This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 220 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 220 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is incorrect regarding myelin? (General Subject 58) A) Nerve fibers of the same size Those without myelin conduct nerve impulses more quickly. B) The node of Ranvier has no myelin. C) Covers the nerve fibers of vertebrates. D) It is mainly composed of lipids and proteins. E) It is part of the Schwann cell membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerve fibers of the same size Those without myelin conduct nerve impulses more quickly. 2. Which of the following is NOT a function of the synapse? A) Site of communication between neurons. B) Insulates and speeds up signal transmission. C) Transmits signals away from the cell body. D) Receives signals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insulates and speeds up signal transmission. 3. What does the brain stem fuse with and turn in to? A) Spinal cord. B) Cranial nerves. C) Vertebral column. D) White matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord. 4. You are looking at your chart and see T:98.7. You know T stands for: A) Teeth. B) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperature. 5. What is an example of interpreting data? A) Placing all rocks having certain grain size or hardness into one group. B) Describing the change in height of a plant over time in writing or through paragraph. C) Recording on a data table about an experiment on bean growth and conclusion which relates trends and data to variables. D) Predicting the height of a plant in two weeks time based on a graph of its growth during the previous four weeks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recording on a data table about an experiment on bean growth and conclusion which relates trends and data to variables. 6. Our nerves sends and receives messages through A) Our eyes. B) Our spinal cord. C) Our lungs. D) Our fingers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Our spinal cord. 7. Name the three different types of neurones: A) Sensory, generalised and motor neurones. B) Sensory, relay and motor neurones. C) Sensory, relay and effector neurones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory, relay and motor neurones. 8. Which division of the nervous system is voluntary (you control it)? A) Autonomic. B) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic. 9. Which system is responsible for providing the brain with oxygen and removing waste products like carbon dioxide? A) Nervous. B) Respiratory. C) Digestive. D) Circulatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circulatory. 10. Which of the following is a function of neurons? A) Secretion of cerebrospinal fluid. B) Support. C) Isolation of neuroglia. D) Information processing. E) Phagocytosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Information processing. 11. Bundles of axons in the central nervous system. May also be myelinated, and Das form the systems white matter. A) Conclusion. B) Synaptic cleft. C) Tract. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tract. 12. The neurilemma functions as a ..... A) Continuing a stimulus. B) Receiving a stimulus. C) Conductors of stimuli from the body of the neuron. D) In the regeneration of axons and dendrites if nerves break. E) B and C Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the regeneration of axons and dendrites if nerves break. 13. Which of the following is a motor nerve with fibers conducting impulses to muscles that move the tongue? A) Vestibulocochlear (VII) . B) Facial (VII). C) Glossopharyngeal (IX). D) Hypoglossal (XII). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hypoglossal (XII). 14. Which term describes the brain's ability to make informed decisions? A) Sensory input. B) Integration. C) Motor output. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Integration. 15. Which two ions play a major role in an action potential? A) Sodium and Nitrogen. B) Potassium and Chlorine. C) Nitrogen and Chlorine. D) Sodium and Potassium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sodium and Potassium. 16. Controls breathing A) Spinal cord elongated. B) Spinal Cord. C) Pons. D) Midbrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pons. 17. Connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain. A) Callous body. B) Epithelium. C) Thalamus. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Callous body. 18. If a voltimeter measures-80mV that term is called A) Depolarization. B) Extrapolarization. C) Repolarization. D) Hyperpolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperpolarization. 19. The Nervous System has no control to other body system of the body. A) True. B) False. C) Not sure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. Suffering from diabetes A) Suffering from hypertension. B) Suffering from diabetes. C) Suffering from blood pressure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suffering from diabetes. 21. What is cerebral palsy (CP)? A) Group of motor disorders due to loss of muscle control. B) Infection of meninges. C) Progressive destruction of myelin sheaths. D) Short, recurrent, periodic, attacks of motor, sensory, or psychological malfunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Group of motor disorders due to loss of muscle control. 22. Which lobe of your brain are you using to see this question? A) Occipital. B) Parietal. C) Temporal. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Occipital. 23. The nervous system receives information about the world through A) The Eyes. B) The senses. C) The air. D) The earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The senses. 24. The ..... transmits the impulse away from axon hillock of the cell body and may give off side branches. A) Nodes of Ranvier. B) Dendrite. C) Myelin sheath. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axon. 25. These peripheral nerves run from the brain directly to the body without going through the spinal cord, and many contain parasympathetic neurons: A) Cranial nerves. B) Peripheral nerves. C) Spinal nerves. D) Thoracic nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cranial nerves. 26. What are the two types of cells in the nervous system other than neurons? A) Glial cells and neuroblastomas. B) Support cells and. C) -. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -. 27. Choose the correct path of messages in our nervous system A) Stimulus-sensory nerves to spinal cord-brain to motor nerves-response. B) Sensory nerves to spinal cord-stimulus-response-brain to motor nerves. C) Brain to motor nerves-response-stimulus-sensory nerves to spinal cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stimulus-sensory nerves to spinal cord-brain to motor nerves-response. 28. What are the 2 main segments that the nervous system can be divided into? A) The brain and the spinal cord. B) Central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. C) The nerves and bones. D) Sensory input and intergration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. 