This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 269 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 269 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Contains the medulla oblongata, pons and reticular formation. A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain stem. D) Diencephalon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain stem. 2. Schwann cells create a myelin sheath which helps to A) Reinforce connections. B) Insulate neurons. C) Prevent infection. D) Create a blood-brain barrier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insulate neurons. 3. Which action would activate the sympathetic nervous system the most? A) Throwing a ball. B) Walking. C) Being chased by a bear. D) Eating breakfast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Being chased by a bear. 4. The nervous system is made up of the lungs, teeth, feet and fingers A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. The nervous system stimulates or inhibits ..... A) Many different types of body tissue. B) Muscles and glands only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscles and glands only. 6. A complication of diabetes marked by damage to the retina that can result in loss of vision A) Renal failure. B) Angina. C) Diabetic neuropathy. D) Diabetic retinopathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diabetic retinopathy. 7. When the immune system tries to fight of an infection in the brain, and may cause the brain to swell are symptoms of what type of infection? A) Meningitis. B) Reye's Syndrome. C) Encephalitis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Encephalitis. 8. What causes Parkinson's? A) Decreased acetylcholine. B) Sensory neuron death. C) Motor neurons apathy. D) Loss of dopamine producing cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loss of dopamine producing cells. 9. An example of a voluntary action is A) Breathing. B) Throwing a ball. C) Blinking. D) Digesting food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Throwing a ball. 10. What is the microscopic gap between two adjacent neurons called? A) Axon. B) Dendrite. C) Conclusion. D) Cell body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conclusion. 11. The plexus that supplies nerves to the neck A) Cervical. B) Brachial. C) Cranial. D) Lumbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cervical. 12. The integumentary system includes the A) Cardiovascular system. B) Digestive organs. C) Eyes and ears. D) Hair, nails and skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hair, nails and skin. 13. During depolarization, what ion does what? A) Sodium enters. B) Potassium leaves. C) Potassium leaves. D) Potassium enter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sodium enters. 14. Which of the following statement does not illustrate how to properly take care of your skin? A) Scratch your skin if it feels itchy. B) Take a bath everyday. C) Always wear clean clothes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scratch your skin if it feels itchy. 15. The part of the neuron that carries impulses to the neuron cell body is the A) Node of Ranvier. B) Neurolemma. C) Dendrite. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrite. 16. This part of the body connects bones A) Joints. B) Torso. C) Skull. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joints. 17. Whitish, fatty material that covers axons and helps to insulate the nerve A) Myelin sheath. B) Nodes. C) Gated channels. D) Phospholipid membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myelin sheath. 18. Our brain looks like A) An apple. B) An orange. C) A walnut. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A walnut. 19. What kind of system involves all the bones of the body? A) Circulatory system. B) Respiratory system. C) Support system. D) Skeletal system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeletal system. 20. What is an involuntary response? A) Reflex. B) Neurotransmitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reflex. 21. Which of the following voltages would most likely be measured during the relative refractory period? A) -45 mV. B) -80 mV. C) 0 mV. D) +30 mV. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -80 mV. 22. Many excitatory neurotransmitters cause the opening of channels that allow for the flow of ..... A) Na+ only. B) Cl-only. C) K+ only. D) Both Na+ and K+. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both Na+ and K+. 23. Which of these is the last event of a nerve impulse? A) Repolarization-membrane returns to resting state. B) Neuron at rest is polarized. C) Sodium-potassium pump restores ion balance. D) Stimulus changes membrane permeability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sodium-potassium pump restores ion balance. 24. Find the answer that best describes homeostasis regulation in the human body. A) Amount of sunlight, aerobic and anaerobic respiration. B) Amount of sleep, temperature, and blood flow. C) Temperature, water, sugar level and sodium. D) Calcium, passive transport, ATP and blinking rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temperature, water, sugar level and sodium. 25. This deep groove divides the cerebrum into right and left cerebral hemispheres. A) Central Sulcus. B) Longitudinal Sulcus. C) Central Fissure. D) Longitudinal Fissure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Longitudinal Fissure. 26. The amygdala, the hypothalamus and the hippocampus are a part of A) Hindbrain. B) Forebrain. C) Cerebral cortex. D) Limbic system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Limbic system. 27. The letters PNS stands for what? A) Peripheral Nerve Signs. B) Personal Nervous System. C) Peripheral Nervous System. D) Personal Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral Nervous System. 28. Autoimmune disease characterized by degeneration or scaring of the myelin sheath. A) Osteoporosis. B) Parkinson's Disease. C) Multiple Sclerosis. D) Alzheimer's Disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multiple Sclerosis. 29. The neuron's life support that contains the nucleus is: A) Myelin Sheaths. B) Axon. C) Dendrites. D) Soma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soma. 30. Mark the following statement if it is part of the PNS or CNS.includes nerves A) Central Nervous System. B) Peripheral Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral Nervous System. 