This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 228 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 228 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ventral root carries ..... information, and the dorsal root carries ..... information. A) Sensory; motor. B) Sensory; sensory. C) Motor; sensory. D) Motorcycle; motorcycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor; sensory. 2. Which type of nerve is for signals going UP to the brain? A) Sensory. B) Motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory. 3. Which of the following best describes a Sulcus? A) A ridge in the cerebrum. B) A shallow groove in the cerebrum. C) A deep groove that can separate lobes of the brain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A shallow groove in the cerebrum. 4. In order to alleviate excruciating pain to the face, a surgical procedure of the fiber bundle mediating pain sensation from the face is made. Which structure is associated with the surgical procedure? A) A. B) C. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. 5. Nerve cell in the brain A) Sensory receptors. B) Nerves. C) Senses. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurons. 6. The nerve fibers from parasympathetic division arise from the brain and sacral region thus they travel in certain cranial and sacral nerves. A) This is false. B) This is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This is true. 7. True or False:Validity and reliability are the same A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 8. What section of the brain is (H) on the diagram pointing to? A) Spinal cord elongated. B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebellum. D) Diencephalon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 9. The myelin sheath that covers many CNS axons is formed by A) Astrocytes. B) Satellite cells. C) Ependymal cells. D) Oligodendrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oligodendrocytes. 10. Which lobe is responsible for memory, intelligence, movement, and behavior? A) Frontal lobe. B) Occipital lobe. C) Parietal lobe. D) Brain stem. E) Temporal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal lobe. 11. Forms myelin sheath on peripheral nerves in the PNS A) Schwann cells. B) Microglia. C) Oligodendrocytes. D) Astrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schwann cells. 12. The balance of human body during Running id maintened by ..... A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 13. What type of reflex involved when the opposite limb supports body during withdrawal of injured limb? A) Reflex arch. B) Rapid reflex. C) Reciprocal reflex. D) Crossed-extensor reflex . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crossed-extensor reflex . 14. What is the longest bone in our body? A) Femur. B) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 15. Neuron with a single extension from the soma that leads to an axon with dendrites at one end and axon terminals at the other; peripheral sensory neurons are this type A) Multipolar neuron. B) Schwann cells. C) Astrocyte. D) Unipolar neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unipolar neurons. 16. PART OF THE NEURON WITH THE NUCLEUS A) AXON. B) AXON TERMINAL. C) CELL BODY. D) DENDRITE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CELL BODY. 17. The gluteus maximus muscle is a hip extensor and external (lateral) rotator. The semitendinosus muscle is a hip extensor. The gluteus minimus muscle is a hip medial rotator. Which of these three muscles must act as a neutralizer for hip extension only to occur? A) Semimembranosus. B) Gluteus minor. C) Semitendinosus. D) Gluteus maximus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gluteus minor. 18. .... are thin strands of long fibers that send signals throughout the body. A) Nerves. B) Neurons. C) Cerebellum. D) Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurons. 19. T/F:Spinal Cord sends signals by impulses to the brains A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 20. Our sense of static equilibrium (balance) is created by the A) Movement of otoliths along hair cells. B) Vibration of the tympani membrane. C) Sound waves traveling through the cochlea. D) Stimulation of hair cells in the organ of Corti. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Movement of otoliths along hair cells. 21. In charge of sensory (hot, cold, touch, pain) A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Occipital. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parietal. 22. The Central Nervous System (CNS) includes the brain and the ..... A) Pain receptors. B) Spinal cord. C) Autonomic Nervous System. D) Sensory organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord. 23. Which is self regenerating? A) Action potential. B) Graded potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action potential. 24. The ..... is the efferent subdivision that transmits impulses from the CNS to skeletal muscles. A) Afferent division of the peripheral nervous system. B) Sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system. C) Central nervous system. D) Parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system. E) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Somatic nervous system. 25. Which division of the motor division is involuntary A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic. 26. Motor neurons and interneurons are..... neurons. A) Pseudo-unipolar. B) Multipolar. C) Bipolar. D) Afferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multipolar. 27. This nerve maintains hearing and balance: A) Vagus. B) Trochlear. C) Vestibulocochlear. D) Facial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vestibulocochlear. 28. Controls and coordinates movement of muscles and regulates equilibrium. A) Cerebellum. B) Brain. C) Brain stem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 29. The opening of voltage-gated potassium channels is responsible for which part of the action potential? A) Depolarization of the membrane. B) Repolarization of the membrane. C) Contraction of the post synaptic muscle fibre. D) Signalling vesicular release of neurotransmitters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repolarization of the membrane. 30. This is the fatty tissue that covers the axon. A) Myelin Sheath. B) Neurotransmitter. C) Dendrite. D) Cell Body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myelin Sheath. 