This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 191 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 191 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Having two different genes for a trait (sometimes called hybrid). A) Genotype. B) Protein. C) Heterozygous. D) Homozygous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heterozygous. 2. An animal having more rods will be ..... A) Having color vision. B) More active at night. C) More active during dusk. D) More active during day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More active at night. 3. An extension of a neuron that carries impulses away from the cell body A) Nerve. B) Vein. C) Dendrite. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axon. 4. The junction between two neurons, where information is transmitted from one to the other A) Axon. B) Neuron. C) Conclusion. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conclusion. 5. The two major subsystems of the nervous system are the central nervous system and the A) Sympathetic nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. C) Somatic nervous system. D) Autonomic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral nervous system. 6. When you hear something does it send an electrical impulse? A) Maybe. B) So. C) Yes. D) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes. 7. Cutaneous refers to A) Your skin. B) Your 5 senses. C) Your nerves. D) Your autonomic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your skin. 8. Which of the following is the minimum level of a stimulus required to activate a neuron A) Action Potential. B) Threshold. C) Resting Potential. D) Moving Potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Threshold. 9. Which of the following is not common before the age of 40? A) Parkinson's disease. B) Insomnia. C) Viral meningitis. D) Panic disorder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parkinson's disease. 10. Disease known for making goats "faint" A) IF. B) Muscular dystrophy. C) Myasthenia gravis. D) Myotnia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myotnia. 11. In the brain, the ..... are the shallower grooves in between the ....., which are the folds in the middle of the grooves. A) Sulcus; Fissure. B) Gyrus; Sulcus. C) Fissure; Sulcus. D) Sulcus; Gyrus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sulcus; Gyrus. 12. The branch like figures that receive impulses & conducts them to the cell body A) Axon. B) Cell Body. C) Myelin Sheath. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dendrite. 13. The five taste sensations are A) Sweet, salty, spicy, bitter, gritty. B) Sweet, sour, chewy, gritty, greasy. C) Sweet, sour, bitter, salty, umami. D) Sweet, sour, bitter, pasty, gritty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sweet, sour, bitter, salty, umami. 14. Cerebral Vascular Accident is also known as a (Think!) A) Heart attack. B) Stroke. C) Blood clot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stroke. 15. Which of the following statements is(are) true regarding cataracts? A) Common with aging. B) Twice as common in smokers. C) Lens becomes cloudy. D) All of the above are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above are true. 16. Margo works in a textile factory. She does not wear appropriate hearing protection at work and she is complaining of a ringing sound in her ears. What sensory disorder is she experiencing? A) Otitis media. B) Tinnitus. C) Meniere's disease. D) Vertigo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tinnitus. 17. When stretched out, what Digestive System organ is about 28 feet long? A) Esophagus. B) Small Intestine. C) Large Intestine. D) Stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Small Intestine. 18. ..... neurons carry impulses from the brain or spinal cord to the muscles, tissues and organs. A) Sensory. B) Motor. C) Interneuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor. 19. The ..... is the part of the nervous system that controls the involuntary muscles A) Central nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. C) Autonomic nervous system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autonomic nervous system. 20. Blinking is a reflex that protects your ..... A) Nose. B) Eye. C) Mouth. D) Skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eye. 21. These two systems work together to control our breathing. A) Muscular and integumentary. B) Respiratory and circulatory. C) Integumentary and repiratory. D) Muscular and respiratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muscular and respiratory. 22. Cranial nerve V is ..... A) Trigeminal. B) Accessory. C) Facial. D) Vagus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trigeminal. 23. Which two bones make up the elbow joint? A) Ulna and Radius. B) Clavicle and Humerus. C) Humerus and Ulna. D) Humerus and Laughter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humerus and Ulna. 24. The encephalon is not important for maintaining homeostasis A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 25. Lobe of the cerebrum that controls vision A) Frontal. B) Occipital. C) Temporal. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occipital. 26. Number of nerves branching from the brainstem A) 7. B) 10. C) 12. D) 6. E) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12. 27. Which of the following is not a lobe of the brain? A) Temporal lobe. B) Coxal lobe. C) Frontal lobe. D) Parietal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coxal lobe. 28. What is the normal resting potential of a neuron? A) -70 mv. B) -50 mv. C) -30 mv. D) -80 mv. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -70 mv. 29. Cranial nerve Optic II functions in: A) Smell. B) Muscles of the tongue. C) Vision. D) Hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vision. 