. B) Sodium channels open and sodium ions diffuse inward. C) The membrane becomes repolarized. D) Potassium channels open and potassium ions diffuse outward. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sodium channels open and sodium ions diffuse inward. 34. The pigmented portion of the eye that has a rounded opening through which light passes is the: A) Sclera. B) Pupil. C) Iris. D) Retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iris. 35. Which number is the Vagus Nerve assigned? A) I. B) III. C) X. D) XII. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) X. 36. Parkinson's is caused by pathology of which part of the brain? A) Insular lobe. B) Thalamus. C) Midbrain. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Midbrain. 37. Nissl body is similar to the following organelles A) Golgi body. B) Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum. C) Mitochondria. D) Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum. 38. Body part which begins at the base of your neck and extends down to your tailbone. It connects your brain to the rest of your body. A) Sensory Nerves. B) Motor Nerves. C) Spinal cord. D) Nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord. 39. Topamax (topiramate) is indicated for seizures and what other condition? A) Muscle spasms. B) Multiple Sclerosis. C) Parkinson's Disease. D) Migraine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Migraine. 40. What is a reaction to a stimulus by an organism? A) Stimulus. B) Involuntary Action. C) Response. D) Voluntary Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Response. 41. When a membrane potential reach +30mV, ..... channels open, ..... occurs, and ..... channels close. A) Sodium, repolarization, potassium. B) Potassium, depolarization, sodium. C) Potassium, repolarization, sodium. D) Sodium, depolarization, potassium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Potassium, repolarization, sodium. 42. What is an effector in the Stimulus-Response Model? A) The final action as a result of the stimulus. B) A change to the environment that can be detected and responded to. C) Special cells that recognise the change in the environment. D) An organ that responds to the stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An organ that responds to the stimulus. 43. Olfactory receptors can be found in which sense organ? A) Nose. B) Eye. C) Ear. D) Mouth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nose. 44. The ..... regulates body temperature, thirst, appetite, and water balance. A) Pons. B) Cerebrum. C) Central nervous system. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hypothalamus. 45. What are the two ways sensory receptors respond to stimuli? A) An immediate AND delayed action. B) Skip immediate reaction and respond with a secondary action. C) Input is received without a response. D) Responds with an immediate reaction and a memory is stored. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Responds with an immediate reaction and a memory is stored. 46. The brain and spinal cord are organized in which nervous system? A) Discreet nervous system. B) Personal nervous system. C) Peripheral nervous system. D) Central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Central nervous system. 47. The corpus callosum is composed a thick band of myelinated nerve fibers between left and right hemispheres. Its main purpose would be to A) Promote the reflex arc. B) Quickly transfer signal between the left and right hemisphere. C) Quickly transfer signal between the frontal and occipital lobes. D) To move sensory information from both the eyes the right to the left brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quickly transfer signal between the left and right hemisphere. 48. Aidan hears the fire alarm and gets up to leave the room.In this situation, the fire alarm is: A) A motor neuron. B) A sensory neuron. C) A relay neuron . D) A stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A stimulus. 49. The master of 'Master endocrine gland' is ..... A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Hypothalamus. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothalamus. 50. Which of the following receptors is not associated with the skin? A) Merkel. B) Meissner's. C) Rod. D) Pacinian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rod. 51. Afferent nerves are the same as sensory nerves. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 52. Combining form that means back or to hold back A) Summoned him/her. B) Ish/o. C) Neuro. D) Polio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ish/o. 53. Which lobe of the brain is responsible for processing sensory information? A) Temporal lobe. B) Frontal lobe. C) Parietal lobe. D) Occipital lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parietal lobe. 54. Small phagocytic cells that protect the CNS by engulfing and invading microbes; clears away debris form dead cells A) Ependymal. B) Microglia. C) Schwann cells. D) Oligodendrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Microglia. 55. What is "stimuli" ? A) A major organ in the brain that is a part of the nervous system. B) What your body does to a change or a signal. C) A change or a signal your body receives. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A change or a signal your body receives. 56. Where would solving a math problem, smelling, and other voluntary actions take place? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain Stem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 57. Connected to the spinal cord, controls heartbeat, breathing, blood pressure, digestion. A) Brain. B) Brain Stem. C) Dendrites. D) Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain Stem. 58. Covers the axon of some neurons and helps speed neural impulses A) Myelin sheath. B) Vertebrae. C) Nerves. D) Brain stem. E) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myelin sheath. 59. Align along axons and provide insulating layers of myelin in the brain and spinal cord. A) Astrocytes. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Microglia. D) Ependymal cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oligodendrocytes. 60. Which component of the brain connects the brain to the spinal cord and control automatic functions such as breathing, digestion, heart rate and blood pressure? A) Brain Stem. B) Brain Cell. C) Cerebellum. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain Stem. ← 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