This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 217 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 217 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The nervous system of cnidarians helps to control the expansion and contraction of the gastrovascular cavity A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Produces aqueous humor A) Suspensory Ligaments. B) Optic Nerve. C) Iris. D) Ciliary Body. E) Extrinsic Eye Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ciliary Body. 3. The two cerebral hemispheres are the largest part of the brain. ( ) A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 4. Raise your eyebrows A) Open mouth. B) Raise eyebrows. C) Closed eyes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raise eyebrows. 5. The system that is responsible for communication and control is ..... A) Digestive system. B) Nervous system. C) Respiratory system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nervous system. 6. Raising your hand in class is an example of using a ..... neuron. A) Reflex. B) Sensory. C) Motor. D) Impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor. 7. Which of the following is the largest part of the brain? A) Cerebrum. B) Medulla. C) Cerebellum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 8. How are neuromodulators different to neurotransmitters? A) Action occurs at many neurons and is selective based on the type of neuron. B) Neurotransmitters effect many neurons but neuromodulators only effect the adjacent neuron. C) Action occurs at specific synapses and is automatic. D) Neuromodulators effect many neurons but neurotransmitters only effect the adjacent neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neuromodulators effect many neurons but neurotransmitters only effect the adjacent neuron. 9. Another name for a nerve cell is a: A) Cerebellum. B) Axon. C) Neuron. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neuron. 10. White matters refers to myelinated fibers in the: A) ANS. B) CNS. C) SNS. D) PNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CNS. 11. The motor nerves help carry orders from the brain to the muscles or certain parts of the body. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 12. The myelinated axons; quicker moving signal A) Grey matter. B) White matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) White matter. 13. Why is the overall charge of the matrix outside a neuron positive in a resting neuron? A) Presence of Na ions. B) Presence of K ions. C) Presence of proteins and other anions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Presence of Na ions. 14. Which of these form the peripheral nervous system? A) Brain and spinal cord. B) Nerves and ganglia. C) Brain and ganglia. D) Nerves and spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nerves and ganglia. 15. The cerebrum is ..... A) The centre of the brain. B) Used for reading. C) The wrinkly 'cover' of the brain. D) The bottom part of the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The wrinkly 'cover' of the brain. 16. What neurotransmitter is responsible for communicating with a muscle at the neuromuscular junction? A) Nicotine. B) Dopamine. C) Glycine. D) Acetylcholine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acetylcholine. 17. Neurons that have a short single process leaving the cell body A) Unipolar. B) Bipolar. C) Multipolar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unipolar. 18. To bounce or sound A) -mania. B) RIP/oh. C) I/o. D) Acr/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I/o. 19. Brain contains four lined cavities; lays deep within the brain called? A) Dura Mater. B) Dincephalon. C) Ventricles. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ventricles. 20. The membrane that surrounds a fasicle of nerve fibers is called the A) Endoneurium. B) Dura mater. C) Perineurium. D) Meninges. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perineurium. 21. When you accidentally touch a hot object, you quickly move your hand away from the object. Which branch of the nervous system takes over? A) Autonomic nervous system. B) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic nervous system. 22. Lipid (fat) covering that increases the rate of transmission and insulates the axon of a neuron: A) Myelin sheath. B) Schwann cell. C) Axon. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myelin sheath. 23. When a neuron is resting, the inside of the axon has a ..... charge in relation to ..... A) Positive, the surrounding cytoplasm. B) Negative, the dendrite. C) Negative, the surrounding cytoplasm. D) Positive, the dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Negative, the surrounding cytoplasm. 24. Which part of Nervous System that has a role to fear processing A) Hypothalamus. B) Epithalamus. C) Amygdala. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amygdala. 25. Brain area that receives smell impulses A) Lacrimal. B) Tears. C) Olfactory bulb. D) Cones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Olfactory bulb. 26. Which type of joint is found at your shoulder and hip and allows for the greatest range of motion? A) Ball and socket. B) Gliding. C) Hinge. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and socket. 27. The biggest sense organ in our body is A) Tongue. B) Eyes. C) Skin. D) Nose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skin. 28. Symptoms include:Tremor and Shuffling gait A) Aphasia. B) Cushing's syndrome. C) Parkinson's Disease. D) Polio. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parkinson's Disease. 29. Bones are attached to the muscles by tendons. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 30. The locomotor system ..... A) Let us move. B) It goes into action. C) Is voluntary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Let us move. 31. It coordinates voluntary movements such as posture, balance, coordination, and speech, resulting in smooth and balanced muscular activity. A) Thalamus. B) Cerebrum. C) Hypothalamus. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 32. There are two types of neurons, afferent and efferent. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 33. Receptor cells in the skin allow us to ..... A) Sense cold, heat, and pressure. B) Sweat and cry. C) Smile and wave. D) Turn different colors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sense cold, heat, and pressure. 