This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 252 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 252 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which description shows the correct relationship between a nerurone, neurotransmitter and a synapse? A) A synapse is a gap between two neurones that is crossed by a neurotransmitter. B) A neurotransmitter is a gap between two neurones that is crossed by a synapse. C) A neurone is a gap between two synapses that is crossed by a neurotransmitter. D) A neurotransmitter is a gap between two neurones that is crossed by a synapse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A synapse is a gap between two neurones that is crossed by a neurotransmitter. 2. During polarization, large proteins that are negatively charged are present in the ..... fluid. A) Intercellular. B) Outercellular. C) Intracellular. D) Extracellular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intracellular. 3. Higher thought processes for learning and memory are primarily in the ..... A) Cerebrum. B) Brain stem. C) Cerebellum. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 4. Which part of the ear collects the sound A) External ear. B) Middle ear. C) Inner ear. D) Eardrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eardrum. 5. What task would be difficult if your knee joints did not work? A) Writing. B) Eating. C) Throwing. D) Running. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Running. 6. If a subthreshold value is reached on an axon membrane, an action potential ..... A) Will not occur. B) Will occur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will not occur. 7. Located in the core of the spine A) Mi. B) The spinal cord. C) Nerves from the brain. D) Midbrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The spinal cord. 8. Regulates motor control & temperature A) Hypothalamus. B) Thalamus. C) Midbrain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Midbrain. 9. All of the following are ossicles except which one? A) Malleus. B) Incus. C) Staples. D) Stapes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Staples. 10. Links the central nervous system and endocrine system A) Corpus Callosum. B) Thalamus. C) Hypothalamus. D) Reticular formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothalamus. 11. Which lobe:VISION A) Parietal. B) Temporal. C) Occipital. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occipital. 12. Red wine, aged cheese, and chocolate have been proven to provoke a ..... attack. A) Migraine. B) Gastic. C) Pancreatic. D) Hepatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Migraine. 13. The ..... lobe of the brain is responsible for reasoning and planning. A) Temporal. B) Occipital. C) Frontal. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frontal. 14. True/False:the peripheral nervous system contains the organs that processes all of the signals they have received from the rest of the body A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 15. Hyperpolarization is a result of? A) More potassium channels are open than usual. B) Less potassium channels are open than usual. C) More calcium ion channels are open than usual. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More potassium channels are open than usual. 16. What type of graph best shows amounts of different categories? (Example:How many sharks were caught at three different locations) A) Bar graph. B) Circle graph. C) Data table. D) Line graph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bar graph. 17. The two halves of Cerebrum A) Cerebral hemisphere. B) Pons. C) Cerebellum. D) Lobes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebral hemisphere. 18. As Joe entered college, he developed enlarged lymph nodes that were not painful. He was shocked that he was diagnosed with a cancer called: A) Mononucleosis. B) Lupus erythematosus. C) Scleroderma. D) Hodgkin's disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hodgkin's disease. 19. The supportive tissue of the nervous system is (are) A) Nerve fiber. B) Neuroglial cells. C) Nerve processes. D) Myelin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neuroglial cells. 20. What is the meaning of reflex action? A) An object that evoke impulse in nerve. B) An automatic quick reaction. C) A nerve that transmit signals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An automatic quick reaction. 21. Sounds waves enter through ..... A) Inner ear. B) Middle ear. C) Outer ear. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outer ear. 22. Nerve impulses are transmitted due to the process of ions moving across a membrane A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. In the nervous system, a localized collection of neuron cell bodies that are functionally related; a "center" of neural function. A) Glial Cell. B) Somatic Nervous System (SNS). C) White Matter. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nucleus. 24. A sequence of rapidly occurring events that decrease and reverse the membrane potential and then eventually restore it to the resting state A) Membrane potential. B) Action potential. C) Nodes of Ranvier. D) Depolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Action potential. 25. The body's automatic actions like breathing, coughing, and beating of your heart are controlled by the ..... A) Cerebrum. B) Medulla. C) Cerebellum. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medulla. 26. Defined by their ability to conduct signals towards the CNS. A) Efferent nerves. B) Afferent nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Afferent nerves. 27. What is a crossbridge? A) Where myosin binds to actin. B) Where the calcium crosses into the cytoplasm. C) Where calcium binds with troponin. D) None of the answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where myosin binds to actin. 28. Have your had any fits A) Ever felt dizzy. B) Have ever had a seizure. C) Once there was an awkward turn. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have ever had a seizure. 29. Inside each nerve is a bundle of ..... A) Nerve fibers. B) Conclusion. C) Cerebellum. D) Arcs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerve fibers. 