This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 306 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 306 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Controls your hearing & memory. A) Temporal Lobe. B) Occipital Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temporal Lobe. 2. Which type of neuron leads towards effectors? A) Sensory. B) Motor. C) Neuron. D) Intermediate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor. 3. .... nerves work automatically, meaning the brain does it all for us. A) Somatic. B) Sensory. C) Autonomic. D) Motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autonomic. 4. Myelinated nerve fibers transmit impulses ..... than unmyelinated nerve fibers? A) Faster. B) Slower. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Faster. 5. Plant cells are..... A) Trapezoidal. B) Oval. C) Pentagonical. D) Rectangular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rectangular. 6. The neuroglial cells that produce the myelin sheaths to cover the axons are called ..... A) Astrocytes. B) Microglia. C) Ependymal cells. D) Oligodendrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oligodendrocytes. 7. How many estimated nerve cells are there in our bodies? A) 100 million. B) 2 trillion. C) 1 billion. D) 349 thousand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1 billion. 8. The cranial nerve with 3 branches than innervates the face and jaw muscles. Mixed motor and sensory function. A) Glossopharyngeal. B) Olfactory. C) Trigemnal. D) Vagus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trigemnal. 9. The wrinkles and grooves of the cerebrum are know as ..... A) Brain stem. B) Cerebellum. C) Convolutions. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convolutions. 10. Controls memory, pronunciation of words, sensations of smell and emotion A) Occipital. B) Parietal. C) Temporal. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal. 11. Tissues work together to make the following. A) Organs. B) Organism. C) Organ systems. D) Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organs. 12. State the function of the cerebrum A) Responsible for conscious thought, reasoning and memory. B) Controls heart rate and breathing. C) Controls balance and coordinated movement. D) Controls most cell activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Responsible for conscious thought, reasoning and memory. 13. A change in voltage of a cell membrane in response to a stimulus that results in transmission of an electrical signal is called? A) Resting Membrane Potential. B) Action Potential. C) Threshold. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Action Potential. 14. Which is correct about nerve fibers? (M.A. 52) A. Axons are nerve fibers that carry nerve impulses into the cell. B. Axons are nerve fibers that carry nerve impulses away from the C cell. Nerve impulses move quickly in small nerve fibers. D. Nerve impulses travel quickly in membrane-bound nerve fibers. A) A and C. B) A and B. C) A and D. D) B and C. E) B and D. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) B and D. 15. The PNS splits into two systems. what are they? A) Upper and lower. B) CNS and PNS. C) Somatic and autonomic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Somatic and autonomic. 16. The long simple single bone that makes the upper arm A) Humerous. B) Skull. C) Backbone. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humerous. 17. ..... system involves breathing air in and out of the body. A) Nervous. B) Skeletal. C) Respiratory. D) Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Respiratory. 18. These neurons are considered to be efferent in location. A) Motor. B) Sensory. C) Interneuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor. 19. Where in your body can you find nerve cells? A) Everywhere. B) Brain. C) Neurons. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Everywhere. 20. Photoreceptors detect light, enabling me to see. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. Which part our our brain regulates our sleep and wake cycles? A) Hypothalamus. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain Stem. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thalamus. 22. Which system transmits action potentials from the CNS to cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and glands? A) Somatic Nervous System. B) Peripheral Nervous System. C) Autonomic Nervous System. D) Enteric Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autonomic Nervous System. 23. The brain stem controls involuntary actions, for example:breathing, blinking or digestion A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 24. Which part of the neuron extends from the cell body and receives information? A) Axon. B) Myelin sheath. C) Dendrite. D) Cell body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrite. 25. The structure of the eye consists of 3 layers based on histological structure: A) Retina, Sclera, Cornea. B) Choroid, Vitreous body, Iris. C) Sclera, Choroid, Vitreous body. D) Retina, Sclera, Choroid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Retina, Sclera, Choroid. 26. Involuntary muscle is A) Muscle found in the heart. B) Muscle found in the organs. C) Muscle that works automatically. D) All of these are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are true. 27. Which part controls the movement, balance and coordination? A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Brain stem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 28. A gap between two nerve cells. Information is transmitted from one nerve cell to another across this gap by chemical signals or by electrical signals. "The gap." A) Dendrite. B) Axon. C) Conclusion. D) Motor neuron. E) Neurochemical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conclusion. 29. When Gretchen starts being chased by a dog, her brain sends a signal to her muscles to run. Which neurons are at work? A) Voluntary neurons. B) Involuntary neurons. C) Sensory neurons. D) Motor neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor neurons. 