This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 200 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 200 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is not a structure of the nervous system? A) Brain. B) Neuron. C) Spinal Cord. D) Alveoli. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alveoli. 2. Process of gathering sensory information from the inside or outside environment. A) Effector. B) Electrical Impulse. C) Integration. D) Sensory Input. E) Motor Output. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory Input. 3. An action potential is ..... in nature, with the inside of the neuron being more ..... A) Chemical, positive. B) Electrical, positive. C) Electrical, negative. D) Chemical, negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electrical, negative. 4. What receptors detect soundwaves that enter the ear? A) Touch Receptors. B) Ear Buds. C) Auditory Receptors. D) Chemoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Auditory Receptors. 5. Myelinating cells found in the CNS that can myelinate more than 1 axon. A) Microglia. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Astrocytes. D) Satellite cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oligodendrocytes. 6. True or False:Left half controls the left and the right half controls the right A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. Which of the 3 layers of the meninges is closest to the brain? A) Arachnoid Mater. B) Serous Mater. C) Pia Mater. D) Dura Mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pia Mater. 8. Which part of the brain controls breathing? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brainstem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brainstem. 9. What is the name of the fluid found in the brain and spinal cord? A) Cytoplasm. B) Blood. C) Interstitial fluid. D) Cerebrospinal fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrospinal fluid. 10. Name the sense organ responsible for hearing. A) Skin. B) Nose. C) Tongue. D) Ear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ear. 11. ..... are cells found between neurons and blood vessels A) Schwann Cells. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Astrocytes. D) Microglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astrocytes. 12. Where is the Parietal Lobe located? A) The top/back of the brain (red). B) The bottom of the brain (pink). C) The back of the brain (yellow). D) The bottom of the brain (grey). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The top/back of the brain (red). 13. The shape of the lens is regulated by A) The choroid. B) The retina. C) The cornea. D) The ciliary body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The ciliary body. 14. The part of the eye made up of nervous tissue (photoreceptors) is the ..... A) Sclera. B) Iris. C) Choroid coat. D) Retina. E) Lens. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Retina. 15. What does the frontal lobe do and interpret? A) Visual information. B) Sense of touch. C) Speech interpretation and hearing. Plays a small role in memory. D) Personality, reasoning, judgement, voluntary movement and speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personality, reasoning, judgement, voluntary movement and speech. 16. The most abundant cell types in the central nervous system cells provide support for and insulation between neuron found in the brains are A) Motor neurons. B) Glial cells. C) Interneurons. D) Rod cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glial cells. 17. ..... are released from neurons in response to conductive activity. A) Electrons. B) Neurotransmitters. C) Graded potentials. D) Mitotic cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurotransmitters. 18. What does it mean for your body to be a system? A) Your body is a group of organs that work together. B) It is a machine. C) It can turn on and off. D) One part of your body does all the work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your body is a group of organs that work together. 19. The Automonic Nervous System A) Contains the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. B) Contains the central and peripheral nervous systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contains the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. 20. Which is NOT one of the three main parts of the brain? A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Brain Stem and Medulla. D) Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spinal Cord. 21. Which body system provides movement and support for the body and protects internal organs? A) Circulatory System. B) Nervous System. C) Musculoskeletal System. D) Excretory System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Musculoskeletal System. 22. Which part of the brain is responsible for conscious perception of sound? A) Olfactory bulbs/tracts. B) Auditory Cortex. C) Motor Cortex. D) Brain Stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Auditory Cortex. 23. Mark each of the following statements somatic nervous system or autonomic nervous system.is under your conscious control A) Autonomic nervous system. B) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic nervous system. 24. What is the primary role of astrocytes in the nervous system? A) Conducts electrical impulses. B) Provides support and nutrition to neurons, forms blood brain barrier. C) Speeds up the transmission of electrical impulses. D) Generates electrical impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provides support and nutrition to neurons, forms blood brain barrier. 25. Involves the use of neurotransmitters to relay the message to another neuron. A) Electrical Synapse. B) Synaptic Cleft. C) Chemical Synapse. D) Synaptic Transmission. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chemical Synapse. 26. A chronic, slowly progressive disease of thecentral nervous system that destroys the myelinsheath of nerve cell axons A) Multiple sclerosis. B) Epilepsy. C) Parkinson's disease. D) Alzheimer's disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multiple sclerosis. 27. An example of an external stimulus would be ..... A) You want a drink of water. B) You feel nauseated. C) You get cold when you walk outside. D) You are hungry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You get cold when you walk outside. 28. The part of a neuron that houses the nucleus is known as the ..... A) Axon. B) Myelin. C) Dendrites. D) Cell body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cell body. 29. Which is NOT responsible in movement of the eyes A) Trochlear. B) Abducting. C) Vagus. D) Oculomotor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vagus. 30. Reflex action is the automatic involuntary action in body brought by a stimulus ..... A) Without involving receptor. B) Without the involvement of brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Without the involvement of brain. 