This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 303 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 303 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What system can be represented as the frame of a house? A) Muscular. B) Nervous. C) Skeletal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal. 2. Food does not pass through which of the following? A) Mouth. B) Liver. C) Esophagus. D) Stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liver. 3. Brain and spinal cord are part of your ..... nervous system. A) PNS. B) CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CNS. 4. Parasympathetic nervous system calms the body to maintain energy A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Which part send signals to the brain? A) Outer ear. B) Inner ear. C) Middle ear. D) Eardrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inner ear. 6. During accomodation, if ciliary muscles contract up close, what do they do accomodating objects far away? A) Also contract. B) Relax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relax. 7. Nociceptors respond to: A) Various chemicals inside and outside the body. B) Pressure, stretch, or vibration. C) Pain from tissue damage. D) Changes in temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pain from tissue damage. 8. Which of these two is a voluntary? A) Reaction. B) Reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reaction. 9. What neurotransmitter is known as the "happy hormone" ? A) Melanin. B) Dopamine. C) Acetylcholine. D) Adrenaline. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dopamine. 10. The transparent lens in the human eye is held in its place by ..... A) Ligaments attached to the ciliary body. B) Smooth muscles attached to the iris. C) Smooth muscles attached to the ciliary body. D) Ligaments attached to the iris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligaments attached to the ciliary body. 11. "Fight or flight" behavior is associated with: A) Parasympathetic. B) Somatic. C) Central. D) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sympathetic. 12. Which of the following best describe how the nervous system works with other systems in the body? A) Stimulates organs and other body parts to perform their functions. B) Causes organs to start and stop. C) Tranfers messages to only one system at a time. D) The nervous system doesn't work with other systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stimulates organs and other body parts to perform their functions. 13. Moving your hand when you touch a cactus (stimulus). A) INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT. B) VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT. 14. The message traveling IN a neuron is what type of signal? A) Electrical. B) Chemical. C) Mechanical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electrical. 15. What is the most significant neurotransmitter in the basal ganglia? A) Epinephrine. B) Norepinephrine. C) Acetylcholine. D) Dopamine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dopamine. 16. On the average, nearly ..... ml of CSF are produced daily. A) 100. B) 500. C) 1, 000. D) 140. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 500. 17. Which of these are effectors?-an effector effects (brings about) a response A) Gland and Brain. B) Gland and Spinal cord. C) Muscle and Touch receptor. D) Muscle and Gland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muscle and Gland. 18. Metabolic rates typically are ..... at higher temperature and ..... at lower temperature. A) Faster; slower. B) Faster; faster. C) Slower; faster. D) The same speed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Faster; slower. 19. The dura mater, arachnoid and pia mater are all parts of the A) Spinal cord. B) Meninges. C) Brain. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meninges. 20. The cranial nerves are part of which nervous system? A) Parasympathetic. B) Sympathetic. C) Peripheral. D) Central. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral. 21. Vision is controlled by the ..... lobe of the cerebrum. A) Temporal. B) Parietal. C) Frontal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occipital. 22. Which lobe deals with auditory information and speech? A) Occipital. B) Parietal. C) Temporal. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal. 23. Primarily senses the internal environment and controls involuntary activities. A) Autonomic nervous system. B) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic nervous system. 24. What raises the risk of Alzheimer's? A) Cardiovascular disease. B) Head injury. C) Diabetes. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 25. Which lobe is responsible for emotions, personality, morality, intellect, and speech. A) Occipital Lobe. B) Temporal Lobe. C) Frontal Lobe. D) Parietal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frontal Lobe. 26. Allows light to pass directly to photoreceptors in the retina to enhance visual acuity (details) A) Cornea. B) Vitreous Humor. C) Lens. D) Optic Nerve. E) Fovea. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Fovea. 27. What would happen if your cerebellum was damaged? A) You would lose balance. B) You would not be able to breath. C) You would be paralyzed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You would lose balance. 28. Controls hearing, speaking coherently, and comprehension A) Temporal Lobe. B) Parietal Lobe. C) Occipital Lobe. D) Frontal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temporal Lobe. 29. If your heartbeat stopped beating normally, your ..... is not functioning properly? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain Stem. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain Stem. 30. Lipoid substance found in the myelin sheath around some nerve fibers. A) Multiple sclerosis. B) Neurons. C) Myelin. D) Neurotransmitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myelin. 31. The electrical potential difference across across the resting membrane is called as: A) Spike potential. B) Action potential. C) Resting potential. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resting potential. 32. The all-or-none principle explains the idea that if a stimulus is strong enough to generate an action potential, the impulse A) Conducts along the entire length of the axon at the same strength and speed. B) Conducts at varying strengths and speeds depending on the impulse. C) Will not conduct along the axon at all. D) Conducts partially down the axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conducts along the entire length of the axon at the same strength and speed. 