This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 280 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 280 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the space between two neurons called? A) Synaptic node. B) Neuronal gap. C) Synaptic cleft. D) Axonal space. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synaptic cleft. 2. Which is not a type of nocicieptor? A) Pressure. B) Chemical. C) Mechanical. D) Thermal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pressure. 3. What is the main purpose of the nervous system? A) To create information to be gathered. B) To connect stored information that is responded to. C) To gather, store, and respond to information. D) To circulate nutrients and information to the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To gather, store, and respond to information. 4. How many parts are there in our nervous system A) 3. B) 5. C) 33. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 5. What type of receptor cells are gustatory (taste) receptors? A) Thermoreceptors. B) Chemoreceptors. C) Mechanoreceptors. D) Photoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemoreceptors. 6. Has sensory fibers to scalp and upper lip A) Vagus. B) Trigeminal. C) Facial. D) Trochlear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trigeminal. 7. Glands are small organs located throughout your body that secrete (that means release) substances called hormones. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 8. In cells, an extension of a cell body; in the case of neurons, this includes the axon and dendrites. A) Process. B) Autonomic Nervous System (ANS). C) Microglia. D) Synapses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Process. 9. Which of the following is part of the peripheral nervous system (PNS)? A) Interneurons. B) Spinal cord elongated. C) Spinal Cord. D) Cranial Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cranial Nerves. 10. Which is NOT an example of a reflex? A) Pulling your hand away when you touch something hot. B) Sneezing when you breathe in dust. C) Yelling ouch with you touch a thorn. D) Thinking about a tricky math problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thinking about a tricky math problem. 11. Name the 3 parts of the neuron. A) Cell body, axon, dendrites. B) Cell body, mitochondria, nucleus. C) Spinal cord, fibers, neuroglia. D) Brain, spinal cord, nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell body, axon, dendrites. 12. The major relay station for action potentials going to and from the cerebral cortex is the A) Hypothalamus. B) Pineal body. C) Thalamus. D) Pons. E) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thalamus. 13. What part of the eye bends light to focus it on the retina? A) Optic Nerve. B) Lens. C) Retina. D) Iris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lens. 14. What is the central nervous system like? A) Brain and spinal cord. B) Spinal cord and brain. C) Brain and cerebellum. D) Cerebellum and spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain and spinal cord. 15. The ..... vibrate A) Brain. B) Outer ear. C) Eardrum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eardrum. 16. Important in maintaining homeostasis; maintains body temperature, water balance, and metabolism. controls emotions and drives such as hunger & thirst A) Thalamus. B) Epithalamus. C) Hypothalamus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothalamus. 17. ..... Carries information throughout the body A) Neuron. B) Epidermis. C) Homeostasis. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuron. 18. The ..... lobe integrates information from our senses, interprets our sense of touch, and monitors the relative position of the body A) Temporal. B) Frontal. C) Parietal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parietal. 19. Allows the neuron to receive information A) Cell body. B) Dendrite. C) Axon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrite. 20. Which division of the nervous system has the ability to regenerate its axons? A) PNS. B) CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PNS. 21. Nerves transport information A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. Which of the following could be part of the peripheral nervous system? ¿Cuál de los siguientes podría ser parte del sistema nervioso periférico? A) Cerebrum. B) Sensory organ. C) Brain stem. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory organ. 23. Brought together creating sensations and turning them into perceptions which is acted out by motor. A) Motor. B) Sensory. C) Integrative. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Integrative. 24. Once a threshold is acheived during nerve impulse flow, an event called ..... occurs. A) Diffusion. B) Excitation. C) Action potential. D) Wave. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Action potential. 25. What makes up the brain? A) Cortex tissue. B) Stem tissue. C) Brain tissue. D) Nerve tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nerve tissue. 26. The blood-brain barrier serves to ..... A) Prevent many water-soluble molecules from entering the brain. B) Provide physical protection to brain tissue. C) Block the movement of axons and dendrites out of their usual positions. D) Cushion the brain from jolts or sudden movements. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prevent many water-soluble molecules from entering the brain. 27. What is the most likely response to a hot temperature environment? A) Goosebumps. B) Sweating. C) Fever. D) Shivering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sweating. 28. Which sensory phenomenon acts as a warning signal of an imminent seizure or migraine? A) Disorder. B) Tinnitus. C) Aura. D) Great evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aura. 29. A brief change in membrane potential of a nerve due to the movement of ions across the plasma membrane (also known as an impulse). A) Saltatory conduction. B) Neurotransmitter. C) Graded potential. D) Action potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Action potential. 30. Why gives white matter its color? A) Dendrites. B) Neuron cell bodies. C) Myelin-covered axons. D) Blood vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myelin-covered axons. 