This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 27 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the two parts of the nervous system? A) The outer nervous system and inner nervous system. B) The central nervous system and inner nervous system. C) The outer nervous system and peripheral nervous system. D) The central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. 2. Examples of voluntary movements: A) Breathing. B) Heartbeats. C) Digestion. D) Running and walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Running and walking. 3. Sends out and coordinates the brains messages. Also controls automatic functions like breathing. A) Brainstem. B) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brainstem. 4. What is the English Meaning of the Medical Term Thec/o [ THEC/o ]? A) Pain, Painful Condition. B) Speech. C) Paralysis [ Paralyzed ]. D) Movement. E) Sheath [ Refers to the Meninges ]. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Sheath [ Refers to the Meninges ]. 5. Steven was staring at a purple piece of paper. When he looked away he still saw the image but it was yellow. This is an example of A) Retina. B) Accurate depth perception. C) Afterimage. D) Blind spot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Afterimage. 6. The ..... lobe, located behind the forehead, does much of the work of complex thinking, like planning, imagining, making decisions, and reasoning. A) Frontal lobe. B) Temporal lobe. C) Parietal lobe. D) Occipital lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal lobe. 7. The white matter of the spinal cord is made up of ..... A) Nerve fibres of the neurons. B) Nerve fibres of the cytons. C) Cell bodies of the neurons. D) Cell bodies of the cytons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerve fibres of the neurons. 8. How do animals learn how to respond to stimuli through experience? A) Learnt responses. B) Inborn responses. C) Developed responses. D) Innate responses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inborn responses. 9. Which neuroglial cell is responsible for myelination of the axons of neurons of the peripheral nervous system? A) Oligodendrocites. B) Satellite cells. C) Astrocytes. D) Schwann cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Schwann cells. 10. Clusters of neuron cell bodies in the CNS are called ..... A) Ganglia. B) Tracts. C) Nerves. D) Nuclei. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nuclei. 11. This type of neuron carries impulse to move muscles or cause glands to secrete. A) Sensory. B) Motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor. 12. With proper nutrition nerve cells can live how long? A) 100 years. B) 20 years. C) 10 years. D) 50 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 100 years. 13. Carries signal from environment to CNS A) Afferent neuron. B) Efferent neuron. C) Interneuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Afferent neuron. 14. The suffix for hernia or protrusion is-cele A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Nerve cells that conduct impulses from the brain to muscles and glands throughout your body A) Motor neurons. B) Sensory neurons. C) Neurotransmitters. D) Interneurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor neurons. 16. This is at the end of a neuron A) Cell body. B) Dendrites. C) Axon terminal. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon terminal. 17. What are the chemical senses in humans called? A) Sight and hearing. B) Smell and taste. C) Touch and pressure. D) Balance and movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smell and taste. 18. What are the two main parts of the CNS? A) Heart and brain. B) Brain and spinal cord. C) Brain and muscles. D) Stomach and brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain and spinal cord. 19. Which part of the brain is responsible for regulating breathing, heart rate & blood pressure? A) Brainstem. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brainstem. 20. A type of sensory receptor that detects chemicals are ..... A) Nocireceptors. B) Thermoreceptors. C) Chemoreceptors. D) Mechanoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chemoreceptors. 21. If you were to touch the spine on a cactus, what would be the correct order of the reflex response? A) Sensory neuron, brain, motor neuron. B) Motor neuron, brain, sensory neuron. C) Sensory neuron, motor neuron, brain. D) Motor neuron, sensory neuron, brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory neuron, brain, motor neuron. 22. Which neurotransmitter is associated with reward mechanisms in the brain? A) Norepinephrine. B) Dopamine. C) GABA. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dopamine. 23. Indirect motor pathway A) Corticobulbar tract. B) Vestibulospinal tract. C) Lateral corticospinal tract. D) Anterior corticospinal tract. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vestibulospinal tract. 24. What happens first when a neurotransmitter binds to a postsynaptic neuron? A) Electrophoresis begins. B) Ions diffuse. C) Repolarization. D) Ca 2+ channels open. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ions diffuse. 25. Preparing the body for the "fight-or-flight" response is the role of the ..... A) Cerebrum. B) Somatic nervous sys. C) Parasympathetic nervous sys. D) Sympathetic nervous sys. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sympathetic nervous sys. 26. What is the purpose of the respiratory system? A) Takes in oxygen and release carbon dioxide. B) Takes in carbon dioxide and releases oxygen. C) Takes in nitrogen and releases carbon dioxide. D) Takes in oxygen and releases nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Takes in oxygen and release carbon dioxide. 27. The voluntary nervous system is also called the ..... nervous system. A) Somatic. B) Motor. C) Central. D) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic. 28. The information that is gathered by the body is known as ..... A) Neuron. B) Organs. C) Stimuli. D) Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stimuli. 