31. The part of the brain which controls the involuntary actions. A) Heart. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medulla oblongata. 32. The system does the Parasympathetic and Sympathetic divisions are part of in the Nervous System is ..... A) Peripheral Nervous System. B) Nervous System. C) Central Nervous System. D) Autonomic Nervous System. E) Somatic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peripheral Nervous System. 33. What is the primary purpose of the spinal cord? A) To produce hormones and neurotransmitters. B) To transmit electrical signals between the brain and the rest of the body. C) To facilitate communication between the two hemispheres. D) To transmit electrical signals around the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To transmit electrical signals between the brain and the rest of the body. 34. Which is a description of the central nervous system? A) Integration and command center-interprets info, make decisions. B) Consists of all of the peripheral nerves. C) Detects changes from inside and outside the body. D) Is the fight or flight response. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Integration and command center-interprets info, make decisions. 35. Our nervous systems controls A) Our thoughts. B) Our emotions. C) Our actions. D) All three. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All three. 36. Process by which an organism maintains a balanced internal environment A) Stimulus. B) Neuron. C) Dendrite. D) Cerebellum. E) Homeostasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Homeostasis. 37. A tough, clear covering over the iris and the pupil that helps protect the eye. Light bends as it passes through the ..... before making its way to the lens. A) Cornea. B) Aqueous humor. C) Blind spot. D) Cones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cornea. 38. Which part of the neuron is responsible for cell metabolism? A) Dendrite. B) Conclusion. C) Body. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Body. 39. Breathing, blood pressure, heart rate, and other involuntary vital functions A) Spinal Cord. B) Brain stem. C) Frontal cortex. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain stem. 40. Brain cells are called ..... A) Synapses. B) Dendrites. C) Axons. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurons. 41. A quick, involuntary response by the body to a potentially damaging stimulus is a called A) Reflex. B) Twitch. C) Spinal cord. D) Action potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reflex. 42. Which part of the brain controls body temperature, thirst and hunger? A) Cerebellum. B) Frontal Lobe. C) Optic Chaism. D) Hypothalmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hypothalmus. 43. Deep grooves that separate the cerebrum into lobes are called A) Sulci. B) Ganglia. C) Gyri. D) Fissures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fissures. 44. Which division of the nervous system controls the stomach digesting food? A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic. 45. ..... is the talking part:it sends messages out from the cell body. A) Cell body. B) Dendrites. C) Axons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axons. 46. This portion of the forebrain is the main center for control of the internal environment. A) Limbic system. B) Thalamus. C) Hypothalamus. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothalamus. 47. Which is not a shape of a neuron ..... A) Bipolar. B) Unipolar. C) Quadrapolar. D) Multipolar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quadrapolar. 48. Spider spinning a web to catch food. A) Learned Behavior. B) Instinct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Instinct. 49. This joint opens and closes in one direction. A) Hinge Joint. B) Ball and Socket Joint. C) Gliding Joint. D) Pivot Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge Joint. 50. What is another name for the upper part of the throat? A) Alveoli. B) Pharynx. C) Bronchioles. D) Larynx. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pharynx. 51. Since the exoskeleton limits the growth of arthropods, they have to shed their exoskeletons and form a new one. This is called ..... A) Defecating. B) Morphing. C) Molting. D) Excreting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Molting. 52. The layers of the brain create a selective permibility preventing some medications from affecting brain function? A) Mengies. B) Frontal lobe. C) Hippocampus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mengies. 53. Division of the nervous system that carries signals from the organs: A) Respiratory. B) Visceral. C) Afferent. D) Sensory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visceral. 54. The thalamus, hypothalamus, and hippocampus are part of the ..... A) Hindbrain. B) Limbic System. C) Brainstem. D) Midbrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limbic System. 55. The portion of the brain that controls heart rate and breathing is: A) The cerebellum. B) The thalamus. C) The cerebrum. D) The brainstem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The brainstem. 56. Which of the following effects are mediated by the sympathetic nervous system? A) Increased heart rate. B) Bladder contraction. C) Pupil constriction. D) Decreased lung capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased heart rate. 57. Which statement best describes a reflex? A) A reflex is voluntary. B) A reflex is involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A reflex is involuntary. 58. Branches of the cell body that collect information A) Axons. B) Dendrites. C) Ganglia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrites. 59. One of the most common neurotransmitters in both invertebrates and vertebrates A) Acetylocholine. B) Synaptic cleft. C) Temporal summation. D) EPSPs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acetylocholine. 60. Which term matches the following definition. Definition:Parts of the nervous system that sends an electrical signal through your sensory neurons to the control centre. This part of the nervous system "senses" . A) Sensory Neurons. B) Motor Neurons. C) Effectors. D) Sensory Receptors. E) Response. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory Receptors. ← 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