This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 210 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 210 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which brain region is associated with muscle memory and coordinating movement? A) The thalamus. B) The hypothalamus. C) The cerebellum. D) The diencephalon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The cerebellum. 2. The part of the nervous system that transmits impulses from the CNS to the skeletal muscle is the: A) Afferent division. B) Autonomic nervous system. C) Somatic nervous system. D) Central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Somatic nervous system. 3. Which two are linked? A) Sight and touch. B) Hearing and sight. C) Touch and hearing. D) Smell and taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smell and taste. 4. Nervous system impulses are best described as ..... A) Electrical. B) Electrochemical. C) Chemiosmotic. D) Hydrostatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electrochemical. 5. Neurons associated with pressure, pain, light, or other mechanical stimuli utilize what type of neuron? A) Multipolar. B) Unipolar. C) Bipolar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unipolar. 6. EPSP is associated with A) Hyperpolarization. B) Depolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Depolarization. 7. Which of the following is a visual stimulus? A) A song. B) An image. C) Some soft fabric. D) A story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An image. 8. An impulse is a sudden reversal of the membrane potential A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 9. Which part of the nervous system is responsible for regulating breathing during exercise? A) Central nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. C) Autonomic nervous system. D) Sympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autonomic nervous system. 10. The diaphragm is a muscle that helps with which system? A) Respiratory. B) Digestive. C) Excretory. D) Endocrine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Respiratory. 11. Alzheimer's is currently a curable disease. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 12. What are the 3 major structures of the nervous system? A) Sensory input, integration, motor output. B) Nerves, joints and muscles. C) Brain, spinal cord, neurons. D) Cerebrum, brain stem, hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain, spinal cord, neurons. 13. Which lobe of the cerebral cortex governs reasoning, planning, problem solving, speech attention, and focus? A) Occipital Lobe. B) Frontal Lobe. C) Parietal Lobe. D) Temporal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frontal Lobe. 14. The neurone that carries an impulse from a receptor to the central nervous system is: A) Motor neurone. B) Relay neurone. C) Sensory neurone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory neurone. 15. The neurons that carry signals from the central nervous system (brain) to the effected areas that are causing a response are the ..... neurons. A) Sensory. B) Motor. C) Axon. D) Interneurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor. 16. The thigh bone is also known as the A) Humerus. B) Fibula. C) Femur. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 17. Part of the Peripheral Nervous System responsible for control of the bodily functions not consciously directed, such as breathing, the heartbeat, and digestion. A) Brain. B) Somatic Nervous System. C) Spinal Cord. D) Autonomic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autonomic Nervous System. 18. Most associated with sleep. A) Broca's area. B) Pons. C) Hippocampus. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pons. 19. What does coordination mean? A) Coordination means that body tissues and organs work together performing their functions at correct speed and in correct sequence. B) Coordination means that the heart and the cells work together performing their functions at correct speed and in correct sequence. C) I didn't pay attention. D) Coordination means that body tissues and organs work together performing their functions at correct velocity and in correct speed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coordination means that body tissues and organs work together performing their functions at correct speed and in correct sequence. 20. Nerve impulses are transmitted across synapse via A) Neurotransmitters. B) Hormones. C) Blood. D) Electrical signals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurotransmitters. 21. Specialized nerve ending that detects changes inside and outside the body A) Receptor. B) Axon. C) PNS. D) CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Receptor. 22. The autonomic nervous system controls smooth muscle, breathing and heart rate and is ..... A) Slow. B) Involuntary. C) Really cool. D) Voluntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involuntary. 23. These three parts work together to make up the Central Nervous System. They are the ....., ....., and ..... A) Brain, Spinal Cord, and Nerves. B) Heart, Lungs, Brain. C) Cerebrum, Cerebral Cortex, Cerebellum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain, Spinal Cord, and Nerves. 24. Specialized cells that provide information about the environment; gather information by detecting changes inside and outside the body. A) Effectors. B) Receptors. C) Cell bodies. D) Axons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Receptors. 25. Glial cell that defends neurons A) Microglial. B) Schwann. C) Oligodendrocyte. D) Ependymal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Microglial. 26. Whats the nervous system A) Has 2 divisions that work together. B) Made up of all the bones in your body. C) Consist of a network of nerves that branch out to body. D) Consist of the brain and the spinal cord and is the control center of the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has 2 divisions that work together. 27. Ventricles of brain are filled with a fluid called ..... A) Lymph. B) Endolymph. C) Plasma. D) Cerebrospinal Fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrospinal Fluid. 28. Four fluid-filled cavities in the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid A) Ventricles. B) Sinuses. C) Villi. D) Aqueducts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ventricles. 29. The eyes are one of the body's sense organs. