This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 19 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the 2 ions responsible for generating a nerve impulse? A) Phosphate and sulfate. B) Calcium and Magnesium. C) Calcium and Sodium. D) Sodium and Potassium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sodium and Potassium. 2. The right hemisphere controls which side is the body? A) Left. B) Right. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left. 3. The three layers of the brain are called A) Pleura. B) Meninges. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meninges. 4. Protects and shapes the majority of the eyeball A) Sclera. B) Cornea. C) Choroid. D) Vitreous Humor. E) Aqueous Humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sclera. 5. Which word means a change in the environment? A) Neurone. B) Reflex. C) Stimulus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stimulus. 6. Which of the following represents Co ordination? A) Chemical. B) Nervous. C) Both a and b. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a and b. 7. Where are bipolar nerves found? A) In the brain. B) Nose, retina of the eye. C) Sensory neurons in the PNS. D) Motor neurons, interneurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nose, retina of the eye. 8. Controls our basic emotions, including our mood and instincts. A) Spinal cord. B) Brainstem. C) Ventricle. D) Limbic system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Limbic system. 9. What does your cerebellum do for you? A) Smell flowers. B) Hear music. C) Helps you maintain balance and control. D) Solve math problems with Mrs. Kennedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helps you maintain balance and control. 10. The precentral gyrus is involved with ..... activities. A) Abstract mental. B) Sensory. C) Visual perception. D) Motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor. 11. The structure that controls the amount of light coming into the eye is the? A) Iris. B) Cornea. C) Lens. D) Pupil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iris. 12. This area of the brain is broken into 4 lobes or 2 hemispheres A) Cerebrum. B) Hypothalamus. C) Cerebellum. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 13. Involuntary nervous system A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic. 14. What happens to your digestive organ function during a sympathetic response? A) Increases. B) Decreases. C) Stays the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decreases. 15. The cerebrum consists of all of the following lobes EXCEPT the A) Frontal. B) Optic. C) Occipital. D) Temporal. E) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Optic. 16. According to the American Academy of Neurology, if you have any Loss of Conscience; the concussion is labeled as Severe. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 17. All functions of the cerebellum are associated with: A) Memory. B) Visual activities. C) Movement. D) Pain perception. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Movement. 18. Which neurons carry nerve impulses from the senses organs to the spinal cord or brain A) Sensory. B) Interneuron. C) Motor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory. 19. The point at the back of the eye where the optic nerve leaves the eye is called the A) Macula lutea. B) Choroid. C) Optic disc. D) Fovea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Optic disc. 20. True or False:The midbrain passes signals A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 21. What does PNS stand for? A) Peripheral Nervous System. B) Parietal Nervous System. C) Parent Nervous System. D) Partial Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peripheral Nervous System. 22. Neural pathways make intelligence, learning and memory possible. An example of this is why driving takes so much concentration when someone first learns it, but later is second nature. The pathway became established. A) F. B) T. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) T. 23. The building unit of the nervous system is ..... A) The plant cell. B) The animal cell. C) The nerve cell. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The nerve cell. 24. It relays impulses between the brain and other parts of the body A) Spinal cord. B) Spinal nerves. C) Medulla. D) Cerebrum. E) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord. 25. How many axons are there in a nerve cell? A) 6. B) 3. C) 8. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1. 26. What is the name of the structure labeled as the outermost part of the ear? A) Eustachian tube. B) Cochlea. C) Auricle. D) Tympanic membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Auricle. 27. These cells have the same function as oligodendrocytes but are found in the peripheral nervous system (PNS). A) Microglia. B) Astrocytes. C) Ependymal cells. D) Schwann cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Schwann cells. 28. Demonstrate irritability and conductivity, and thus transmit electrical messages from one area of the body to another area A) Neuroglia. B) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurons. 29. Located at the junction of the temporal, parietal, and occipital lobe. allows one to sound out words A) Brain Stem. B) Broca's area. C) Speech area. D) White matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speech area. 30. Which of the following cells is responsible for the production of myelin A) Neuroglia. B) Osteocytes. C) Schwann. D) Astocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schwann. 31. The deep groove that separates the cerebral hemispheres. A) Callous body. B) Longitudinal fissure. C) Transverse fissure. D) Central sulcus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Longitudinal fissure. 32. Motor nerves are also knowns as A) Afferent nerves. B) Bones. C) Dendrites. D) Efferent nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Efferent nerves. 