31. Your major touch sense organ is/are your ..... A) Brain. B) Nose. C) Skin. D) Ears. E) Eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skin. 32. An example of involuntary muscles (muscle you cannot control): A) Heart and stomach. B) Arms. C) Legs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heart and stomach. 33. What is the function of the Motor (Efferent) Division? A) To process information in the brain. B) To carry signals from the central nervous system to the limbs and organs. C) To receive sensory information from the external environment. D) To regulate involuntary body functions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To carry signals from the central nervous system to the limbs and organs. 34. Type of neuron based on function that transmits impulses from receptors of the sense organ to the central nervous system A) Motor neuron. B) Dendrite. C) Sensory neuron. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory neuron. 35. This type of stimulus comes from inside body (examples-growling stomach, dry mouth). A) Frontal. B) Temporal. C) Internal. D) External. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Internal. 36. The output side of your nervous system is called A) Exit. B) Motor. C) Sensory. D) Central. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor. 37. What are sensory receptors? A) Structures that make myelin in the PNS. B) Structures at the ends of neurons in the peripheral nervous system that provide sensory function of the nervous system. C) Structures that carry out the motor functions of the nervous system. D) Structures that make myelin in the CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Structures at the ends of neurons in the peripheral nervous system that provide sensory function of the nervous system. 38. The brain uses what to communicate with everything from your heart to your toes? A) Nerves. B) Bones. C) Ears. D) Teeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerves. 39. Which of the following occurs suddenly and reaches its peak intensity within 10 minutes? A) Panic attack. B) Schizophrenia. C) Bipolar disorder. D) Post-traumatic stress disorder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Panic attack. 40. Which part of the limbic system is responsible for storing memories? A) Hippocampus. B) Thalamus. C) Hypothalamus. D) Amygdala. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hippocampus. 41. What is the strongest bone in our body? A) Lower Jaw. B) Femur(Thigh bone). C) Stirrup. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur(Thigh bone). 42. When the right side of your brain is damaged, deficits will be noticed where? A) Left side of the body. B) Right side of the body. C) Both sides of the body. D) No deficits will be seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left side of the body. 43. Which of the following is not a factor to consider when designing a workout program for someone with a chronic condition? A) Severity of the condition. B) Dietary preferences ). C) Medication side effects. D) Exercise preferences. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dietary preferences ). 44. Which part of the brain provides feedback on the position of the body in space? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 45. What are the biochemical nature and function of the myelin sheath? A) The myelin sheath is mainly protein which allows growth of the axon. B) The myelin sheath is mainly protein which acts as membrane carriers. C) The myelin sheath is mainly lipid which allows saltatory conduction. D) The myelin sheath is mainly lipid which provides an energy source. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The myelin sheath is mainly lipid which allows saltatory conduction. 46. Autonomic or not? Central nervous system regulates your temperature A) Not autonomic. B) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic. 47. The gap between two communicating neurons is formed A) Cell body. B) Effector. C) Node of Ranvier. D) Synaptic cleft. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synaptic cleft. 48. The ..... cells are ..... that provide structural support and nutrients to the cells that conduct impulses. A) Neuron; nervous system cells. B) Ependymal; neurons. C) Astrocytrocytes; neuroglial cells. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astrocytrocytes; neuroglial cells. 49. Which layer of the skin is made up of fatty tissue? A) Epidermis. B) Dermis. C) Hyperdermis. D) Hypodermis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hypodermis. 50. If you reach out with your left hand for a pencil, the impulses that tell you to do so come from A) The right side of the cerebrum. B) The left side of the cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The right side of the cerebrum. 51. Which lobe:THINKING A) Temporal. B) Frontal. C) Occipital. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frontal. 52. There are ..... nerve cells in the brain. A) 100 billion. B) 110 billion. C) 111 billion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 100 billion. 53. What is very important and is the extension of the brain which is the main link between the brain and the body that is made up of thhe gray matter, which contains the bodies of nerve cells, and white matter, which contains the nerve fibers? A) Spinal cord. B) Spine chord. C) Spine cord. D) Spinal chord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord. 54. The light-sensitive inner surface of the eye, containing the receptor rods and cones plus layers of neurons that begin the processing of visual information A) Retina. B) Rods. C) Cones. D) Reflex. E) Tastebuds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Retina. 55. A nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the cell body is a/an ..... A) Dendrite. B) Neuron. C) Axon. D) Myelin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrite. 56. Nerve cells that communicate between the central and peripheral nervous system are known as: A) Motor neurons. B) Neuroglial cells. C) Interneurons. D) Sensory neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interneurons. 57. Nerves that enable communication between the right and left cerebral hemispheres. A) Callous body. B) Cerebral hemispheres. C) Biological clock. D) Wires. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Callous body. 58. What type of waves does the brain exhibit when it is fully awake and engaged? A) Alpha. B) Delta. C) Beta. D) Gamma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beta. 59. The light enters through you ....., and goes through your eye lens. A) Retina. B) Pupil. C) Iris. D) Lens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pupil. 60. What is the function of the Cerebellum in the brain? A) It is responsible for higher cognitive functions. B) It maintains posture and balance. C) It controls involuntary actions like heartbeat and breathing. D) It processes visual information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It maintains posture and balance. ← 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