This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 298 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 298 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The cells responsible for taste are called A) Cone Cells. B) Olfactory cells. C) Gustatory Cells. D) Basal Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gustatory Cells. 2. This structure sends images to the brain so we see the image correctly. A) Cornea. B) Lens. C) Optic Nerve. D) Iris. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Optic Nerve. 3. Which of the following transmits information from the spinal cord to the extremities of the body? A) Spinal plexus. B) Dorsal root ganglia. C) Ventral roots. D) Dorsal roots. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ventral roots. 4. Incoming sensory impulses are filtered by the A) Hypothalamus. B) Reticular formation. C) Meninges. D) Callous body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reticular formation. 5. The part of the central nervous system that decodes the information from nerve impulses and decides if a response is needed is ..... A) The spinal cord. B) The brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The brain. 6. Which part of the nervous system controls involuntary body functions? A) Autonomic nervous system. B) Sympathetic nervous system. C) Parasympathetic nervous system. D) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic nervous system. 7. What happens if the threshold potential is not met by a graded potential? A) The signal will be very weak and might not make it to the next neuron. B) The signal will dissipate without creating an action potential. C) The cell will be stuck and will not be able to repolarize. D) Nothing, a normal action potential will occur-it will just be a little weaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The signal will dissipate without creating an action potential. 8. Which part of the brain helps you balance and coordinate movements? A) Cerebellum. B) Brainstem. C) Medulla tagsMS-LS1.8. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 9. What part of the nervous system is activated when you get sleey when you are full? A) Parasympathetic. B) Sympathetic. C) Somatic. D) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasympathetic. 10. Receives sensory information and relays it to the proper part of brain for further processing A) Thalamus. B) Hypothalamus. C) Reticular Formation. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thalamus. 11. What are general sensory receptors typically made of? A) Specialized muscle fibers. B) Blood vessels. C) Bone marrow cells. D) Modified nerve endings of sensory neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Modified nerve endings of sensory neurons. 12. Which type of nerve cell sends messages from the brain to the muscles and tissues in the body? A) Interneuro. B) Motor. C) Sensory. D) Auxiliary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor. 13. Very sensitive to light A) Phototransduction. B) Rods. C) Bipolar Neurons. D) Cones. E) Photorecepters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rods. 14. A muscle that controls how much light enters the eye A) Fovea. B) Iris. C) Pupil. D) Sclera. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iris. 15. Which tupe of muscle helps push food out of your stomach when you need to throw up? A) Smooth. B) Stomach. C) Cardiac. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smooth. 16. The organ that carries out a response to a message is called the: A) Stimulus. B) Effector. C) Response. D) Receptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effector. 17. Structure that connects the brain to spinal cord and controls the most basic body functions like breathing: A) Cerebrum. B) Brain Stem. C) Cerebellum. D) Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain Stem. 18. Synapses is a process of A) Neuronal communication. B) Muscular contraction. C) Reflex arc. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuronal communication. 19. Motor neurones..... A) Carry impulses from the sense receptors or organs to the brain. B) Carry impulses from the brain to the organs/muscles. C) Transmit impulses from sensory neurons to motor neurons. D) Carry impulses between relay neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carry impulses from the brain to the organs/muscles. 20. The type of neuron that sends the message from the brain to move the muscles. A) Sensitive neuron. B) Mild neuron. C) Sensory neuron. D) Motor neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor neuron. 21. Check the correct option A) Dentrites talk to dendrites from the cell next to them over something called synapse. B) Nerves talk to dendrites from the cell next to them over something called synapse. C) Axons talk to dendrites from the cell next to them over something called synapse. D) Neurons talk to dendrites from the cell next to them over something called synapse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dentrites talk to dendrites from the cell next to them over something called synapse. 22. This area of the brain controls respirations, heart rate and is responsible for the vomiting reflex: A) Pons. B) Spinal cord elongated. C) Midbrain. D) Frontal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord elongated. 23. IMPULSES TRAVEL SLOWER WHEN THERE IS A MYELIN SHEATH. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 24. Taste receptor cells are called: A) Meissner's corpuscles. B) Taste buds. C) Taste papillae. D) Rods & cones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taste buds. 25. We feel things from the outside through our skin or dermis. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 26. Which part of the brain is responsible for controlling muscle coordination? A) Brainstem. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Cerebellum. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 27. Which shows the correct pathway of nerve impulses? A) Relay neurone $\rightarrow$ motor neurone $\rightarrow$ effector. B) Receptor $\rightarrow$ relay neurone $\rightarrow$ sensory neurone $\rightarrow$ motor neurone. C) Receptor $\rightarrow$ sensory neurone $\rightarrow$ effector $\rightarrow$ motor neurone. D) Motor neurone $\rightarrow$ relay neurone $\rightarrow$ sensory neurone $\rightarrow$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relay neurone $\rightarrow$ motor neurone $\rightarrow$ effector. 