33. There are billions of ..... in the brain. A) Nervous systems. B) Neurons. C) Brain stems. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurons. 34. The ..... is in charge of sending messages from our brain to the rest of our body. A) Brain. B) The Spinal Cord. C) Amygdala. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Spinal Cord. 35. We blink without thinking about it. Which branch of the peripheral nervous system is responsible? A) Somatic nervous system. B) Autonomic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic Nervous System. 36. This sensory/afferent subcategory (receptor to CNS) is the stimulus is consciously perceived A) Somatic motor system. B) Somatic sensory system. C) Visceral sensory system. D) Visceral/autonomic motor system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic sensory system. 37. Automatic response that occurs quickly and without conscious control A) Reflex. B) Stimulus. C) Impulse. D) Response. E) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reflex. 38. What is the role of serotonin in the nervous system? A) Inhibition of excitatory neurotransmitters. B) Pain reduction and pleasure. C) Regulation of mood and perception. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Regulation of mood and perception. 39. The junction or space between neurons A) Sensory Neuron. B) Neurotransmitter. C) Neuroglia. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conclusion. 40. These are the 2 parts of the diencephalon A) Pons and Midbrain. B) Thalamus and Hypothalamus. C) Pons and Hypothalamus. D) Midbrain and Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thalamus and Hypothalamus. 41. When the parasympathetic nervous system is activated, heart rate will ..... and rate of digestion will ..... A) Increase // decrease. B) Increase // increase. C) Decrease // decrease. D) Decrease // increase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decrease // increase. 42. Which tests show function and structure? A) CT and MRI. B) FMRI and MRI. C) PET and CT. D) PET and fMRI. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) PET and fMRI. 43. ..... are specialized cells that are sensitive to stimuli and turn them into electrical impulses. A) Impulses. B) Effectors. C) Synapses. D) Receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Receptors. 44. The part of your brain that connects the brain to the spinal cord AND is responsible for breathing and blood pressure is the A) Cerebellum. B) Spinal cord. C) Brain stem. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain stem. 45. Which neuroglial cell forms the myelin sheath in the PNS? A) Ependymal Cells. B) Astrocyte. C) Microglia. D) Oligodendrocytes. E) Schwann Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Schwann Cells. 46. This controls your balance and your posture A) Pons. B) Midbrain. C) Cerebrum. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 47. The cerebrum is the largest part of the brain, and it controls A) Breathing, digestion, and heartbeat. B) Balance, coordination, and reflexes. C) Vision, hearing, and taste. D) Thinking, memory, and voluntary movements. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thinking, memory, and voluntary movements. 48. The somatic nervous system is made up of the fibers of motor neurons that supply: A) Skeletal muscles. B) Smooth muscles. C) The myocardium. D) All of the options. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal muscles. 49. What does the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) help to maintain? A) The skull-brain barrier. B) The blood-oxygen barrier. C) The blood-brain barrier. D) The neuron-synapse barrier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The blood-brain barrier. 50. What makes up the peripheral nervous system? A) Brain and spinal cord. B) Nerves outside of your brain & spinal cord. C) Arms and legs. D) Nerves and veins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nerves outside of your brain & spinal cord. 51. Nerve cells are also called ..... A) Myelin. B) Neurons. C) Fiber. D) Muscle cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurons. 52. How many spinals nerves have the humans? A) 85. B) 2. C) 186. D) 31. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 31. 53. Sensory nerves carry messages from the brain to our body parts.True or false A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 54. Through which type of nerve fibers do impulses travel fastest? A) Myelinated. B) Unmyelinated. C) Somatic. D) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myelinated. 55. In the reflex arc, the terminal arborizations of the connector neurons are connected with ..... A) The dendrites and cell body of sensory neurons. B) The dendrites and cell body of motor neurons. C) The sensory receptors. D) The responding organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dendrites and cell body of motor neurons. 56. A pineal gland that secretes melatonin and habenular nuclei A) Basal Nuclei. B) Amygdala. C) Spinal cord elongated. D) Epithalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epithalamus. 57. Lobe responsible that the motor cortex is a part of A) Parietal. B) Frontal. C) Occipital. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frontal. 58. How do the muscular and skeletal systems work together? A) Voluntary muscles hold the skeleton in an upright position. B) The skeleton helps protect muscles from damage. C) Smooth muscles help protect the bones and ligaments. D) The skeleton helps keep cardiac muscles pumping blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voluntary muscles hold the skeleton in an upright position. 59. All of the touch receptors are located in the tissue of the ..... or the inner layer of skin. A) Dermis. B) Dermatology. C) Dermcell. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dermis. 60. Involuntary shaking of the body or any of it's parts A) Tremor. B) Convulsion. C) Spasm. D) Positive deviation. 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