30. Also called a nerve impulse. A) Myelin sheath. B) Action potential. C) Hyperpolarization. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Action potential. 31. Gaps between segments of oligodendrocytes or between individual Schwann cells are called A) Ependymal cells. B) Nerve tracts. C) Ganglia. D) Microglia. E) Nodes of Ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Nodes of Ranvier. 32. White matter is made up of A) Bundles of axons with myelin sheaths. B) Bundles of fibers with Schwan cells. C) Bundles of ions with axon terminals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bundles of axons with myelin sheaths. 33. Which lobe of the cerebral cortex has the functions of storing your memories and interpreting sounds of spoken language? A) Occipital Lobe. B) Parietal Lobe. C) Frontal Lobe. D) Temporal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temporal Lobe. 34. The patient will be given a radioactive substance and asked to complete a task to see which part of the brain is being utilized. A) PET. B) CT Scan. C) FMRI. D) MRI. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PET. 35. The part of the brain that helps coordinate balance is the? A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Gray matter. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 36. ..... is also known as the thinking par of the brain. A) Medulla. B) Cerebellum. C) Cranium. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum. 37. Which of the following is NOT one of the auditory ossicles? A) Malleus. B) Incus. C) Stapes. D) Cochlea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cochlea. 38. The neurons which transmit the impulses from central nervous system towards effector are known as: A) Sensory neurons. B) Relay neurons. C) Motor neurons. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor neurons. 39. What do the basic workings of the nervous system depend on? A) Blood. B) Bones. C) Muscles. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurons. 40. What is the largest part of the human body A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 41. It is the part of the nervous system made of brain and spinal cord. A) Brain. B) None. C) Soap. D) Central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Central nervous system. 42. The command center, or coordinator, of the nervous system. A) Nervous system. B) Central nervous system. C) Neurons. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain. 43. The brain & spinal cord compose the ..... A) PNS. B) Somatic Nervous System. C) Autonomic Nervous System. D) CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) CNS. 44. A neuron with one axon and a single dendrite extending from its soma, found in limited places like the retina of the eye A) Multipolar neuron. B) Nonpolar neuron. C) Unipolar neuron. D) Bipolar neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bipolar neuron. 45. Term for one or more bundles of nerve cells A) Soma. B) Conclusion. C) Neuron. D) Nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nerve. 46. In the CNS, these transmit impulses between other neurons: A) Microglia. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Interneurons. D) Motor neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interneurons. 47. A process that carries impulses to the cell body of a neuron. A) Soma. B) Dendrite. C) Conclusion. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrite. 48. The membrane located between the outer and inner layer of meninges which holds the cerebrospinal fluid A) Dura mater. B) Pia mater. C) Arachnoid mater. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arachnoid mater. 49. The brain, spinal cord and theh nerves make up the ..... system. A) Nervous system. B) Reflex actions. C) Sense organs. D) All ofthe above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nervous system. 50. The central nervous system receives messages from ..... A) The peripheral nervous system. B) The brain. C) The spinal cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The peripheral nervous system. 51. This region in the limbic system is responsible for consolidating new memories A) Hypothalamus. B) Thalamus. C) Hippocampus. D) Cerebral cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hippocampus. 52. You smell smoke coming out of the oven. The receptors responsible for this are: A) Chemoreceptors. B) Mechanoreceptors. C) Thermoreceptors. D) Pain receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemoreceptors. 53. The indentations between adjacent Schwann cells are called ..... A) Nodes of Ranvier. B) Axons. C) Synapses. D) Schwann spaces. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nodes of Ranvier. 54. What controls posture, balance, and some voluntary movement? A) Pons. B) Corpus Callosum. C) Cerebellum. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 55. This part of the nervous system consists of the sensory organs. A) Central Nervous System. B) Peripheral Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral Nervous System. 56. The peripheral nervous system consists of which two parts? A) The brain and spinal cord. B) The automatic and somatic nervous systems. C) The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. D) The somatic and autonomic nervous systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The somatic and autonomic nervous systems. 57. Vesicles involved in retrograde transport are moving ..... the cell body. A) Away from. B) Toward. C) Toward and away from. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Toward. 58. When weak and unused connections are eliminated, which makes the brain more efficient, this is referred to as A) Synaptic pruning. B) Synaptogenesis. C) Myelination. D) Sprouting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synaptic pruning. 59. The smallest living level of organization is A) Cells. B) Molecules. C) Organelles. D) Atoms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cells. 60. The three protective membranes called meninges cover the A) Brain and spinal cord. B) Face. C) Back. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain and spinal cord. ← 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