28. Sympathetic and parasympathetic are parts of what nervous system? A) Voluntary nervous system. B) Autonomic nervous system. C) Central nervous system. D) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic nervous system. 29. What part of the motor division of the nervous system controls voluntary skeletal muscles? A) Autonomic Nervous System. B) Parasympathetic Nervous System. C) Somatic Nervous System. D) Central Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Somatic Nervous System. 30. Which glial cell absorb chemicals that the neuron secretes? A) Astrocytes. B) Oligodendroglia. C) Schwann Cells. D) Sensory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oligodendroglia. 31. The coverings of the brain and spinal cord A) Mesenteries. B) Dendrites. C) Ventricles. D) Meninges. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meninges. 32. The right hemisphere control the ..... side of the body, while the left hemisphere controls the ..... side of the body A) Right, left. B) Left, left. C) Right, right. D) Left, right. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Left, right. 33. Nerves transport information to the brain A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 34. Is the most intelligent animal on the earth A) Big brain. B) Dog. C) Man. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Man. 35. What is the name of cells that support and protect the cells that send information? A) Neurons. B) Dendrites. C) Neuroglia tagsB.LS1.3. D) Axons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neuroglia tagsB.LS1.3. 36. What part of the nervous system is reponsible for the body's "fight or flight" response? A) Peripheral. B) Sympathetic. C) Cerebrospinal. D) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic. 37. The human brain has the consistency of gelatin and relies on the skull for protection. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 38. Sensory nerve system carrying information from receptors to brain or spinal cord. A) Peripheral nervous system(PNS). B) Central nervous system (CNS). C) Efferent system. D) Afferent system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Afferent system. 39. Branchlike part of neurons that receives impulses from other neurons A) Axon. B) Dendrites. C) Cerberal Cortex. D) Myelin Sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrites. 40. The membranes of the meninges A) Line the spinal cord only. B) Line the brain only. C) Exist in three layers that all have the same structural properties. D) Line the brain directly, only if referring to the meningeal layer known as the pia mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Line the brain directly, only if referring to the meningeal layer known as the pia mater. 41. We are bone with 206 bones. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. The lateral ventricle communicates with the third ventricle through which method? A) Foramen of Magendie. B) Cerebral aqueduct. C) Central canal. D) Interventricular foramen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interventricular foramen. 43. Which sense organ helps you to tell the different in sizes of objects? A) Ear. B) Tongue. C) Eye. D) Nose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eye. 44. This is the time period where a neuron is unable to fire. A) Action potential. B) Relative refractory period. C) Absolute refractory period. D) Resting potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absolute refractory period. 45. The peripheral nervous system DOESN'T control automatic actions. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 46. Astrocytes help to support the neurons by helping to distribute nutrients to nervous cells. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 47. The ..... is an exceptionally well-organized body system. A) Autonomic nervous system. B) Neurology. C) Central nervous system. D) Nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nervous system. 48. This division of the Nervous System relays controls organs in times of stress. A) Parasympathetic Nervous System. B) Peripheral Nervous System. C) Sympathetic Nervous System. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sympathetic Nervous System. 49. Chemicals that axons secrete on effectors or other neurons A) Neurotransmitters. B) Cholinergic fiber. C) Adrenergic fiber. D) Chromatophilic substance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurotransmitters. 50. These neurons detect stimuli (a change) and carry information from receptors to the central nervous system. These neurons are found in the skin, glands, etc. A) Sensory Neurons (Receptor). B) Interneuron (Relay neuron). C) Motor Neuron (Effectors). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory Neurons (Receptor). 51. These chemical messengers are synthesized and secreted by various glands (a) A) Nervous. B) Circulatory. C) A endocrine. D) Chemical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A endocrine. 52. What are the three basic colors of light are observed by the light sensitive cones on the retina of the eye? A) Yellow, green and blue. B) Purple, orange, green. C) Green, blue, red. D) Red, yellow and purple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Green, blue, red. 53. A ( ) occurs when muscles are overworked. A) Muscle contusion. B) Muscle strain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscle strain. 54. What is the funciton of the motor/efferent division of the nervous system? A) Integrate sensory info. B) Send sensory data to the central nervous system. C) Determine a response. D) Carry out or activates the response. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carry out or activates the response. 55. Cornea does not protect iris but it does protect cornea. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 56. What part of the neuron covers the axon and allows for the impulse to travel quickly? A) Dendrite. B) Conclusion. C) Myelin. D) Neurotransmitters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myelin. 57. An abnormal growth of brain tissues. A) Meningitis. B) Parkinson's disease. C) Polio. D) Brain tumor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain tumor. 58. The peripheral nervous system consists the brain and spinal cord. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 59. What type of neuron carries impulses AWAY from the central nervous system? A) Sensory. B) Integrative. C) Motor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor. 60. Found in the skin to detect a stimulus A) Pain receptor. B) Sensory neuron. C) Motor neuron. D) Interneuron/spinal cord. 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