This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 302 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 302 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Imagine Charlotte, Daniel, and Michael are exploring the fascinating world of neurons. They come across a term 'Dendrite'. Can you help them understand what it is? A) Does it carry impulses away from the cell body?. B) Is it the message that a neuron carries?. C) Or does it carry impulses toward the cell's body?. D) Is it the body's reaction to a stimulus?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Or does it carry impulses toward the cell's body?. 2. Function of the middle ear? A) Funnel sounds into the inner ear. B) To create a chain of three bones. C) Transfer sounds into vibrations to the inner ear. D) Transfer vibrations into sounds to the inner ear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transfer vibrations into sounds to the inner ear. 3. What part of your brain controls thoughts, learning, and voluntary muscle movements? A) Thalamus. B) Cerebrum. C) Hypothalamus. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 4. Which of the following are the parts of a neuron? A) Brain, spinal cord, and vertebral column. B) Cortex, medulla and sheath. C) Dendrite, axon, and cell body. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrite, axon, and cell body. 5. What part of the nervous system contains nerves that send information to all parts of the body? A) Axon. B) Spinal Cord. C) Brain. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal Cord. 6. Large Upper part of the brain that controls activity and thought A) Cerebellum. B) Spinal Cord. C) Cerebrum. D) Brain Stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum. 7. Part of the eye that carries signals from the retina to the brain is called ..... A) Optic nerve. B) Auditory nerve. C) Lens. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Optic nerve. 8. What is the orange part of the brain? A) Front Lobe. B) Temporal Lobe. C) Parietal Lobe. D) Occipital Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Front Lobe. 9. Located in the occipital lobe A) Motor cortex. B) Visual Cortex. C) Auditory Association Area. D) Sensory Cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visual Cortex. 10. Spinothalamic tract A) Projection tract. B) Association tract. C) Commisural tract. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Projection tract. 11. The type of neuron that carries messages to the brain. A) They would bring. B) Conclusion. C) Midbrain. D) Concussion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They would bring. 12. A response that doesn't involve your brain is called ..... A) An impulse. B) The patella. C) A reflex. D) A neurotransmitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A reflex. 13. Part of the brain responsible for all life functions including:heart rate, breathing, and reflex actions (coughing, sneezing, swallowing, vomiting) A) Sensory neuron. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Meninges. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medulla oblongata. 14. Somatic sensory fibers convey information from A) The body. B) Liver. C) Lungs. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The body. 15. What is the largest and most prominent region of the human brain? A) Cerebral cortex. B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebellum. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 16. Select the correct functional classification:These are also known as association neurons, carrying impulses within and through the CNS. A) Sensory. B) Unipolar. C) Motor. D) Multipolar. E) Interneuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Interneuron. 17. If the respiratory system isn't working properly ..... A) The cells won't get enough protein. B) The cells won't get enough oxygen. C) The cells won't get enough glucose. D) The cells won't get enough amino acids. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cells won't get enough oxygen. 18. TRUE or FALSE:All nerves have the same job. For example, they all carry messages to the brain A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. An electrical impulse within a single neuron is called a A) Membrane potential. B) Action potential. C) Cell body. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Action potential. 20. Which process is goverened by the autonomic nervous system? A) Digesting food. B) Chewing. C) Writing. D) Running. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Digesting food. 21. An example of a semantic memory would be: A) Knowing that London is the capital of England. B) Remembering what happened at your 18th birthday party. C) Knowing how to ride a bike. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knowing that London is the capital of England. 22. What is the primary function of the meninges? A) To produce cerebrospinal fluid. B) To transmit electrical impulses. C) To protect and cushion the brain and spinal cord. D) To regulate hormone secretion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To protect and cushion the brain and spinal cord. 23. The central nervous system functions to: A) Process information, respond to stimuli, coordinate and bodily functions, control behaviour, highly protected. B) Coordinate and bodily functions, control behaviour, highly protected. C) Respond to stimuli. D) The central of everything. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Process information, respond to stimuli, coordinate and bodily functions, control behaviour, highly protected. 24. A muscle can be an effector A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. What is a stimulus in the context of the Stimulus-Response Model? A) An organ that responds to a change. B) A message sent to the brain. C) A change to the environment that can be detected and responded to. D) The final action as a result of the stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A change to the environment that can be detected and responded to. 26. What does a nociceptor sense? A) Light. B) Chemicals. C) Temperature. D) Pain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pain. 27. A synapse is a junction ..... A) Between cell bodies. B) Between neurotransmitters. C) Between a neuron and another cell . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between a neuron and another cell . 28. The junction between nerve cells is called the ..... A) Dendrite. B) Junction. C) Conclusion. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conclusion. 29. Long extension or fiber that transmits electrical impulses away from the cell body to other cells: A) Plasma membrane. B) Soma. C) Axon. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon. 30. Sensory nerves are located in this subsystem of the PNS A) Motor. B) Somatic. C) Cortical. D) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic. 31. The sensory nerves serve the function of carrying sensations to sense organs. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 32. The chemicals that bridge the gap between neurons (synapse) are called? A) Neurotransmitters. B) Hormones. C) Action potentials. D) Sodium and calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurotransmitters. 33. Combining form that means glue A) Tax/o. B) Gluc/o. C) Glu/o. D) Him/her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Him/her. 34. What does the word "converging" mean? A) To separate. B) To come together. C) Parallel. D) Perpendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To come together. 35. What part of the nerve carries the nerve impulse away from the cell body? A) Dendrites. B) Conclusion. C) Cerebellum. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axon. 36. Where are the cell bodies of sensory (afferent) neurons found? A) In the muscles & tendons. B) In the skin. C) Outside the CNS. D) Inside the CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outside the CNS. 37. The job of this part of the nervous system is to regulate the body's functions involuntarily A) Somatic NS. B) Central NS. C) Autonomic NS. D) Peripheral NS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autonomic NS. 38. What are the main parts of a neuron and their functions? A) Cell body, dendrites, and axon. B) Heart, lungs, and liver. C) Root, stem, and leaves. D) Eyes, ears, and nose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell body, dendrites, and axon. 39. The parietal lobe are part of the ..... nervous system. A) Peripheral. B) Central. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central. 40. What is Multiple Sclerosis? A) A bruise. B) A progressive disorder that interferes with the transmission of nerve impulses from the motor areas of the brain. C) The progressive destruction of the myelin sheath. D) A traumatic brain injury caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head or by a hit to the body that causes the head and brain to move rapidly back and forth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The progressive destruction of the myelin sheath. 41. What part of the brain is most effected by Alzheimer's disease? A) Hippocampus. B) Hypothalamus. C) Cerebellum. D) Callous body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hippocampus. 42. The brain stem is ..... A) It contains fibers. B) The part connected to the mid brain. C) The stem-like part of the base of the brain that is connected to the spinal cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The stem-like part of the base of the brain that is connected to the spinal cord. 43. What is the broad band of nerves that separates the two hemispheres of the brain? A) Corpus Callosum. B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebellum. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Corpus Callosum. 44. The neurons that conduct information towards the CNS are ..... A) Sensory neurons. B) Efferent neurons. C) Interneurons. D) Motor neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory neurons. 45. A signal begins in the Afferent division. Where does it go next? A) Proprioceptors throughout the body. B) CNS. C) Olfactory Nerve XX. D) PNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CNS. 46. The delay between sensing something and responding to it is the ..... A) Spinal cord. B) Nervous system. C) Reaction time. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reaction time. 47. The central nervous system sends and receives messages through the brain A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 48. Parkinson's disease results form a disorder in the: A) Basal ganglia. B) Temporal lobe. C) Ventricles. D) Parietal lobe. E) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basal ganglia. 49. Ossicle shown by number ..... A) 3. B) 9. C) 11. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 50. This brain structure relays sensory impulses to the cerebrum and deals with emotion related to memory: A) Thalamus. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Hypothalamus. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thalamus. 51. SECTION:The Nervous SystemTWO SYSTEMS WITHIN A SYSTEM CNS=Central Nervous SystemWhat is the central nervous system? A) The CNS is the spinal cord only which controls the body by itself. B) The CNS is the brain only which controls your body by itself. C) The CNS is the brain and spinal cord which is the control center for your body. D) The CNS is the nerves and neurons which control the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The CNS is the brain and spinal cord which is the control center for your body. 52. Often called the voice box A) Vocal cords. B) Pharynx. C) Larynx. D) Trachea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Larynx. 53. A loss of hearing is called ..... A) Blindness. B) Numbness. C) Incoordination. D) Deafness. E) Unsteadiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deafness. 54. There are 3 types of muscles. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 55. The first step in the reflex response is ..... A) Sensory Organ detecting Stimuli. B) Motor Neuron to the Structure. C) Sensory Organ to Sensory Neuron. D) Sensory Neuron to Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory Organ detecting Stimuli. 56. What helps in walking without jerkiness in our body? A) Nerves. B) Cerebellum. C) Spinal Cord. D) Ulna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal Cord. 57. The brain can become ..... to a maintained stimulus such as the feel of clothing on the skin, persistent odors, ongoing sounds, etc. A) More responsive. B) Less responsive. C) Both of the above. D) Neither of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less responsive. 58. Separates the Frontal from the Parietal Lobes A) Longitudinal Fissure. B) Central Sulcus. C) Lateral Sulcus. D) Postcentral Gyrus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central Sulcus. 59. Which layer of the meninges is the one closest to the skull? A) Piamater. B) Arachnoid mater. C) Subarachnoid space. D) Dura mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dura mater. 60. Which can be positive or negative? A) Action potential. B) Graded potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Graded potential. ← 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