31. Which of the following is an effector in the body's reaction to being too hot? A) Hypothalamus. B) Temperature receptors in the skin. C) Sensory nerve. D) Muscles of arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muscles of arm. 32. Which lobe is responsible for hearing and smell? A) Occipital. B) Frontal. C) Temporal. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal. 33. Clustered ribosomes and rough ER (endoplasmic reticulum) A) Dendrite. B) Myelin sheath. C) Axon. D) Neuron cell body. E) Nissl bodies. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Nissl bodies. 34. What is the process by which the central nervous system interprets all the information it receives from organs such as the eyes and the skin? A) Stimuli. B) Integration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Integration. 35. It has the mission of connecting nerve centers such as the brain and spinal cord with all body organs: A) Nerves. B) Membrane. C) Motor fibers. D) Axons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerves. 36. What is the function of sensory receptors? A) To produce hormones. B) To detect environmental changes and trigger nerve impulses. C) To synthesize proteins. D) To absorb nutrients. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To detect environmental changes and trigger nerve impulses. 37. THE SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM is a part of the peripheral nervous system. A) False. B) Only in the summer. C) Sometimes. D) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) True. 38. Gap between two adjacent communicating neurons A) Synaptic cleft. B) Axon. C) Myelin sheath. D) Threshold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synaptic cleft. 39. Which lobe deals with planning and personality? A) Occipital. B) Temporal. C) Parietal. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frontal. 40. Which part of the brain transmits impulses between the spinal cord and brain and controls things like blood pressure, heart rate, and swallowing? A) Spinal cord elongated. B) Pons. C) Hypothalamus. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord elongated. 41. The tube that connects the middle ear with the pharynx is the? A) Palantine. B) Eustachian. C) Esophagus. D) Tympanic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eustachian. 42. What is the term for a condition that results in recurrent seizures due to abnormal electrical activity in the brain? A) Parkinson's disease. B) Epilepsy. C) Alzheimer's/Dementia. D) Multiple sclerosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epilepsy. 43. Which photoreceptors do we use to see in low light? A) Rods. B) Fovea. C) Cones. D) Scones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rods. 44. What are the three major areas of the brain? A) Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Brain Stem. B) Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Cochlea. C) Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Midbrain. D) Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Medulla Oblangata. E) Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Cerebral Cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Brain Stem. 45. Stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system on the pupils causes? A) Constriction. B) Dilation. C) Discoloration. D) Tearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dilation. 46. The transfer of impulses in neurotransmitters are driven by chemicals. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 47. Experience a broken bone or other injury A) Parasympathetic. B) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic. 48. The part of the brain that controls conscious thoughts, learning ability, memory, senses and basic intelligence. A) Cerebellum. B) Dendrites. C) Brain Stem. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum. 49. Warmer temps increase ion diffusion in a neuron A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 50. What is the function of PNS? A) Recevive and process in formation. B) To carry nerve impulses towards the brain. C) Transmit nerve signals to and from the Central Nervous System. D) Receives and interprets nerve impulses from sensory receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transmit nerve signals to and from the Central Nervous System. 51. The adrenal glands make hormones that help you regulate your metabolism. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 52. Involuntary stimuli transmitted to cardiac and smooth muscles. A) Autonomic reflexes. B) Somatic Reflexes. C) Neuroglia. D) Nerve Impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic reflexes. 53. The long part of the neuron that carries signals away from the cell body: A) Nucleus. B) Axon. C) Dendrite. D) Myelin sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 54. As you move upward, from level to level, in an energy pyramid, energy ..... A) Increases. B) Decreases. C) Stays the same. D) Increases exponentially. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decreases. 55. Connections of neurons that explain reflexive behavior: A) Autonomic. B) Reflex Arc. C) Reflexes. D) Fight or Flight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflex Arc. 56. When synapses occur ..... A) Electrical energy is converted into more electrical energy. B) Chemical energy running through the neuron is passed through the synapse. C) Electrical energy from one neuron in converted to chemical energy in the synapse, to stimulate electrical energy in the next neuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electrical energy from one neuron in converted to chemical energy in the synapse, to stimulate electrical energy in the next neuron. 57. The portion of the brain that is continuous with the spinal cord. A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Brain. D) Brainstem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brainstem. 58. Which two locations will you find the ball and socket joints A) Arms and elbows. B) Knees and hips. C) Skull and neck. D) Shoulders and hips. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shoulders and hips. 59. Which of the TWO nervous systems contains motor and sensory neurons? A) Central nervous system. B) Motor. C) Sensory. D) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peripheral. 60. Lobe of the cerebrum that controls hearing A) Parietal. B) Frontal. C) Occipital. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temporal. ← 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