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 30. All the nerves that branch left and right from the spinal cord A) CNS. B) SNS. C) PNS. D) ANS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PNS. 31. Lowered level of consciousness marked by listlessness, drowsiness, apathy is called lethargy? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 32. Which neuroglial cell forms the myelin sheath in the CNS? A) Schwann Cells. B) Oligodendrocyte. C) Astrocyte. D) Microglia. E) Ependymal Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oligodendrocyte. 33. The vertebrae are the ..... plates that surround the spinal cord A) Hard. B) Soft. C) Bony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bony. 34. Where does the sodium potassium pump move sodium ions A) Into the cell. B) Out of the cell. C) Into and out of the cell. D) The sodium channels are closed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Out of the cell. 35. Tina has bacterial meningitis. How will she be treated? A) Vitamins. B) Oxygen. C) Nothing. D) Antibiotics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antibiotics. 36. Which lobe of the brain is responsible for spatial awareness? A) Parietal lobe. B) Temporal lobe. C) Occipital lobe. D) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parietal lobe. 37. 4th nerve, controls eye movement A) Optic. B) Oculomotor. C) Olfactory. D) Trochlear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trochlear. 38. Which process is NOT a function of the nervous system A) Gather information. B) Secreting hormones. C) Process information. D) React to stimuli. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secreting hormones. 39. Which of the following organs is the center of the nervous system? A) Stomach. B) Joints. C) Bones. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain. 40. Your brain is about the size of a ..... A) Grape. B) Walnut. C) Basketball. D) Grapefruit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grapefruit. 41. The cortex of the brain is A) Located in the spinal cord. B) The grey matter of the cerebrum. C) Located within the pons. D) The corpus callosum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The grey matter of the cerebrum. 42. Which of the following neurotransmitter is degraded by monoamine oxidase? A) Serotonin. B) Acetylcholine. C) Norepinephrine. D) Dopamine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Norepinephrine. 43. ..... can be a cause of the Alzheimer's disease. A) Environmental factors. B) Genetics. C) All of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the above. 44. Identify the FALSE statement A) Axon = transmits action potential. B) Synapse = communication with glands. C) Axon hillock = initiation of action potential. D) Dendrites = input. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synapse = communication with glands. 45. The ..... tract is motor in nature. A) Fasciculus gracilis. B) Corticospinal. C) Spinocerebellar. D) Spinothalamic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Corticospinal. 46. The meninges protect the brain and spinal cord. What is the name of the outermost one layer? A) Pons. B) Dura Mater. C) Pia Mater. D) Spinal cord elongated. E) Arachnoid Mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dura Mater. 47. Which allow you to smell A) Cochlea cells. B) Olfactory cells. C) Optic nerve cells. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Olfactory cells. 48. A bundle of nerves that go to and from the brain down your back A) Neuron. B) Vertebrae. C) Medulla. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spinal cord. 49. What is the function of the sympathetic nervous system? A) Transmits sensory information to the CNS. B) Controls voluntary muscles. C) Calms body to conserve and maintain energy. D) Arouses body to expend energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arouses body to expend energy. 50. You damage the nerves in your fingers. What part of the nervous system is this? A) CNS. B) PNS. C) CSF. D) BBB (blood-brain barrier). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PNS. 51. Which of the following does not play a role in a reflex arc? A) Sensory receptors. B) The brain. C) Motor neurons. D) Sensory neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The brain. 52. The biggest part of the brain, which controls memories is the A) Brain stem. B) Cerebrum. C) Your esoughugus. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 53. Controls balance and the use of muscles A) Thalamus. B) Cerebellum. C) Spinal cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 54. Which following statement about neuroglia in CNS is not correct? A) Oligodendrocytes can form myelin sheath in CNS. B) Astrocytes can form brain-blood barrier. C) Ependymal cells take part in choroid plexus. D) Satellite cells can form glia limitans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Satellite cells can form glia limitans. 55. What would be a good way to remember information more easily? A) Repeat it as many times as possible at regular intervals. B) Write it down exactly how it is written on the board without thinking about it. C) Try taking notes and texting your friend at the same time. D) Keep a game running in a different tab while you pretend to do classwork. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repeat it as many times as possible at regular intervals. 56. One of the "newer" and more advanced areas of the brain. A) Cerebral cortex. B) Pons. C) Hippocampus. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebral cortex. 57. What part of the nervous system controls your internal organs? A) The somatic nervous system. B) The autonomic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The autonomic nervous system. 58. What is the Physiology of the Pons? A) Muscle coordination. B) Direct Sensory information to the brain. C) Responsible to reflexes to what you see and hear. D) Responsible for certain reflexes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Responsible for certain reflexes. 59. What are the main parts the peripheral system? A) Cranial, spinal nerves and nerve ganglia. B) Stomach, lungs, thighs. C) Nerves, nails, bones. D) Ribs, large and small intestine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cranial, spinal nerves and nerve ganglia. 60. The sense of taste and smell do not work together. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. ← 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