34. This is the bottom part of the Diencephalon. A) Basal Ganglia. B) Thalamus. C) Hypothalamus. D) Limbic System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothalamus. 35. Which types of muscle tissue are voluntary? A) Cardiac. B) Skeletal. C) Smooth. D) Cardiac and Smooth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal. 36. What food group has the most calcium to help our bones? A) Dairy. B) Grains. C) Protein. D) Vegetables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dairy. 37. When a neuron is not conducting a nerve impulse or is at rest its membrane potential is negative about-70 mV A) Resting. B) Cold. C) Nerve impulse. D) Membrane potential. E) Action potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resting. 38. This region/part of the brain coordinates movement and is where various features of motor learning take place? (i.e. balance, coordination, speech, posture, and muscle or implicit memory) A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 39. What structure in the tongue holds the taste buds A) Taste grooves. B) Papillae. C) Tongue lumps. D) Bumps. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Papillae. 40. The nerve cell that connects the sensory and motor neurons are called the ..... A) Interneuron. B) Neurotransmitter. C) Axon. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interneuron. 41. Mark each of the following statements somatic nervous system or autonomic nervous system.is used for writing, talking, and other voluntary movements A) Autonomic nervous system. B) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic nervous system. 42. The outer layer of Schwann cells containing only nucleus and cytoplasm is called the: A) Neurilemma. B) Neuroglia. C) Axon. D) Nodes of Ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurilemma. 43. Action that occur immediately without conscious control or prior thought A) Involuntary action. B) Voluntary action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Involuntary action. 44. Which of the following structure at a synapse has the neurotransmitter? A) Schwann cells. B) Synaptic cleft. C) Synaptic knobs. D) Synaptic vesicles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synaptic vesicles. 45. What are glial cells? A) Cells that are found only in the peripheral nervous system. B) Cells that support and protect neurons. C) Cells that transmit electrical impulses. D) The main immune defense in the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cells that support and protect neurons. 46. The brainstem is comprised of all the following EXCEPT A) Cerebellum. B) Pons. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Midbrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 47. Why is the speed of an impulse increased if a neurone is wrapped in myelin? A) Potassium ions flow out of the neurone faster. B) Myelin insulates the neurone so the temperature increases. C) The impulse can jump from node to node. D) It allows neurones to touch each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The impulse can jump from node to node. 48. The part of the neuron that receives nerve impulses. A) Cell body. B) Dendrite. C) Axon terminus. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrite. 49. Portions of the brain that have been associated with primitive emotions such as fear include the hippocampus and amygdala. Together they form the major components of: A) Wernicke's area. B) The primary motor cortex. C) The brain stem. D) The limbic system. E) The forebrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The limbic system. 50. The type of impulse conduction in myelinated fibers is called ..... A) Continuous. B) Saltatory. C) Synaptic. D) Myelinated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saltatory. 51. The largest region of the brain is A) The cerebellum. B) The basal ganglia. C) The mid-brain. D) The cerebral hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The cerebral hemisphere. 52. An action potential will occur if threshold is reached, which is-55 to-60 mV. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 53. The gap between neuron is called A) Electrical impulse. B) Synaptic cleft. C) Nervous gap. D) Neuron gap. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synaptic cleft. 54. According to function a sensory neuron would A) Transmit impulses from brain and spinal cords to muscles and glands directing action. B) Carry Impulses from skin and organs to the spinal cord and brain about the external and internal environment. C) Transmit impulses between other neurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carry Impulses from skin and organs to the spinal cord and brain about the external and internal environment. 55. What type of glial cells support nerves in the central nervous system A) Astrocytes. B) Neurons. C) Schwann cells. D) Oligodendrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oligodendrocytes. 56. Starting with cells, the fourth level of organization is ..... A) Tissues. B) Organ systems. C) Cells. D) Organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organ systems. 57. The four lobes of the brain make up the: A) Cerebellum. B) Diencephalon. C) Brainstem. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum. 58. Eye condition is an infection of the eyelid and cornea, commonly called pink eye. A) Color Blindness. B) Hyperopia. C) Myopia. D) Conjunctivitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conjunctivitis. 59. What is sensory Nerve A) Carry messages from brain to muscles. B) Carry messages from muscle to brain. C) Carry messages from receptor to the brain. D) Carry messages from brain to sense organ. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carry messages from receptor to the brain. 60. The impulse of a neuron A) Changes in speed and strength based on the stimulus. B) Changes in frequency and strength based on the stimulus. C) Changes only in strength based on the stimulus. D) Changes only in frequency based on the stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Changes only in frequency based on the stimulus. ← 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