This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 233 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 233 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The 3 structures of the brain stem from inferior to superior are ..... A) Medulla oblongata, midbrain, pons. B) Pons, midbrain, medulla oblongata. C) Medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain. D) Midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain. 2. An elderly woman have tremors and shuffling of her gait might be developing: A) Multiple sclerosis. B) Parkinson's disease. C) Cerebral palsy. D) Alzheimer's disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parkinson's disease. 3. Our reflex motion is controlled by ..... A) Digestive System. B) Circulation System. C) Excretion System. D) Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nervous System. 4. The visual cortex A) Frontal Lobe. B) Parietal Lobe. C) Temporal Lobe. D) Occipital Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occipital Lobe. 5. Integration input allows for communication ..... the brain A) To. B) In. C) From. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 6. Jeremy was swimming in the ocean last Saturday and saw a shark in the water. Jeremy panicked and swam as fast as he could to the shore. Identify what system helped Jeremy get out of the ocean. A) Sympathetic nervous system. B) Central nervous system. C) Parasympathetic nervous system. D) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic nervous system. 7. ..... control, hunger, thirst, and the five senses. A) Cranial nerves. B) Sensory neurons. C) Motor neurons. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory neurons. 8. Cranial nerve I, carries sensory information about smell: A) Vagus. B) Optic. C) Accessory. D) Olfactory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Olfactory. 9. An electrical impulse is carried by the: A) Axons. B) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axons. 10. What is the electrical message called that is conducted along a neuron? A) Dendrite. B) Axon. C) Impulse. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impulse. 11. This area of the brain includes the epithalamus, thalamus, metathalamus, and the hypothalams; also known as the interbrain. A) Diencephalon. B) Meninges. C) Temporal lobe. D) Occipital lobes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diencephalon. 12. Which type of neuron causes a muscle to contract in a reflex arc? A) Interneuron. B) Sensory Neuron. C) Motor Neuron. D) Effector. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor Neuron. 13. The Na+/K+ pump helps a muscle cell maintain a state of: A) Resting membrane potential. B) Propagation. C) Depolarization. D) Action potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resting membrane potential. 14. The diagram represents a simple reflex arc. What is the sequence of nerve cells through which an impulse passes during a reflex action? A) C. B) A. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 15. Rib Cage Has ..... Pair Of Ribs A) 12. B) 11. C) 13. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12. 16. GABA is a neurotransmitter which has an ..... A) Inhibitory effect on the post synaptic cell. B) Excitatory effect on the post synaptic cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inhibitory effect on the post synaptic cell. 17. Which part of the peripheral nervous system controls only involuntary responses of the body? A) Somatic nervous system. B) Autonomic nervous system. C) Motor division. D) Sensory division. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic nervous system. 18. Which of the following will occur when the stimulus depolarize the axon membrane? A) Sodium ion will diffuse out of neurone. B) Sodium pump is stimulated. C) Sodium channel and potassium channel are closed. D) Membrane potential changes from resting potential to action potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Membrane potential changes from resting potential to action potential. 19. Reaction shown by an organism is called A) Stimulus. B) Receptor. C) Effector. D) Response. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Response. 20. What does ALS stand for? A) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. B) Asthma Lung Sickness. C) Arthritis Lateral Syndrome. D) Alzheimer's Language Sickness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. 21. Involuntary movement of muscles A) Autonomic nervous system. B) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic nervous system. 22. The function of dendrite in the neuron is A) Integrate the impulse received by neuron. B) Store neurotransmitters. C) Receive impulse from outside of neuron. D) Control all activity in the neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Receive impulse from outside of neuron. 23. What tubelike structure sends signals to and from the brain? A) Chemoreceptors. B) The Brain. C) The Spinal Cord. D) The Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Spinal Cord. 24. The Temporal Lobe is Responsible For Memory. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. What is the part of a neuron that is the source of electrical impulses? A) Cell Body. B) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell Body. 26. The speed of transmission of a nerve impulse is affected by the A) Amount of Na+ that enters the neurone. B) Presence of the myelin sheath. C) Concentration of acetyl choline. D) Strength of the impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Presence of the myelin sheath. 27. Motor nerves are classified as being ..... A) Afferent. B) Central. C) They will bring it out. D) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They will bring it out. 28. Also know as Lou Gehrig's disease, muscular weakness or atrophy due to degeneration of motor neurons A) Parkinson's disease. B) Alzheimer's. C) Multiple sclerosis. D) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 29. Nerve fibers that transmit impulses from the the visceral organs are known as A) Visceral fibers. B) Somatic fibers. C) Microfibrils. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visceral fibers. 30. The leading treatment for parkinson's disease is A) Carbinova-levopada. B) Carbidopa-levodopa. C) Carbidopa-levodopa. D) Carbidopa-levodopa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbidopa-levodopa. 31. Part of the brain that controls balance and muscle coordination A) Brainstem. B) CereBELLUM. C) Cerebrum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CereBELLUM. 32. If Jessica accidentally touches the stove while cooking and she immediately pulls her hand back, this is an example of the autonomic nervous system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 33. What is the part of the brain that controls conscious thoughts, senses, language, and memories. A) Neurons. B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebellum. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 34. Reflex actions are controlled by which part of the nervous system? A) Brain. B) Cerebellum. C) Spinal Cord. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal Cord. 35. What do we take into our lungs to be passed into our blood vessels? A) Carbon dioxide. B) Nitrogen. C) Water vapour. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxygen. 36. This type of neuron sends messages from you from inside and outside the body to the brain? A) Motor Neurons. B) Sensory Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory Neurons. 37. The brain is an organ A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 38. ..... is the portion of the brain that controls balance. A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Hypothalamus. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 39. What is the fatty substance produced by glial cells that insulates the axons of some neurons? A) Myelin. B) Refractory period. C) Nodes of Ranvier. D) Dopamine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myelin. 40. The skeletal muscles are controlled by this part of the nervous system. A) Astrocytes. B) Autonomic Nervous system. C) Somatic Nervous system. D) Glial cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Somatic Nervous system. 41. These are sensitive to odor molecules and help your brain recognize smells: A) Receptors. B) Nose hair. C) Nasal passages. D) Nostrils. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Receptors. 42. The synapse is the area that occurs A) Between the cell body and axon. B) Between dendrites and cell bodies. C) Between two neurons. D) Between myelin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between two neurons. 43. What are the main parts of a neuron? A) Synapse, neurotransmitters, receptors. B) Cell body, axon, dendrites. C) Myelin sheath, axon terminal, soma. D) Nucleus, mitochondria, organelles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell body, axon, dendrites. 44. The nerves make up the A) RAS. B) CNS. C) ANS. D) PNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) PNS. 45. It carries impulses from the brain or spinal cord to the muscles. A) Dendrites. B) Axon. C) Motor Neurons. D) Sensory neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor Neurons. 46. What does CN # 4 function to ..... A) Move your nose. B) Move your eyes. C) Move your mouth. D) Balance and equilibrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Move your eyes. 47. Automatic and quick Action is called A) Sensory Action. B) Reflex Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflex Action. 48. What is the most common excitatory neuron in the brain? A) Dopamine. B) Glycine. C) Glutamate. D) GABA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glutamate. 49. A specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses; a nerve cell. A) Brain. B) Neuron. C) Spinal cord. D) Nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neuron. 50. The area of the brain that regulates posture and balance is the A) Cerebellum. B) Diencephalon. C) Brain stem. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 51. Chemicals released into a cleft when an action potential reaches the terminal are called ..... A) Ligand gated ion channels. B) Synaptic vesicles. C) Neurotransmitters. D) Voltage gated ion channels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurotransmitters. 52. True or False:The brain is involved when you have a reflex response. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 53. What is agnosia? A) Difficulties identifying objects by touch. B) Difficulties with speech due to damage or disease. C) Difficulties identifying faces. D) Difficulties with directions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Difficulties identifying objects by touch. 54. All of the following are under the control of the autonomic nervous system, except which? A) Urine. B) Run. C) Seeing the person you secretly like, your heart beats fast. D) Goosebumps. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run. 55. What are the ridges on the cerebrum called? A) Gyri. B) Sulci. C) Fissure. D) White matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gyri. 56. Which part of the brain is located at the very back, above the cerebellum? A) Brain stem. B) Parietal Lobe. C) Frontal Lobe. D) Occipital Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occipital Lobe. 57. Are tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide take place. A) Bronchi. B) Alveoli. C) Capillaries. D) Bronchioles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alveoli. 58. This procedure is preformed to remove cerebral spinal fluid for diagnostic purposes? A) PET scan. B) EEG. C) Lumbar puncture. D) Neuroplasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lumbar puncture. 59. Afferent and Efferent have somatic branches only (T/F)? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 60. Part of the brain that controls smelling perfume. A) Cerebrum. B) Brainstem. C) Cerebellum. 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