30. Your patient has been in an accident and sustained a severed spinal cord and damage to the brain. What substance might leak into surrounding tissues? A) Cerebrospinal fluid. B) Cerebral aqueduct. C) Lymph fluid. D) Choroid plexus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrospinal fluid. 31. Crying when you peel onions:Is it? A) Reflex. B) Voluntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reflex. 32. The swallowing center is located in the A) Hypothalamus. B) Thalamus. C) Medulla oblongata. D) Cerebral cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla oblongata. 33. A disorder that occurs during early development and is caused by damage to the motor areas of the brain A) Epilepsy. B) Parkinson's. C) Stroke. D) Cerebral palsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebral palsy. 34. All the muscular activities of the bodies are controlled by ..... A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 35. Which part of the brain controls the physical ability to speak? A) Broca's. B) Wernicke's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broca's. 36. This disorder is caused by damage during gestation or birth and includes lack of motor coordination and possibly neurological problems A) Epilepsy. B) Meningitis. C) Cerebral palsy. D) Parkinson's disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebral palsy. 37. These RECEIVE electrical impulses from neighboring neurons. A) Synapses. B) Axons. C) Nucleus. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dendrites. 38. What response in a neuron will start an action potential? A) Refractory period. B) Trigger response. C) Resting potential. D) Repolarization. E) Depolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trigger response. 39. The uncontrolled and undifferentiated growth of neurons in the brain causes Alzheimer's disease A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 40. The nervous system is organized into ..... systems A) 3. B) 2. C) 1. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 41. That part of your brain that coordinates your body's movements and helps keep your balance. A) Clavicle. B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebellum. D) Cervical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 42. All observed houses on South Street have roofs that are falling apart. Sherry lives on South Street. Her roof is falling apart. A) Deductive. B) Inductive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inductive. 43. Which component of the Motor (Efferent) Nervous System is within a person's control (ex. raising one's hand). A) Autonomic. B) Sympathetic. C) Parasympathetic. D) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatic. 44. Myasthenia Gravis is ..... ? A) A rare condition caused by the toxins of the Clostridium botulinum bacteria. B) A crippling, and potentially deadly, infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. C) An autoimmune disorder that causes weakness of the voluntary muscles. D) A bacterial disease that affects the muscles and nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An autoimmune disorder that causes weakness of the voluntary muscles. 45. Supports the posterior surface of the lens and holds the retina against the wall of the eye A) Vitreous Humor. B) Cornea. C) Aqueous Humor. D) Choroid. E) Sclera. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vitreous Humor. 46. What does letter G represent? A) Myelin sheath. B) Skin. C) Receptor. D) Body cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myelin sheath. 47. What part of the brain controls language and movement? A) Cerebrum. B) Medulla. C) Brain steam. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 48. Which part of the brain is responsible for controlling water balance? A) Cerebrum. B) Medulla. C) Cerebellum. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hypothalamus. 49. Where is the central nervous system located? A) Muscles and glands. B) Left and right kidneys. C) Heart and blood vessels. D) Brain and spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain and spinal cord. 50. Nourishes the retina A) Vitreous Humor. B) Aqueous Humor. C) Retina. D) Ciliary Body. E) Choroid. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Choroid. 51. Which hormone is responsible for the regulation of calcium levels in the blood? A) Thyroxine. B) Insulin. C) Parathyroid hormone. D) Cortisol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parathyroid hormone. 52. What sensory receptor reacts to light? A) Chemoreceptor. B) Nociceptor. C) Gravoreceptor. D) Photoreceptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Photoreceptor. 53. Two parts of the autonomic nervous system A) Cat and mouse. B) Somatic and autonomic. C) Parasympathetic and sympathetic. D) Central and peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parasympathetic and sympathetic. 54. The brain is part of the A) Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). B) Central Nervous System (CNS). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central Nervous System (CNS). 55. The three layers of membrane that cover the brain and spinal cord are called the A) Pons. B) Meninges. C) Ganglia. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meninges. 56. The ..... controls our reflex actions such as blinking A) Cerebrum. B) Brain. C) Spinal cord. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord. 57. Depolarization is caused by ..... while repolarization is caused by ..... A) Na+ flooding into the cell; Na+ flooding out of the cell. B) Na+ flooding into the cell; K+ flooding out of the cell. C) K+ flooding into the cell; K+ flooding out of the cell. D) K+ flooding into the cell; Na+ flooding out of the cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Na+ flooding into the cell; K+ flooding out of the cell. 58. What is the term used to describe the nervous system's analysis and determination of the appropriate response to sensory input? A) Sensory input. B) Integration. C) Stimuli. D) Motor output. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Integration. 59. If you cut into a person's brain while they are awake, they will feel the pain. A) True. B) False. 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