This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 262 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 262 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Nerves that connect motor and sensory neurons are called: A) Association nerves (interneurons). B) Afferent nerves. C) Efferent nerves. D) Sensory/motor nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Association nerves (interneurons). 2. They are also called leukocytes. They help the boy fight germs and diseases. A) Red blood cells. B) Erythrocytes. C) Hemoglobin. D) White blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) White blood cells. 3. The hormone responsible for your feelings of stress A) Amygdala. B) Adrenaline. C) Cortisol. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cortisol. 4. THE THREE PARTS OF THE BRAIN ARE..... A) CEREBRUM, CEREBELUM AND HEART. B) CEREBRUM, CEREBELUM AND BRAIN STEM. C) CEREBRUM, LEG AND HEAD. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CEREBRUM, CEREBELUM AND BRAIN STEM. 5. Vibrations of what structure create waves within the perilymph of the cochlear tube? A) Auditory canal. B) Tympanic membrane. C) Pinna. D) Oval window. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oval window. 6. Which system has the brain as the main organ? A) Skeletal. B) Respiratory. C) Muscular. D) Nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nervous. 7. What does the somatic nervous system of the PNS collect information through? A) Sensory organs such as the skin and muscles. B) Sensory organs such as eyes and ears. C) Motor neurons. D) The brain and spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory organs such as eyes and ears. 8. The nervous system is made up of two principal divisions, the ..... A) Central and sympathetic. B) Sympathetic and parasympathetic. C) Peripheral and central. D) Peripheral and autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral and central. 9. Controls voluntary bodily functions (consciously controlled), such as controlling skeletal muscles. A) Somatic Nervous System. B) Autonomic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic Nervous System. 10. The electrical signal nerve cells transmit is called the: A) Action potential. B) Depolarization. C) Repolarization. D) Action reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action potential. 11. The chemical messengers released into the spatial junctions between neurons are called A) Synapses. B) Hormones. C) Neurotransmitters. D) Motor neurons. E) Sensory neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurotransmitters. 12. True or false:The right hemisphere controls the left side of the body while the left hemisphere controls the right side of the body A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 13. Which of the following is NOT a function coordinated by the brainstem? A) Respiration. B) Memory. C) Circulation. D) Digestion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Memory. 14. TRUE or FALSE:-ion means electricity A) FALSE . B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE . 15. What would be an example of the autonomic nervous system? A) Cerebellum sending impulses to skeletal muscles. B) Frontal lobe sending sensory impulses to your rectus femoris. C) Medulla oblongata controlling your breathing rate. D) Pons sending sensory information from cranial nerves to brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla oblongata controlling your breathing rate. 16. The ..... response is known as fight or flight. A) Somatic. B) Sympathetic. C) Parasympathetic. D) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic. 17. Which medical test is used to measure the electrical activity in the brain? A) ECG or EKG. B) X-Ray. C) MRI. D) EEG. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) EEG. 18. The skull protects ..... A) The stomach. B) The brain. C) The throat. D) The coccyx. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The brain. 19. This is the middle layer of the meninges. A) White mater. B) Arachnoid mater. C) Pia mater. D) Dura mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arachnoid mater. 20. In fetal development, what portion forms into the brain and spinal cord? A) Neural tube. B) Ventricles. C) Spinal canal. D) Spina bifida. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neural tube. 21. Controls thinking, planning, dreaming, senses A) Medulla. B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebellum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 22. This system takes over when there is danger. A) Parasympatheitic nervous system. B) Sympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic nervous system. 23. SSRIs work by ..... A) Increasing the activity of the cell's mitochondria. B) Keeping receptors of the neuron active for longer periods of time. C) Mimicking the effects of natural neurotransmitters. D) Blocking receptors to stabilize impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keeping receptors of the neuron active for longer periods of time. 24. Which part of your autonomic nervous system controls daily non emergency things such as digestion A) Afferent. B) Parasympathetic. C) Sympathetic. D) They will bring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic. 25. The peripheral nervous system: A) Has two divisions:the sympathetic and the asympathetic. B) Has two divisions:the somatic and the autonomic. C) Functions only to receive information from the environment. D) Functions only to carry responses to effectors (e.g. muscle cells). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has two divisions:the somatic and the autonomic. 26. How many bones does skull have. A) 50. B) 34. C) 22. D) 33. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 22. 27. Extensions of a neuron through which impulses are sent away from the cell body to other neurons, glands or muscles A) Nerve fibers. B) Efferent nerves. C) Axon, axon terminal. D) Reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon, axon terminal. 28. These support cells help the flow of cerebrospinal fluid through the nervous system. A) Ependymal Cells. B) Microglia. C) Satellite Cells. D) Astrocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ependymal Cells. 29. True or false? Are the cranial and spinal nerves apart of PNS or CNS? A) CNS. B) PNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PNS. 30. The time period between action potential initiation and mechanical activity of a muscle fiber is called the A) 1.latent period. B) 1.refractory period. C) 1.action potential. D) 1.excitation period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1.latent period. 