This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 284 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 284 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What's another name for smell? A) Gustation. B) Olfaction. C) Vision. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Olfaction. 2. Which sensory organ is NOT directly involved in the sensory processing of the nervous system? A) Skin. B) Heart. C) Eyes. D) Ears. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heart. 3. The nervous system is composed of the: A) Brain. B) Nerves. C) Spinal cord. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. Which has to do with speech, taste, and thought? A) Occipital lobe. B) Frontal lobe. C) Parietal lobe. D) Temporal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parietal lobe. 5. What does the synaptic terminal(axon terminal) do? A) Turns the chemical signal into an electrical impulse. B) Provides energy for the cell. C) Converts the electrical impulse back into a chemical signal and expels it from the cell. D) Receives a chemical signal and sends it to the axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Converts the electrical impulse back into a chemical signal and expels it from the cell. 6. Sensing hot or cold A) Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). B) Central Nervous System (CNS). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). 7. The autonomic nervous system is split into how many parts? A) 2. B) 5. C) 1. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 8. The nerves that cause you to move A) Sensory. B) Motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor. 9. Which of the following is NOT one of your five senses? A) Sight. B) Hearing. C) Smell. D) Winking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Winking. 10. What types of neurotransmitters stop an action potential A) Sending. B) Excititory. C) Stopping. D) Inhibitory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inhibitory. 11. What are the major positive ions situated outside the neuron when it is polarized? A) Sodium Ions. B) Calcium Ions. C) Magnesium Ions. D) Potassium Ions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sodium Ions. 12. Once the threshold potential is reached in a neuron, which of the following occurs? A) An action potential is generated. B) The interior of the cell becomes negative. C) Na+ channels close. D) K+ channels open. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An action potential is generated. 13. The brain is the command center of the nervous system. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 14. Liam, Benjamin, and Anika are studying for their biology exam. They are discussing how the body sends and receives intelligent information. Benjamin suggests that it's the ..... that performs this function. A) Brain. B) Central nervous system. C) Nervous system. D) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 15. Masses of neuron cell bodies A) Neurolemma. B) Neuroglia. C) Nissl bodies. D) Ganglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ganglia. 16. Which lobe of the brain is concerned with vision? A) Parietal lobe. B) Occipital lobe. C) Temporal lobe. D) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occipital lobe. 17. Processes the information received by the sensory organs and regulates the actions directed by the brain. A) The Neuron. B) Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). C) Central Nervous System (CNS). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central Nervous System (CNS). 18. What part of the brain controls vital and involuntary actions like breathing? A) Brain Stem. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) Temporal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain Stem. 19. Many of the peripheral nerve axons are covered with an outer sheath surrounding a Schwann cell of a myelinated axon. This is called the A) Sarcolemma. B) Plexus. C) Ganglia. D) Neurilemma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurilemma. 20. Which part of the brain helps us with our vision? A) Frontal lobe. B) Temporal lobe. C) Occipital lobe. D) Parietal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occipital lobe. 21. The spinal cord terminates at the last bone of the coccyx. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. The eardrum is otherwise known as the: A) Pinna. B) Tympanic membrane. C) Oval window. D) Ossicles. E) Auricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tympanic membrane. 23. Coordinates and fine-tunes skeletal muscle movements to ensure that muscle contractions lead to smooth movements A) Spinal cord elongated. B) Cerebrum. C) Pons. D) Brain Stem. E) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Cerebellum. 24. What part of the nerve cell protects the message as it travels? A) Soma. B) Sheath. C) Axon. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sheath. 25. What is the function of association neurons (interneurons)? A) Connect motor & sensory neurons in neural pathways. B) Carry impulses from CNS to the viscera, muscles & glands. C) Detect amount of stretch/tension. D) Maintain balance/posture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connect motor & sensory neurons in neural pathways. 26. Our body finds out about the world around us using our ..... A) Light rays. B) Skeleton. C) Sense organs. D) Intestines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sense organs. 27. Is the biggest and most visible part of the BRAIN A) Brain. B) Cerebrum. C) Gray matter. D) Voluntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 28. The Central Nervous system has 2 parts: A) The stomach. B) The nerves. C) The organs. D) The brain and the spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The brain and the spinal cord. 29. What is the role of the myelin on a neuron? A) Stimulates. B) Insulates. C) Keeps warm. D) Relays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insulates. 30. What are the names of the lobes of the cerebrum? A) Frontal, parietal, zygomatic, ventricle, occipital. B) Frontal, parietal, temporal, insula, occipital. C) Frontal, parietal, temporal, cerebellum, pons. D) Frontal, parietal, thalamus, insula, occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frontal, parietal, temporal, insula, occipital. 31. Mr. Seth met with an accident that impacted his balance. Which part of his brain would have been impacted in this accident? A) Skull. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 32. Question 9A tight-rope walker or gymnast would need to have a well-developed:( the right answer) A) The brain. B) Brain stem. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 33. Which portion of the brainstem is the most proximal? A) Spinal cord elongated. B) Spinal Cord. C) Pons. D) Midbrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Midbrain. 34. ..... is like a window that controls and focuses the entry of light into our eye. A) Retina. B) Cornea. C) Iris. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cornea. 35. The brain stem consists of the: A) Pons, medulla, cerebellum, and midbrain. B) Midbrain only. C) Midbrain, medulla, and pons. D) Gyrus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Midbrain, medulla, and pons. 36. Where two bones meet, they are connected and held together by a ..... A) Ligament. B) Tendon. C) Fracture. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligament. 37. FIBERS THAT SEND MESSAGES AWAY FROM THE CELL BODY TO OTHER NEURONS A) NUCLEUS. B) AXON. C) CELL BODY. D) DENDRITE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) AXON. 38. Blood cells are living A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 39. Which of the following is most closely associated with the diencephalon? A) Thalamus. B) Meninges. C) Frontal lobe. D) Sulci. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thalamus. 40. Which of the following statements about the cerebral cortex is true? A) The larger the area on the somatosensory cortex, the more sensitive the perception. B) The smaller the area on the somatosensory cortex, the more sensitive the perception. C) The larger area on the parietal cortex, the more sensitive the hearing. D) The smaller the area on the partietal cortex, the more sensitive the hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The larger the area on the somatosensory cortex, the more sensitive the perception. 41. Which division of the nervous system is divided into the brain and spinal cord? A) Autonomic NS. B) Peripheral NS. C) Central NS. D) Somatic NS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central NS. 42. Cells that make up the nervous system & are bundled together in the spinal cord. A) Spinal Cord. B) Neurons. C) Nervous System. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurons. 43. Which statement about the direction of nerve impulse transmission is true? A) Nerve impulses can be transmitted directly from the sensory neurone to the motor neurone in the reflex arc. B) Nerve impulses can be transmitted from the brain to the sensory neurone. C) Nerve impulses can be transmitted directly to the brain via motor neurones. D) Nerve impulses can be transmitted along the relay neurone to the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nerve impulses can be transmitted along the relay neurone to the brain. 44. Which nervous system disease is characterized by memory loss, confustion, and the gradual loss of control over mental and physical abilities? A) Parkinson's Disease. B) Huntington's Disease. C) Multiple Sclerosis. D) Alzheimer's Disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alzheimer's Disease. 45. Identify D, allows light to enter A) Cornea. B) Iris. C) Optic nerve. D) Pupil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pupil. 46. Sensory neurons conduct impulses..... A) From a sensory receptor to the CNS. B) From the CNS to an effector. C) Away from the CNS to create a response. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From a sensory receptor to the CNS. 47. While thinking which part of the brain we are using? A) Cerebellum. B) Medulla. C) Cerebrum. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum. 48. How many moons does Saturn have? A) 1. B) 48. C) 76. D) 82. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 82. 49. The structure that marks the end of the external ear and the beginning of the middle ear is called the A) Labyrinth. B) Pinna. C) Tympanic membrane. D) Hammer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tympanic membrane. 50. Another name for the cauda equina A) Horse's tail. B) Anterior horns. C) Cranial corner. D) Posterior horns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horse's tail. 51. At the age of 50, pupils widen to ..... A) 5 mm. B) 5 cm. C) 8 mm. D) 8 cm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5 mm. 52. ..... maintains the balance of the body. A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Brain. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 53. Functions such as heartbeat, breathing and digestion are controlled by the ..... nervous system A) Autonomic. B) Endocrine. C) Somatic. D) Central. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic. 54. The involuntary actions of our body is controlled by the ..... part of the brain. A) Spinal cord elongated. B) Nerves. C) Cerebellum. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord elongated. 55. The cell bodies of the ..... neurons are always located within the CNS A) Sensory. B) Proprioceptor. C) Afferent. D) Motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor. 56. Specialized cells that carry messages through electrochemical process are called? A) Conclusion. B) Neurons. C) Dendrites. D) Axons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurons. 57. This is a band of connective tissue that surrounds whole muscles. A) Ligament. B) Epimysium. C) Perimysium. D) Endomysium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epimysium. 58. In a study of pain medications, injections of a saline solution (which contains no chemicals) were shown to be quite effective for relieving pain. This is an example of A) The experimenter effect. B) The placebo effect. C) An order effect. D) Use of non-standardised instructions and procedures. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The placebo effect. 59. It carries a message from one neuron to another. A) Interneuron. B) Neuron. C) Neurotransmitter. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interneuron. 60. Structure of the Nervous system A) Central and peripheral. B) Brain, spinal cord, ganglion and nerve. C) Heart, brain and the central. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain, spinal cord, ganglion and nerve. ← 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