31. The ..... nervous system regulates activities that are under conscious control, such as the movement of the skeletal muscles. A) Motor. B) Somatic. C) Autonomic. D) Central. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic. 32. Which part of the eye contains neurons that are light-sensitive? A) The lens. B) The choroid. C) The cornea. D) The retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The retina. 33. The ..... helps coordinate and fine‑tune movement and balance. A) Medulla. B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebellum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 34. Transmits messages between the CNS and all parts of the body A) Autonomic nervous system. B) Glandular nervous system. C) Peripheral nervous system. D) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral nervous system. 35. Nervous system that contains the brain and spinal cord A) Central nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. C) Autonomic nervous system. D) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central nervous system. 36. What occurs after neurotransmitters are released into the synaptic cleft? A) They bind to receptors on the postsynaptic neuron. B) They initiate the opening of Na⁺ channels on the presynaptic neuron. C) They are re-uptaken by re-uptake proteins. D) They open Ca²⁺ channels on the presynaptic terminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They bind to receptors on the postsynaptic neuron. 37. Sensory Nerves transfer information in what direction? A) Body to the Brain. B) Brain to the Body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Body to the Brain. 38. This glial cell is found in the CNS and produces myelin sheaths. A) Microglial cell. B) Ependymal cell. C) Oligodendrocyte. D) Astrocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oligodendrocyte. 39. Which brain part helps regulate body temp., controls water balance, and regulates metabolism? A) Cerebellum. B) Occipital Lobe. C) Thalamus. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hypothalamus. 40. A pinch, poke, or other change occuring outside the body A) Conclusion. B) Stimulus. C) Cutaneous sense organs. D) Glial cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stimulus. 41. Fold of tissue that vibrate and often make sounds A) Ventricles. B) Epiglottis. C) Vocal cords. D) Atria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vocal cords. 42. This part of the brain is divided into 3 parts and is located between the 2 cerebral hemispheres. A) Corpus Callosum. B) Hypothalamus. C) Diencephalon. D) Midbrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diencephalon. 43. An action potential A) Prevents the neuron cell membrane from altering its charge. B) Causes the inside of the neuron cell membrane to become positive and the outside negative. C) Causes the inside of the neuron cell membrane to become positive and the outside neutral. D) Causes the outside of the neuron cell membrane to become positive and the inside negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Causes the inside of the neuron cell membrane to become positive and the outside negative. 44. What system detects the environment? A) Sensory System. B) Central Nervous System. C) Peripheral Nervous System. D) Brain System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory System. 45. What is the protective covering of the axon called? A) Cytoplasm. B) Myelin Sheath. C) Cell Membrane. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myelin Sheath. 46. Carry impulses from the brain and the spinal cord to muscles and glands A) Nodes. B) Nerves. C) Motor neurons. D) Interneurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor neurons. 47. The signals sent between neurons are A) Electrical. B) Chemical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemical. 48. Which system functions to initiate the fight or flight response? A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic. 49. Quick Response action that does not need the involvement of the brain A) Voluntary Action. B) Reflex Action. C) Involuntary Action. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflex Action. 50. An thyroid gland disorder due to lack of iodine in one's diet. A) Goiter. B) Hypothroidism. C) Hyperthroidism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goiter. 51. Present in all tissues to detect temperature changes A) Chemoreceptors. B) Thermoreceptors. C) Proprioceptors. D) Baroreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thermoreceptors. 52. Name the sense organ responsible for detecting sight. A) The sense organ responsible for detecting sight is the tongue. B) The sense organ responsible for detecting sight is the ear. C) The sense organ responsible for detecting sight is the nose. D) The sense organ responsible for detecting sight is the eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sense organ responsible for detecting sight is the eye. 53. The thalamus comes from the Greek and means ..... A) Normal state. B) Inner chamber. C) Limbic system. D) Brave one. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inner chamber. 54. Which is NOT a basal ganglia function? A) Affects muscle tone. B) Storing proprioception memory. C) Producing and stopping movement. D) Eliminate unnecessary movement impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Storing proprioception memory. 55. Central cavity within the brain where CSF is produced and circulates. A) Cerebral Cortex. B) Schwann Cell. C) Ventricle. D) Gray Matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ventricle. 56. The eyeball is approximately ..... in shape. A) Elliptical. B) Spherical. C) Oval. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spherical. 57. A nerve that sends a reaction to your body parts is known a A) Motor neuron. B) Interneuron. C) Sensory neuron. D) Motion neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor neuron. 58. Which body system provides protection for the body system and its organs? A) Digestive. B) Circulatory. C) Muscular. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeletal. 59. What is the sensory organ that we use to hear? A) Eyes. B) Skin. C) Ears. D) Tongue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ears. 60. The peripheral nervous system sends and receives signals from the entire body? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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