30. Where are most cell bodies located? A) CNS. B) Muscle cells. C) Bone cells. D) Blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CNS. 31. Some of the body's most important functions ..... including blood pressure, heart rate, breathing and swallowing ..... are controlled in the ..... A) Cerebral cortex. B) Brain stem. C) Temporal lobe. D) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain stem. 32. Controls fight or flight response A) Sympathetic ANS. B) Parasympathetic ANS. C) CNS. D) PNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic ANS. 33. True / False:Glial cells are more in number than neurons A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 34. Brain is a sense organ A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 35. A thin, transparent membrane that lines the eyelids and covers the white, exposed surface of the eye. A) Lateral rectus. B) Tarsal plate. C) Conjunctiva. D) Lacrimal point. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conjunctiva. 36. Controls sense of balance A) Medulla. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 37. Neuroglia that produce scar tissue in the brain and spinal cord but also contribute to the blood-brain barrier are A) Astrocytes. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Microglia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astrocytes. 38. The Motor Nerves carries messages from ..... to ..... A) Brain or Spinal Cord to parts of the body. B) Heart to Spinal Cord. C) Parts of the body to stomach. D) Post office to house. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain or Spinal Cord to parts of the body. 39. All of the cranial nerve pairs and spinal nerve pairs belong to the A) Peripheral nervous system. B) Central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peripheral nervous system. 40. What is the gravitropism? A) Response of the plant to sun. B) Response of the plant to gravity. C) Response of plant to the touching. D) Response of an organism to seasonal changes in day length. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Response of the plant to gravity. 41. Neurons have two major functions:irritability and conductivity A) Synaptic cleft. B) Neurilemma. C) Nerve impulses. D) Choroid plexus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerve impulses. 42. Which one is a function of the frontal lobe? A) Memory. B) Emotions. C) Vision. D) Sense of touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotions. 43. Our tongues can detect how many tastes A) 3. B) 2. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 44. The myelin sheath (part that covers a neuron) is responsible for A) Slowing down signals. B) Protecting the neuron and making signal travel faster. C) Fueling cell body. D) Carrying impulsees to other neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protecting the neuron and making signal travel faster. 45. The path light takes through the eye ..... A) Cornea, Iris, Optic Nerve, Pupil, Lens, Retina. B) Cornea, Iris, Pupil, Lens, Optic Nerve, Retina. C) Cornea, Retina, Optic Nerve, Iris, Pupil, Lens. D) Cornea, Iris, Pupil, Lens, Retina, Optic Nerve,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cornea, Iris, Pupil, Lens, Retina, Optic Nerve,. 46. Which hemisphere controls tasks such as:logic, science and math A) The Right Hemisphere. B) The Left Hemisphere. C) The Cerebellum. D) The Brain Stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Left Hemisphere. 47. When your sympathetic nervous system is very active, which of the following would happen? A) Sweat increases. B) Immune system response increases. C) Digestion increases. D) Heart rate decreases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sweat increases. 48. Pulling your hand away from something hot is part of: ..... A) Acquired reflexes. B) Inborn reflexes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inborn reflexes. 49. What is the study of the brain and nervous system? A) Nervology. B) Cardiology. C) Neuroscience. D) Brainiology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neuroscience. 50. When a nerve impulse arrives at the axon terminal of the neuron, it triggers the release of molecules called ..... These molecules diffuse across the synapse and bind to receptors on the next cell. A) Neurotransmitters. B) Stimuli. C) Neurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurotransmitters. 51. Reaction time is ..... than reflex time. A) Faster. B) Slower. C) Same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slower. 52. Which of the following is NOT a function of the neurons? A) Processing information. B) Receiving information. C) Sending information. D) Regulating blood pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Regulating blood pressure. 53. Elevated ridges of tissue in the brain A) Sulcus. B) Cerebrum. C) Fissure. D) Gyrus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gyrus. 54. The sodium-potassium pump creates A) Light energy. B) Electrical energy. C) Sound energy. D) Magnetic energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electrical energy. 55. Forms cerebrospinal fluid A) Hypothalamus. B) Epithelium. C) Thalamus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epithelium. 56. The general region of the brain responsible for quickly processing sensory information and responding with visual and auditory reflexes: A) Cerebrum. B) Midbrain. C) Diencephalon. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Midbrain. 57. This meninge is the membrane that is attached directly to the surface of the brain and spinal cord. A) Dura Mater. B) Arachnoid Mater. C) Pia Mater. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pia Mater. 58. What do neurons do? A) React to physical and chemical changes in their surroundings. B) Provide for movement of the body. C) Provide structure for the body. D) To break down food that is ingested. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) React to physical and chemical changes in their surroundings. 59. This part of the brain controls the endocrine system. A) Hypothalamus. B) Hippocampus. C) Cerebral Cortex. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypothalamus. 60. 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