This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 247 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 247 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which part of the brain is responsible for processing sound (including music).? A) Temporal lobe. B) Parietal lobe. C) Cerebellum. D) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temporal lobe. 2. Single-blind procedures control for ....., while double-blind procedures also control for ..... A) The placebo effect; the experimenter effect. B) The experimenter effect; the placebo effect. C) The placebo effect; order effects. D) Order effects; the placebo effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The placebo effect; the experimenter effect. 3. Rd nerve, controls eye movement, pupil constriction A) Oculomotor. B) Optic. C) Trochlear. D) Olfactory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oculomotor. 4. Neurotransmitters are used to ..... A) Pass messages between neurons. B) Potatoes. C) Tell the CNS what to do. D) Send info to the neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pass messages between neurons. 5. The chamber between the eardrum and cochlea containing three tiny bones: A) Outer ear. B) Middle ear. C) Inner ear. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Middle ear. 6. Joints can be classified in A) Fixed, mobile and semi-mobile. B) Long, short and flat. C) Rigid and resistant. D) Fran is the best teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixed, mobile and semi-mobile. 7. This is the type of propagation that happens in myelinated axons A) Saltatory. B) Repetitive. C) Stationary. D) Continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saltatory. 8. What part of the nervous system gathers info? A) PNS. B) CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PNS. 9. When you see something you want to eat, your salivary glands produce saliva. Which is the effector? A) Seeing what you want to eat. B) Saliva. C) Salivary glands. D) Your tongue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Salivary glands. 10. The part of the peripheral nervous system that carries sensory information to the CNS is designated A) Autonomic. B) Somatic. C) Afferent. D) They will bring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Afferent. 11. The outer ear acts as a funnel for sound. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. In a reflex arc sensory neurones carry information into the spinal cord via the ..... A) Vagus nerve. B) Ventral root. C) Dorsal root. D) Spinal nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dorsal root. 13. The peripheral nervous system is composed of all of the following EXCEPT A) Brain and Spinal cord. B) Spinal and Cranial Nerves. C) Afferent and Efferent pathways. D) Somatic and Autonomic nervous systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain and Spinal cord. 14. What term refers to diseases that attack the membranes covering the brain? A) Meningitis. B) Neurological disorders. C) Encephalopathy. D) Epilepsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meningitis. 15. The part of the nervous system controlling involuntary bodily functions A) Autonomic nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. C) Somatic nervous system. D) Voluntary nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic nervous system. 16. What part of the brain is responsible for muscle coordination? A) Cerebellum. B) Occipital lobe. C) Hippocampus. D) Motor cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 17. The part of the brain responsible for muscle coordination, balance and posture, and muscle tone is? A) Cerebrum. B) Pons. C) Diencephalon. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 18. A type of neuroglia that phagocytize bacterial cells. A) Oligodendrocytes. B) Astrocytes. C) Microglia. D) Ependymal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Microglia. 19. What is the function of the FRONTAL LOBE, which is the last to mature? A) Processes your hearing. B) Processes your vision. C) Contains your personality, and ability to make rational decisions. D) Processes sense of touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contains your personality, and ability to make rational decisions. 20. Role in controlling sleep, respiratory function, hearing, as well as motor control and touch in the region of the face. A) Medulla oblongata. B) Pons. C) Midbrain. D) Brainstem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pons. 21. In the reflex arc, which step comes next:stimulus, receptor, ..... A) Relay neuron. B) Sensory neuron. C) Effector. D) Motor neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory neuron. 22. Which functional division of the nervous system controls skeletal muscle contractions? A) Autonomic nervous system. B) Somatic nervous system. C) Enteric nervous system. D) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic nervous system. 23. Reception of external impressions and informationcoordination of internal messagesresponse and readjustment to internal and external stimulistorage of infocoordination of all body activities A) Functions of Central Nervous System. B) Hypothalamus function. C) Functional Classes of Nuerons. D) Divisions of the Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Functions of Central Nervous System. 24. The nerves that branch off from the spinal cord are part of the ..... nervous system. A) Central. B) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral. 25. Which of the following detects a change in the internal environment? A) Receptors. B) Control Centre. C) Stimulus. D) Response. E) Effectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Receptors. 26. Trigeminal neuralgia affects cranial nerve number A) V. B) II. C) VII. D) X. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) V. 27. What might happen if your large intestine did not absorb water from chyme? A) You would become dehydrated. B) You couldn't digest food. C) Solid waste would not be able to move throughout the digestive system. D) You wouldn't be able to go to the bathroom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You would become dehydrated. 28. In a resting neuron the inside is ..... relative to the outside A) Positive. B) Negative. C) Isoelectric. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 29. Controls sensations, body position, and visual-spatial processing A) Parietal. B) Occipital. C) Frontal. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parietal. 30. Which of the following neuroglia (glial cells) is NOT found in the PNS? A) Oligodendrocytes. B) Satellite cells. C) Schwann cells. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oligodendrocytes. 31. Shape of a neuron that has multiple processes the axon and two or more dendrites. A) Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF). B) Multipolar. C) Stimulus. D) Process. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multipolar. 32. What is the fatty tissue that covers axons and speeds up impulses as they travel from cell to cell? A) Myelin sheath". B) Conclusion. C) Dendrite. D) Neurotransmitter". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myelin sheath". 33. ..... bathes the brain and cushions the brain and spinal cord. A) Dura. B) Arachnoid. C) Cerebrospinal fluid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrospinal fluid. 34. Organic substances made by plants or animals. A) Minerals. B) Vitamins. C) Nutrients. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vitamins. 35. Tract yang manakah berakhir di primary somatosensory area of cerebral cortex? A) Spinotectal tract. B) Trigeminothalamic tract. C) Anterior spinocerebellar tract. D) Posterior spinocerebellar tract. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trigeminothalamic tract. 36. How many cranial nerves originate in the brain? A) 12. B) 14. C) 16. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12. 37. ..... is the body's communication network. A) Brain. B) Hand. C) Nervous system. D) Spinal fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nervous system. 38. ..... or the cortex is the largest part of the human brain. A) Cerebrum. B) Spinal cord. C) Cerebellum. D) Atox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 39. What is the blue part of the brain? A) Parietal Lobe. B) Front Lobe. C) Occipital Lobe. D) Temporal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parietal Lobe. 40. Stimulate parotid salivary glands A) Vagus nerve. B) Glossopharyngeal nerve. C) Facial nerve. D) Oculomotor nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glossopharyngeal nerve. 41. The brains role is to receive information from the body, process it and send messages telling the body how to respond A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. A reflex performed ..... as an automatic response to a stimulus A) Without the central nervous. B) With conscious thought. C) Without a receptor. D) Without conscious thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Without conscious thought. 43. Which part of the neuron carries impulses away from the cell body? A) Dendrites. B) Myelin sheath. C) Cell body. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axon. 44. What is the all-or-none response in the context of a nerve impulse? A) The impulse always starts but may not proceed through the whole neuron. B) The impulse proceeds through the neuron only if a certain light switch is flipped. C) Either the threshold is met and the impulse proceeds through the whole neuron, or it never starts at all. D) The impulse can be partially transmitted depending on the strength of the stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Either the threshold is met and the impulse proceeds through the whole neuron, or it never starts at all. 45. An example of a response to a stimulus is A) A boy smelling a flower. B) A loud clap of thunder following lightning. C) A person tapping on the shoulder of a friend. D) Eyes blinking due to smoke in the air. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eyes blinking due to smoke in the air. 46. The nervous system controls the body's actions. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 47. What is the LARGEST part of your brain? A) Spinal cord. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Cerebellum. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum. 48. True or False:the cell body of a neuron has a nucleus. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 49. What is the only type of neuron in the brain? A) Sensory neuron. B) Interneuron. C) Motor neuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interneuron. 50. Helps focus the lens in the eye and control the amount of light entering the eye. A) Oculomotor. B) Trigeminal. C) Facial. D) Trochlear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oculomotor. 51. Part of the central nervous system extending from the brainstem through the vertebral canal A) Somatic nervous system. B) Midbrain. C) Spinal cord. D) Spinal nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord. 52. What do glial cells do? A) Transmit signals throughout the nervous system. B) Support and protect neurons. C) Impair synapses. D) Receive signals from sensory receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Support and protect neurons. 53. What does the SOMATIC part of the peripheral nervous system control? A) Involuntary actions. B) Semi-voluntary actions. C) Automatic actions. D) Voluntary actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Voluntary actions. 54. Pinna is the ..... A) Inner ear. B) Outer ear. C) Middle ear. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outer ear. 55. What is white matter? A) Axons with myelin. B) Cell bodies, axons without myelin, dendrites, and neuroglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axons with myelin. 56. The peripheral nervous system includes mixed nerves that ..... A) Serve the muscular and skeletal system. B) Serve the sympathetic system. C) Serve the parasympathetic system. D) Contain both sensory and motor fibers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contain both sensory and motor fibers. 57. A nerve cell that is specialized to transfer messages called impulses A) Cerebellum. B) Medulla. C) Neuron. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neuron. 58. Receptors transform a stimuli into A) An electrical signal that can travel through the nervous system. B) A response. C) A magnetic signal that can travel through the nervous system. D) A effector. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An electrical signal that can travel through the nervous system. 59. What does our nervous system do? A) The nervous system is responsible for digestion and nutrient absorption. B) The nervous system transmits signals and controls bodily functions. C) The nervous system helps regulate body temperature. D) The nervous system produces hormones and controls the endocrine system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The nervous system transmits signals and controls bodily functions. 60. 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