This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 265 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 265 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The interventricular foramen connects the ..... A) Lateral to fourth ventricle. B) Lateral to third ventricle. C) Two lateral ventricles. D) Third to fourth ventricle . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lateral to third ventricle. 2. Parasympathetic division is referred to as this term because its nerve fibers exit the CNS near the head and hips: A) Craniosacral. B) Lumbosacral. C) Chest-abdominal. D) Craniothoracic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Craniosacral. 3. Which glial cells serve as the major supporting cells in the CNS? A) Astrocytes. B) Schwann. C) Microglial. D) Oligodendrocytes. E) Ependymal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astrocytes. 4. Line the fluid-filled cavities within the CNS. Some produce cerebrospinal fluid, and other help move it through the CNS A) Microglia. B) Astrocytes. C) Oligodendrocytes. D) Schwann cells. E) Ependymal cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Ependymal cells. 5. If a neuron has many dendrites and a single axon, it is called a(n) ..... neuron. A) Unipolar. B) Bipolar. C) Multipolar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multipolar. 6. Which part of your ear contains earwax? A) Middle ear. B) Eardrum. C) Inner ear. D) Outer ear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Outer ear. 7. Cell body has one process (fused axon and dendrite) ..... most sensory neurons are unipolar ..... is what structural classification A) Bipolar neuron=. B) Unipolar/Pseudounipolar neuron. C) Anaxonic neuron:. D) Multipolar neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unipolar/Pseudounipolar neuron. 8. The middle layer, known as the spider mother A) Pia mater. B) Dura mater. C) Arachnoid mater. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arachnoid mater. 9. Triggering of the muscle action potential occurs after A) Calcium ion binds to channels on the end plate. B) *acetylcholine binds to chemically gated channels in the motor end plate membrane. C) *the nerve action potential jumps across the neuromuscular junction. D) *Any of the above can produce an action potential in the muscle cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) *acetylcholine binds to chemically gated channels in the motor end plate membrane. 10. Tough connective tissue sheath that surrounds the entire muscle. A) Epimysium. B) Perimysium. C) Fascicle. D) Endomysium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epimysium. 11. Neurotransmitters move from an axon to a dendrite across what? A) Node of Ranvier. B) Conclusion. C) Cell body. D) Reflex arc. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conclusion. 12. Motor division of the PNS has ..... main parts A) 3. B) 2. C) 4. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 13. The middle ear cavity connects to the nasopharynx: A) Semicircular canals. B) Auditory ossicles. C) Eustachian tube. D) Kortiev organ. E) Eardrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eustachian tube. 14. Fine motor movement, balance posture and muscle memory is mostly controlled by A) Sensory organs. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Cerebral cortex. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 15. Flight-fight response is controlled by what division? A) Afferent. B) Parasympathetic. C) Somatic. D) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sympathetic. 16. Aqueductal stenosis is a condition where the cerebral aquaduct is blocked. Aqueductal stenosis would prevent the flow of cerebrospinal fluid between A) The lateral ventricles. B) The fourth ventricle and the spinal cord. C) The lateral ventricles and the third ventricle. D) The third ventricle and the fourth ventricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The third ventricle and the fourth ventricle. 17. Which structure in the eye provides information to the brain about colour? A) Retina. B) Cones. C) Lens. D) Rods. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cones. 18. Your friend is complaining of a dry mouth and tachycardia following an accident. Which part of the nervous system is responsible? A) Diencephalon. B) Peripheral nervous system. C) Autonomic nervous system. D) Central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autonomic nervous system. 19. Which of the following is NOT one of the primary tastes? A) Sour. B) Burnt. C) Sweet. D) Bitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burnt. 20. Messages move from one ..... to another along threadlike branches. A) Neuron. B) Blood vessel. C) Artery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuron. 21. Parasympathetic division stimulates digestion along with A) Defecation. B) Urination. C) Slowing heart rate. D) Controlling the pupil of the eye. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 22. Which response is voluntary action? A) Eating. B) Peristalsis in aesophagus. C) Withdraw hand from hot pan. D) Sneeze. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eating. 23. What type of cell creates a myelin sheath? A) Cell Body. B) Schwann cell. C) Osteocyte. D) The Oligodentres. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Schwann cell. 24. The layer of receptor cells that lines the back of the eye where nerve impulses begin. A) Retina. B) Iris. C) Lens. D) Pupil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Retina. 25. Sympathetic nervous system calms the body to maintain energy A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 26. May be corrected with contacts and/or glasses A) Myopia. B) Hyperopia. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 27. ..... is characterized by inappropriate words and inability to understand spoken language. A) Wernicke's aphasia. B) Synesthesia. C) Broca's aphasia. D) Grapheme-Color synesthesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wernicke's aphasia. 28. A long bundle of nerves that begins at the brain stem and continues down the center of the back. A) Nerve fiber. B) Spinal cord. C) Axon. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord. 29. Which one controls hunger and thirst? A) Thalamus. B) Cerebellum. C) Hypothalamus. D) Reticular formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothalamus. 30. What does letter H represent? A) Body cell. B) Skin. C) Axon. D) Myelin sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon. 31. Muscles present in the heart is called ..... ? A) Voluntary muscle. B) Smooth muscle. C) Involuantry muscle. D) Cardiac muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cardiac muscle. 32. What is the name for the outer layer of the cerebrum? A) Pons. B) Cerebral cortex. C) White matter. D) Gray matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebral cortex. 33. Olfactory receptors are found in the ..... A) Mouth. B) Nose. C) Ears. D) Eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nose. 34. Decrease in sensation; impaired sense of feeling when touched; Loss of reflexes; Feeling of pain, tingling, or numbness are signs of A) Sensory Nerve Damage. B) Motor Nerve Damage. C) Brain Tumors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory Nerve Damage. 35. What happens to the flow of blood to the gut in the sympathetic system? A) Stops completely. B) Increases. C) Remains the same. D) Decreases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decreases. 36. The temporal lobe governs hearing, smell, learning, memory and emotional behavior. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 37. What is the name of the tree-like structure in the cerebellum visible in a midsagittal cut of the brain? A) The tree of Life. B) Quadrilateral bodies. C) Fornix. D) Anterior commissure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The tree of Life. 38. There are ..... important parts of our brain. A) Three. B) Four. C) One. D) Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three. 39. Which of the following areas of the brain is responsible for breathing and heart rate. A) Hypothalamus. B) Brain stem. C) Cerebrum. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain stem. 40. Which structure is functioned to speed up the conduction of nerve impulses? A) B. B) D. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 41. Brain and spinal cord are parts of the ..... nervous system. A) Top. B) Central. C) Peripheral. D) Lateral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central. 42. True or False:Your muscles form a skeleton that gives shape to your body and supports it. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 43. True or False:You have to constantly think about your breathing, heart rate, and digestive functions. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 44. What is the Somatic Nervous System responsible for? A) Involuntary responses. B) Digestive processes. C) Conscious perception of the environment and voluntary responses. D) Regulation of heart rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conscious perception of the environment and voluntary responses. 45. A simple, automatic response to a sensory stimulus, such as the knee-jerk response A) Cochlea. B) Reflex. C) Rods. D) Cones. E) Semicircular canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflex. 46. Which body system is the following statement true for? "It uses electrochemical (electrical and chemical) signals that are sent through nerves." A) Endocrine System. B) Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nervous System. 47. This part of the neuron stores then releases neurotransmitters into the synapse between two neurons. A) Myelin Sheath. B) Axon. C) Dendrite. D) Axon Terminal/terminal buttons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axon Terminal/terminal buttons. 48. Your spinal cord is located in your ..... A) Stomach. B) Heart. C) Spine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spine. 49. This is the gooey material that is clear and helps to give the eyeball its shape: A) Vitreous humor. B) Aqueous humor. C) Pupil. D) Ciliary muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vitreous humor. 50. The part of the brain that contains the pons, medulla, and midbrain A) Brain stem. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) Forebrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain stem. 51. Reflex action are controlled by the spinal curd A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 52. Combining form that means pons A) Thalam/o. B) Point/o. C) RIP/oh. D) Synapse/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point/o. 53. What could cause a person with brain cancer to have lost balance and decreased coordination? A) Cancer has damaged hypothalamus. B) Cancer has damaged pons. C) Cancer has damaged pons and hypothalamus. D) Cancer has damaged cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cancer has damaged cerebellum. 54. Find the long day plant A) Sunflower. B) Chrysanthemums. C) Dill. D) Cactus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dill. 55. Contains a Respiratory Center that controls skeletal muscles associated with breathing. A) Cerebrum. B) Spinal cord elongated. C) Cerebellum. D) Brain Stem. E) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Pons. 56. Nerve that carries impulses from the eye to the brain A) Altitude. B) Iris. C) Lens. D) Optic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Optic. 57. True or false there are 3 types of stimlus that effect our body? A) May be. B) Dont know. C) False. D) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) False. 58. A major function of your nervous system shown by #1 is: A) Sensory input. B) Peripheral integration. C) Somatic input. D) Sensory output. E) Peripheral input. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory input. 59. The sympathetic nervous system ..... A) Is also called the thoracolumbar system. B) Is responsible for the fight-or-flight response. C) Releases acetylcholine. D) Has neurons that enter the sympathetic chain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is responsible for the fight-or-flight response. 60. Combining form that means body A) Ish/o. B) Synapse/o. C) Neuro. D) Summoned him/her. 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