29. Where are the cell bodies located for the parasympathetic division of the ANS?i) Lumbar regionsii) The cranial nervesiii) The lateral horns of the sacral spinal cord A) I and ii. B) I and iii. C) Ii and iii. D) All of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ii and iii. 30. Which is mismatched? A) Medulla oblongata-temperature regulation. B) Olfactory lobes-smell. C) Cerebellum balance. D) Cerebrum-memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medulla oblongata-temperature regulation. 31. The free nerve endings in the skin respond to A) High frequency vibration. B) Temperature. C) Pain. D) Nothing at all. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pain. 32. Development; nourishment A) Phas/o. B) Phas/o. C) RIP/oh. D) Turn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turn. 33. The portions of the axon between the myelin sheath are called: A) Axons. B) Myelin sheath. C) Dendrites. D) Nodes of Ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nodes of Ranvier. 34. Controls smooth muscle of eye A) Facial nerve. B) Glossopharyngeal nerve. C) Vagus nerve. D) Oculomotor nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oculomotor nerve. 35. The types of neurons based on their functions include A) Motor. B) Interneurons. C) Sensory neurons. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 36. Which of the following best describes a tissue? A) A collection of different kinds of cells that together perform a specialized job. B) A collection of different kinds of organs that together perform a specialized job. C) A collection of different kinds of systems that together perform a specialized job. D) A collection of different kinds of muscles that together perform a specialized job. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A collection of different kinds of cells that together perform a specialized job. 37. The type of neurons that transfer electrical signals from the brain to the muscles of the hand, when you touch something hot- A) Inter neuron. B) Sensory neuron. C) Motor neuron. D) Relay neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor neuron. 38. Located at the base of the brainstem; controls basic life support functions such as breathing, heartbeat, circulation, swallowing A) Cerebellum. B) Neuron. C) Medulla. D) Amygdala. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla. 39. The name of the concussion test athletes take in the beginning of the school year is the ..... A) InPaQ. B) ImPACT. C) ImPACK. D) ImPOCK. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ImPACT. 40. Which part of the brain keeps track of your body's position? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 41. Which part of the brain regulates blood pressure? A) Pons. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebral cortex. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medulla. 42. The pathway of nerves to and from the brain is called ..... A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Medulla. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain stem. 43. What do you call the part of the tongue that contains the taste buds? A) Round papillae. B) Hypodermis. C) Pores. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Round papillae. 44. The viscera are regulated by all of the following EXCEPT A) Autonomic nervous system. B) Somatic nervous system. C) Sympathetic nervous system. D) Parasympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic nervous system. 45. If we get pricked by a needle and feel pain Feeling pain is a result of the operation of A) Nerve center within the hypothalamus. B) Nerve centers within the cerebellum. C) Nerve centers within the cerebrum. D) Nerve centers within the spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerve centers within the cerebrum. 46. Which muscle listed below is not in the back? A) Spine erector. B) Trapezius. C) The broadest back. D) Masseter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Masseter. 47. A neuron will generate action potentials when it ..... A) Remains below its threshold. B) Receives an excitatory input. C) Is stimulated by a neurotransmitter. D) Receives more excitatory than inhibitory inputs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Receives more excitatory than inhibitory inputs. 48. What are the two main types of cells in the nervous system? A) Sensory neurons and interneurons. B) Neurons and glial cells. C) Schwann Cells and oligodendrocytes. D) Dendrites and axons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurons and glial cells. 49. Sensory Nerves, which carry Impulses as messages from the sense organs to the brain or the spinal cord. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 50. The cranial nerves and spinal nerves are components of which branch of the nervous system? A) Central. B) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral. 51. What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it? A) Teapot. B) Tiger. C) The letter T!. D) Postcard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teapot. 52. The ..... results in the blind spot. A) Vitreous humor. B) Central pit. C) Aqueous humor. D) Optic disc. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Optic disc. 53. The part of the brain that includes the pons, medulla oblongata, and midbrain A) Thalamus. B) Hypothalamus. C) Hippocampus. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain stem. 54. Nerves are made up of special Cells called Neurons A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 55. The deep groove that divides the cerebrum into right and left hemispheres is call the: A) Corpus Callosum. B) Longitudinal fissure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Longitudinal fissure. 56. What does the inner ear consist of? A) Cochlea. B) Ossicles, Cochlea. C) Cochlea, Auditory nerve/tube, brain. D) Cochlea, Auditory Nerve/Tube. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cochlea, Auditory Nerve/Tube. 57. The brain controls the breakdown of food. It also controls the movement of food through the tubes using smooth muscles. What three systems are working togehter? A) Circulatory, respiratory, and nervous systems. B) Nervous, musculoskeletal and respiratory system. C) Excretory, digestive and nervous system. D) Nervous, digestive, and musculoskeletal systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nervous, digestive, and musculoskeletal systems. 58. Carry nerve impulses or messages to and from the Central Nervous System A) CNS. B) PNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PNS. 59. The cell body of a neuron is responsible for which of the following? A) Sensory input. B) Motor output. C) Releasing neurotransmitters across the synaptic cleft. D) Metabolic activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metabolic activities. 60. What part of the brain allows you to feel fear and other emotions? A) Hippocampus. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Amygdala. 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