31. Which type of neuron is not multipolar? A) Afferent neurons. B) Association neurons. C) Efferent neurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Afferent neurons. 32. The nervous system consists of more neurons than glial cells A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 33. Carries electric signal from dendrite to axon terminal, "communication cord" A) Nucleus. B) Myelin Sheath. C) Dendrite. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axon. 34. The central sulcus separates which lobes? A) Frontal from temporal. B) Parietal from occipital. C) Temporal from parietal. D) Frontal from parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frontal from parietal. 35. Which part of the brain controls speech? A) Cerebral cortex. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain stem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebral cortex. 36. What does the DENDRITE of a nerve do? A) The dendrite contains all of the cell's genetic information. B) The dendrite SENDS the message for the nerve cell. C) The dendrite RECEIVES the message for the nerve cell. D) The dendrite covers the nerve cell and allows the signal to travel faster. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The dendrite RECEIVES the message for the nerve cell. 37. Any factor that causes a receptor to trigger nerve impulses. A) Response. B) Receptor. C) Sensory. D) Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stimulus. 38. What part of the eye is along the back wall containing the rods and cones? A) Cornea. B) Lens. C) Retina. D) Pupil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Retina. 39. Which of the 3 functions of the nervous system is responsible for processing information such as "red light means stop" ? A) Sensory Input. B) Integration. C) Motor Output. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Integration. 40. The ..... is at the bottom back of your brain, and it helps coordination, balance and motor control. A) Brainstem. B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebellum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 41. How do nerve nets have different properties from normal neurons? A) Conducts impulse more slowly; direction of impulse conduction is uncertain. B) Conducts impulse more slowly than conducts impulse in one direction. C) It conducts impulse more slowly and can produce hormones. D) Conducts impulse faster and can produce hormones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conducts impulse more slowly; direction of impulse conduction is uncertain. 42. What is NOT part of the Central Nervous System A) Cerebrum. B) Axillary Nerve. C) Frontal Lobe. D) Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axillary Nerve. 43. What body part STORES the green bile? A) Liver. B) Mouth. C) Gall bladder. D) Heart. E) Pancreas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gall bladder. 44. The diagram below shows a nerve cell. What structure can be found in X and Y? A) X=gland; Y=spinal cord. B) X=brain; Y=leg. C) X= brain; Y=stomach. D) X=eye; Y= hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) X=gland; Y=spinal cord. 45. Cells found in the choroid plexuses that secrete cerebrospinal fluid are A) Ependymal cells. B) Schwann cells. C) Microglia. D) Oligodendrocytes. E) Astrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ependymal cells. 46. What causes seizures to occur in the brain? A) Excessive firing of neurons. B) Damaged myelin sheath. C) Low amounts of dopamine. D) High amounts of serotonin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excessive firing of neurons. 47. Which of these functions are the main function of the endocrine system? A) To ensure that we take in oxygen through the lungs. B) To make hormones that control growth and development. C) To control balance, movement, and coordination. D) To protect the body from disease caused by pathogens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To make hormones that control growth and development. 48. Also means furrows; shallow grooves that separate gyri A) Conclusion. B) Synaptic cleft. C) Sulci. D) Temporal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sulci. 49. What part of the skeleton protects the heart, lungs, and stomach? A) Spine. B) Skull. C) Femur. D) Rib cage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rib cage. 50. Which of the following vital signs did we not take in class? A) Pulse. B) Respiratory Rate. C) Blood Pressure. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature. 51. The autonomic nervous system regulates the action of the A) Central nervous system. B) Somatic nervous system. C) Involuntary muscles and organs. D) Voluntary skeletal muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Involuntary muscles and organs. 52. Prefix that means one or single A) Hemi-. B) Mono-. C) Sub-. D) Con-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mono-. 53. Second largest part of the brain A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain stem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 54. Which of the nerves perform the function of both senory nervous and motor nervous A) Mixed nervous. B) Motor nervous. C) Sensory nervous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mixed nervous. 55. The autonomic nervous system regulates blood pressure and the rate of breathing A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 56. A signal that causes an animal to react in some way is called: A) Nervous System. B) Stimulus. C) Response. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stimulus. 57. Impulses flow from motor neurons to A) Glands. B) Muscles. C) Organs. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 58. What is the role of muscle spindles? A) Reflexive relaxation of skeletal muscle to prevent injury. B) Detect changes in blood pressure. C) Detect changes in muscle length. D) Detects excessive tension in the muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Detect changes in muscle length. 59. Nerves that connect the CNS with the rest of an animal´s body A) Interneurons. B) Ganglia. C) Nerve nets. D) Effector cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ganglia. 60. Which type of neuroglia are the most abundant in the CNS? A) Oligodendrocytes. B) Ependymal Cells. C) Astrocytes. D) Satellite Cells. 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