29. Lobe at the bottom of the back. A) Temporal lobe. B) Frontal lobe. C) Occipital lobe. D) Parietal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occipital lobe. 30. A loss of the difference in charge between the inside and outside of the plasma membrane of a nerve cell due to a change in permeability and migration of sodium ions to the interior. A) Polarized. B) Repolarization. C) Conclusion. D) Depolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Depolarization. 31. Which neurons carry messages from the brain to muscles? A) Sensory neuron. B) Motor neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor neuron. 32. Where the auditory and the olfactory areas are located. A) Neurotransmitters. B) Temporal lobe. C) Frontal lobe. D) Irritability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temporal lobe. 33. Regular movement of muscles are controlled by which section of the Peripheral nervous system? A) Somatic (voluntary). B) Spinal cord. C) Sensory. D) Autonomic (Involuntary). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic (voluntary). 34. Which detect stretch or tension A) Muscle Spindle. B) Bare nerve endings. C) Proprioceptors. D) Pacinian corpuscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proprioceptors. 35. Which Cranial Nerve is mixed to neck & tongue? A) XI. B) X. C) XII. D) IX. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) IX. 36. There are ..... pairs of cranial nerves. A) 31. B) 12. C) 33. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12. 37. All actions of the nervous system are voluntary. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 38. The brain waves of a person in deep sleep A) Theta. B) Betta. C) Alpha. D) Delta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Delta. 39. What are the two most important parts of the nervous system? A) Brain and spinal cord. B) Blood and veins. C) Brain and veins. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain and spinal cord. 40. Which structure in the eye adjusts the focus of the visual image on the retina? A) Vitreous body. B) Lens. C) Iris. D) Cornea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lens. 41. What is the correct order of the ossicles? A) Hammer, Incus Stapes. B) Anvil, Hammer, Staples. C) Staples, Anvil, Hammer. D) Staples, Hammer, Anvil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hammer, Incus Stapes. 42. If there is an injury in the hypothalamus region of the brain, it is most likely to affect A) Short-term memory. B) Regulation of body temperature. C) Decision making. D) Co-ordination during locomotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regulation of body temperature. 43. True or False:Skeletal bones provide shape, support, protection and movement to your body. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 44. Second largest part of the brain that coordinates balance A) Medulla oblongata. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 45. Chemical synapses are more common than electrical synapses A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 46. Lobe of the brain concerned with the reception and coordination of sensory information like pain, pleasure, touch and temperature A) Parietal. B) Frontal. C) Temporal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parietal. 47. Gray matter of the brain, gyrus (elevations), sulcus (grooves), fissures (deep grooves), corpus callosum (connects hemispheres) A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebral cortex. C) The pons. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebral cortex. 48. Structures in which the neurotransmitter is stored A) Synaptic cleft. B) Postsynaptic terminal. C) Neurotransmitters. D) Synaptic vesicles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synaptic vesicles. 49. What part of the nerve cell transfers the signal? A) Cell body. B) Conclusion. C) Dendrite. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axon. 50. This is the part of the brain that is the largest part. This part makes up ¾ of the brain. A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Frontal Lobe. D) Brain Stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 51. What part of the nervous system is responsible for output? A) Central Nervous System. B) Peripheral Nervous System. C) Both!. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both!. 52. The sodium potassium pump allows A) Potassium ions out slower than sodium. B) Sodium ions out slower than potassium. C) Potassium ions out faster than sodium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Potassium ions out faster than sodium. 53. Most somata is in the ..... A) PNS. B) CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CNS. 54. Which part of the brain keeps you breathing? A) Brain stem. B) Gland. C) Cerebellum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain stem. 55. What is the function of the cerebellum in the nervous system? A) Regulating body temperature. B) Controlling voluntary movements. C) Transmitting signals between the brain and the rest of the body. D) Producing hormones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Controlling voluntary movements. 56. Consists of spinal nerves, cranial nerves and all other nerves A) Central nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral nervous system. 57. Olfactory receptors in your nose to help you smell are ..... A) Mechanoreceptors. B) Nociceptors. C) Chemoreceptors. D) Thermoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chemoreceptors. 58. Which part of eye will send message to brain. A) Pupil. B) Retina. C) Cornea. D) Optic nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Optic nerve. 59. How many parts are there in Brain A) 3. B) 5. C) 2. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 60. What part of the ear is #5 pointing to? 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