33. What are the principal functions of information processing? A) Signal reception, signal conduction, signal integration. B) Sensory input, transmission, motor output. C) Sensory input, integration, motor output. D) Sensory input, integration, effector output. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory input, integration, motor output. 34. Oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells comprise these that wrap around and insulate the axons, protecting them from ion flow. A) Nerves. B) Ionic membrane. C) Neurolemma. D) Myelin sheaths. E) Nodes of Ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myelin sheaths. 35. Which neurotransmitter do the fibers of the somatic nervous system release? A) Acetylcholine. B) Norepinephrine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acetylcholine. 36. Multipolar, take impulses from CNS to somatic motor effectors or visceral/autonomic motor receptors ..... is an example of what Functional Classification of NeuronsF A) Sensory/Afferent Neurons. B) Motor/Efferent Neuroses. C) Interneuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor/Efferent Neuroses. 37. The nerves of the ..... nervous system control functions of the body that are not under conscious control. A) Central. B) Autonomic. C) Sensory. D) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic. 38. An impulse can happen in an absolute refactoring period. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 39. The portion of the eye that protects the retina from potentially harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation is the A) Iris. B) Cornea. C) Retina. D) Pupil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iris. 40. Controls balance, movement, posture, muscle coordination A cluster of nerve tissue that forms the basis for the brain A) Spinal cord. B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebellum. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 41. This works with the Pons controlling the rate and depth of breathing. A) Cardiac Center. B) Center of Other Controls. C) Respiratory Center. D) Vasomotor Center. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Respiratory Center. 42. What is one thing that the skeletal system does? A) Helps us see. B) Pumps blood to the rest of our body. C) Helps us breathe. D) Protects our organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protects our organs. 43. Where does the image form for myopic vision? A) In front of retina. B) Behind the retina. C) On the retina. D) No image form. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In front of retina. 44. What type of stimulus? An infection in the body A) External. B) Internal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal. 45. Free nerve endings are closest together in the A) Palm. B) Fingertips. C) Forearm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fingertips. 46. What part of the brain deals with appetite and temperature control? A) Brain stem. B) Hypothalamus. C) Cerebrum. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothalamus. 47. What is the cyton?(Just answer no need it is or anything) A) Cell body. B) Tail. C) Nucleus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell body. 48. What two systems does motor division divide into? A) Somatic Nervous system and Autonomic Nervous System. B) Peripheral Nervous system and Central Nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic Nervous system and Autonomic Nervous System. 49. Neurons that are responsible for detecting changes in the environment and sending that stimulus to the brain are called A) Smooth. B) Axons. C) Motor/efferent. D) Sensory/afferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory/afferent. 50. What is the function of the axon in a neuron? A) To receive chemical signals from other neurons. B) To generate and transmit electrical impulses. C) To protect and insulate the neuron. D) To connect the neuron with the bloodstream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To generate and transmit electrical impulses. 51. Somatic nervous system controls ....., whereas the autonomic nervous system controls ..... A) Skeletal muscles; visceral organs. B) Brain and spinal cord; spinal and cranial nerves. C) Visceral organs; skeletal muscles. D) Spinal and cranial nerves; brain and spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal muscles; visceral organs. 52. A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment. A) Ecosystem. B) Population. C) Habitat. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecosystem. 53. Which of the following is a correct receptor-tissue pairing for sympathetic activation? A) $\alpha$2 adrenergic receptor-skeletal muscle blood vessels. B) $\beta$2 adrenergic receptor-skin blood vessels. C) $\beta$1 adrenergic receptor-cardiac nodal cells. D) $\alpha$1 adrenergic receptor-gastrointestinal smooth muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $\beta$1 adrenergic receptor-cardiac nodal cells. 54. A hormone is ..... A) A chemical substance produced by a gland and carried by the lymph. B) An enzyme produced by a gland and carried by the blood. C) A chemical substance produced by an organ and carried by the blood. D) A chemical substance produced by a gland and carried by the blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A chemical substance produced by a gland and carried by the blood. 55. What 3 parts make up the nervous system? A) Brain, spinal cord, and nerves. B) Brain, heart, and lungs. C) Stomach, lungs, liver. D) Spinal cord, back, feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain, spinal cord, and nerves. 56. What region of a neuron transmits input from soma to other cells? A) Dendrites. B) Soma. C) Axons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axons. 57. What are the two main departments of the nervous system? A) Somatic and autonomic. B) Central and peripheral. C) Sympathetic and parasympathetic. D) Afferent and efferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central and peripheral. 58. Controls neurotransmitters that influence motivation, short term memory, attention, and planning A) Parietal lobe. B) Frontal lobe. C) Occipital lobe. D) Temporal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frontal lobe. 59. Controls hunger, thirst, emotions, body temperature regulation, and circadian rhythms. A) Amygdala. B) Medulla. C) Hypothalamus. D) Hippocampus. E) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothalamus. 60. The largest portion of our brain is the A) Midbrain. B) Thalamus. C) Cerebrum. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum. ← 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