This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 259 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 259 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Nissl's granules present in the neurons are made up of A) Protein. B) DNA. C) Ribosome. D) RNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ribosome. 2. This neuroglia has processes that wrap around nerve fibers and produce myelin sheaths around them in the brain and spinal cord. A) Microglia. B) Astrocytes. C) Oligodendrocytes. D) Ependymal Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oligodendrocytes. 3. When you put food on your tongue, the molecules in the food bind to and thereby stimulate the gustatory (taste) receptors. The different types of receptors for the different tastes are: A) Sour, fatty, sweet, spicy. B) Salty, sweet, sour, bitter. C) Spicy, sour, bitter, fatty. D) Sour, sweet, spicy, bitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salty, sweet, sour, bitter. 4. Who mapped out the brain using direct electrical stimulation? A) Dr. Murray Penfield. B) Dr. Gordon Penfield. C) Dr. Gordon Murray. D) Dr. Wilder Penfield. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dr. Wilder Penfield. 5. Which of the following animals has a nerve net? A) Earth worm. B) Flat worm. C) Human. D) Jelly fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jelly fish. 6. Set of nerves to work automatically for us;breathing, digestion & heart rate A) Spinal cord. B) Brain. C) Autonomic nervous system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autonomic nervous system. 7. Where is your spinal cord located? A) In your stomach. B) Under your arm. C) Down the center of your back. D) On top of your liver. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Down the center of your back. 8. Which neuron structure contains the nucleus and other cell organelles? A) Dendrites. B) Axon terminals. C) Soma. D) Neuronal membrane. E) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soma. 9. What determines whether a signal molecule binds on the surface or enters the cell? A) Size. B) Polarity. C) Ability to cross the membrane. D) All of these are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are correct. 10. Includes the medulla oblongata, midbrain, and pons. A) Cerebrum. B) Spinal cord. C) Parietal lobe. D) Brainstem. E) Ventricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brainstem. 11. Most of the ..... processes of the cell take place in the cell body A) Metabolic. B) Acidic. C) Important. D) Functional. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metabolic. 12. During nerve impulse transmission across the synapse, on which neuron are the neurotransmitter receptors located? A) In the cell body of the neuron. B) Floating in the synaptic cleft. C) Postganglionic neuron. D) Preganglionic neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Postganglionic neuron. 13. These are the two parts the Cerebrum is divided into. A) Right and Left Cerebral Hemispheres. B) Right and Left Cerebellar Hemispheres. C) Diencephalon, Midbrain, Pons, and Medulla Oblongata. D) Corpus Callosum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right and Left Cerebral Hemispheres. 14. How many olfactory receptors do dogs have? A) 1 billion. B) 6 million. C) 300 million. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 300 million. 15. Your tongue is covered in ..... A) Receptors. B) Taste buds. C) Flavors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taste buds. 16. What part of the brain controls hunger and body temperature? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain Stem. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hypothalamus. 17. Comprehension poor; speech is fluent but meaningless A) Damage to Wernicke's area. B) Damage to precentral gyrus. C) Damage to Broca's area. D) Damage to angular gyrus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Damage to Wernicke's area. 18. Covering on axon, helps speed up the nerve impulse along the axon A) Myelin sheath. B) Axon. C) Cell body. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myelin sheath. 19. In the sense of touch, which receptor is NOT used? A) Nociceptors. B) Mechanoreceptors. C) Thermoreceptors. D) Chemoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chemoreceptors. 20. Which system is responsible for voluntary muscle control? A) Autonomic Nervous System. B) Somatic Nervous System. C) Sympathetic Division. D) Sensory (Afferent) Division. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic Nervous System. 21. The reaction to a change in your surroundings. A) Voluntary. B) Response. C) Stimulus. D) Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Response. 22. What part of the brain is responsible for regulating our sleep cycles? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brainstem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brainstem. 23. If the stimulation of a cell is strong, the strength of the action potential produced would be: A) Stronger than that produced by weak stimulation. B) No different to that produced by weak stimulation. C) Weaker than that produced by weak stimulation. D) Twice that produced by weak stimulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No different to that produced by weak stimulation. 24. Which of the following best describes the waxy-appearing material called myelin: A) A mass of white lipid material that surrounds the dendrites of a neuron. B) A mass of white lipid material that surrounds the cell body of a neuron. C) A mass of white lipid material that insulates the axon of a neuron. D) An outer membrane of a neuroglial cell. E) A lipid-protein (lipoprotein) cell membrane on the outside of axons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A mass of white lipid material that insulates the axon of a neuron. 25. The difference between a three-neuron and a two-neuron reflex is that a three-neuron reflex ..... A) Includes an efferent neuron. B) Includes an interneuron. C) Passes through the dorsal root ganglion. D) Includes an afferent neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Includes an interneuron. 26. Your peripheral nervous system plays 3 broad functions, the sensory input, integration, and motor output. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 27. The (a) is involved with intellect, complex learning abilities (called cognition), recall, and personality A) Visual association area. B) A Anterior association area. C) Posterior association area. D) Limbic association area. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Anterior association area. 28. The dependent variable is the variable you ..... A) Keep the same. B) Change. C) Measure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Measure. 29. Of the neuroglia, macrophage or first and main form of active immunity A) Oligodendrocyte. B) Microglia. C) Ependymal cells. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Microglia. 30. A nerve impulse is similar to the flow of electrical current through a ..... A) Barb wire. B) Tin of can. C) Metal wire. D) Line of string. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metal wire. 31. The ..... disease is a type of chronic arthritis that occurs in joints on both sides of the body. A) Diabetes. B) Parkinson's disease. C) RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. D) Lupus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. 32. Type of neuron that carries messages from the brain/spinal cord to the body to control muscles A) Motor. B) Sensory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor. 33. Secretion of saliva, taste, facial expressions A) Hypoglossal. B) Vestibulocochlear. C) Facial. D) Glossopharyngeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Facial. 34. This is the ability to transmit a signal. A) Conclusion. B) Excitability. C) Neurotransmitter. D) Conductivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conductivity. 35. Specify daytime vision receptors: A) Sticks. B) Pupils. C) Cones. D) Receptors. E) Vitreous bodies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cones. 36. It controls the left side of the body. It is in charge of creativity and arts. A) Right side of the brain. B) Left side of the brain. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right side of the brain. 37. Area at the rear of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary movements. A) Prefrontal Cortex. B) Motor Cortex. C) Somatosensory Cortex. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor Cortex. 38. A synapse is a space separating two neurons A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 39. The cord or cords that the ulnar nerve comes off is/are A) Medial cord. B) Lateral cord. C) Posterior cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medial cord. 40. What part of a neuron is responsible for sending an impulse to the next neuron? A) Cell Body. B) Axon. C) Axon Terminal. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon Terminal. 41. Clusters of neuron cell bodies within the peripheral nervous system are A) Laminae. B) Ganglia. C) Fascicles. D) Nuclei. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ganglia. 42. A finger that touches a hot object is quickly taken away from the source of heat. What is the role of relay neurones in this response? A) To pass nerve impulses out to the neurones. B) To generate impulses in the receptors of the finger. C) To carry nerve impulses within the spinal cord. D) To link the sense organs to the sensory neurones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To carry nerve impulses within the spinal cord. 43. Which part of the nervous system is considered to have two parts? A) Central Nervous System. B) Somatic Nervous System. C) Peripheral Nervous System. D) Autonomic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral Nervous System. 44. Neuron control cell to cell communication A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 45. Fill in the blank. Touch sensors are located ..... throughout the surface of the body. A) Evenly. B) Unevenly. C) Rarely. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unevenly. 46. Your balance is controlled by the ..... A) Spinal cord. B) Nerves. C) Brain. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 47. What ions are abundant in the extracellular fluid of neurons? A) Potassium. B) Sodium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sodium. 48. Cerebellum helps us to maintain the balance of the body and coordinates the movement of skeletal muscles. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. A process by which the body breaks down food so that it can be used for energy. A) Circulation. B) Respiration. C) Digestion. D) Sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Digestion. 50. These type of neurons transmit signals from your central nervous system to your muscles and stimulate them to contract. A) Sensory. B) Conclusion. C) Interneurons. D) Motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor. 51. ..... is the third layer of an eye. A) Retina. B) Cornea. C) Pupil. D) Iris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Retina. 52. The Amygdala is located ..... A) In the largest part of your brain. B) Deep within the center of your brain. C) Behind your forehead. D) In your stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deep within the center of your brain. 53. What is #3 in the diagram A) Threshold. B) Depolarization. C) Repolarization. D) Resting potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repolarization. 54. Which of the following is a primary function of the nervous system? A) Communication and command system of the body. B) Senses changes in and around the body. C) Responds to changes with some form of muscle contraction or gland secretion. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 55. What is another name for the vesicle that contains the neurotransmitters? A) Vehicle. B) Transporter. C) Membrane sac. D) Bubble. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Membrane sac. 56. The most profound layer of the meninges A) Arachnoid mater. B) Third stomach. C) Piamater. D) Dura mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Piamater. 57. Which of the following is a function of the nervous system: A) Sensory. B) Motor. C) Integrative. D) All of the options. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the options. 58. When in Fight or Flight mode, an increased heart rate is activated by the; A) Parasympathetic NS. B) Sympathetic NS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic NS. 59. Cardiac Muscles is found in your ..... A) Lungs. B) Heart. C) Stomach. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heart. 60. Photoreceptor that produces color vision A) Cones. B) Sclera. C) Rods. D) Retina. E) Pupil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cones. ← 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