This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 309 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 309 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Station 1:How is the brain like a computer? A) It can speak. B) It can store information. C) It has biology. D) It has files. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It can store information. 3. Which of the following is released into the synaptic cleft and acts as a signaling molecule? A) Receptor proteins. B) Calcium ions. C) Neurotransmitter. D) Sodium ions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurotransmitter. 4. What organ interprets the information and responds by sending signals? A) Motor neurons. B) Brain. C) Sensory neurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain. 5. The process of sending impules through neurons to the CNS and PNS is called A) Jumping the synapse. B) Fight or flight. C) Action Potential. D) Axon termination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Action Potential. 6. Bundles of fiber like extensions of neurons A) Nerves. B) Mylin Sheath. C) Conus Medullaris. D) Neuroglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerves. 7. Place the following parts of the reflex arc in proper sequence A) Receptor-sensory neuron-interneuron-motor neuron-effector. B) Effector-sensory neuron-interneuron-motor neuron-receptor. C) Effector-motor neuron-interneuron-sensory neuron-receptor. D) Receptor-motor neuron-interneuron-sensory neuron-effector. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Receptor-sensory neuron-interneuron-motor neuron-effector. 8. During a refractory period, another action potential can be generated (T/F)? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 9. ..... is the part of the neuron that receives signals from other neurons to be transmitted to axons. A) Schwann Cell. B) Dendrites. C) Axon Terminal. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrites. 10. What triggers an action potential in a neuron (a) A) A thershold stimulus. B) The resting state of a neuron. C) The refractory period. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A thershold stimulus. 11. Which ions are involved in the electrical nerve impulse? A) Iodine and Sodium. B) Potassium and Sodium. C) Iron and Sodium. D) Calcium and Iodine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Potassium and Sodium. 12. A group of organs together creates A) An organ system. B) Tissue. C) A cell. D) An organ. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An organ system. 13. Broca's area is usually in the ..... area of the ..... A) Right; temporal lobe. B) Left; frontal lobe. C) Right; occipital lobe. D) Left; prefrontal cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left; frontal lobe. 14. The epimysium, perimysium, and endomysium extend past the muscle fiber to form a ....., a thick cordlike struture composed of dense regular connective tissue that connect muscle to bone A) Fascicle. B) Tendon. C) Ligament. D) Sarcomere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tendon. 15. Smell helps us to ..... A) Taste. B) Hear. C) Listen. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taste. 16. Inflammation of a nerve A) Neuralgia. B) Neuroma. C) Neurectomy. D) Neuritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neuritis. 17. Beth has difficulty falling asleep at night. She suffers from A) Sleep deprivation. B) Insomnia. C) Narcolepsy. D) Somnambulism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insomnia. 18. A loss of proprioception is called ..... A) Blindness. B) Numbness. C) Unsteadiness. D) Deafness. E) Incoordination. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Incoordination. 19. Neurons become excitable during signal reception. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. In humans, one function of an interneuron is to relay impulses directly from A) Receptors to the brain. B) Motor neurons to receptors. C) A sensory neuron to a motor neuron. D) Receptors to other receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A sensory neuron to a motor neuron. 21. What is it called when your brain hits the inside of your skull? A) Concord. B) Blackout. C) Concussion. D) Concurrence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concussion. 22. What the body does in reaction to something. A) Stimulus. B) Response. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Response. 23. Which part of the nervous system will you find the 12 pairs of cranial nerves? A) Central. B) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral. 24. The thick bundle of nerves that extends from medulla to almost the end of the spine is called ..... A) Spinal cord. B) Reflex arc. C) Messenger. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord. 25. A reduction of voltage across a plasma membrane A) Depolarization. B) Synaptic cleft. C) Repolarization. D) Neurotransmitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Depolarization. 26. Implicated in the experience of negative emotions such as fear and anger! GRRR! A) Medulla. B) Cerebellum. C) Hypothalamus. D) Hippocampus. E) Amygdala. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Amygdala. 27. The part of the brain that controls balance, coordination, and stores memories of how to do things is called the ..... A) Cerebrum. B) Spinal cord. C) Brain. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 28. You remember having a clown on your 5th birthday. A) PARIETAL LOBE. B) OCCIPITAL LOBE. C) FRONTAL LOBE. D) TEMPORAL LOBE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) TEMPORAL LOBE. 29. Which part of the brain control the sensory and motor activities? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Mid brain. D) Brain Stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 30. What part of the brain is the "coordination center" controlling respiration, blood pressure, and chemical balance? A) Thalamus. B) Cerebellum. C) Hypothalamus. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothalamus. 31. The three major parts of the brain stem are the: A) Cerebrum, cerebellum, and diencephalon. B) Thalamus, epithalamus, and hypothalamus. C) Dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater. D) Midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata. E) Basal nuclei, pineal body, and choroid plexus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata. 32. What is the fluid in the brain A) Cerebrospinal fluid. B) Cerebral fluid. C) Spinal fluid. D) Water. E) Cerebrospinal fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrospinal fluid. 33. The circular, transparent part on the front of the sclera that allows light rays to enter the eye is the A) Cornea. B) Conjunctiva. C) Pupil. D) Iris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cornea. 34. Contains brain and spinal cord A) Connecting neuron. B) Central nervous system. C) Cerebrum. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central nervous system. 35. The somatic nervous system consists of 31 pairs of cranial nerves and 12 pairs of spinal nerves. (Correct to true) A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 36. Sensory neurons carry nerve impulses from the sense organs and internal organs (like your stomach) to the A) Muscles. B) Peripheral nervous system (PNS). C) Sense organs. D) Central nervous system (CNS). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Central nervous system (CNS). 37. The part of the autonomic nervous system that encourages digestion, relaxes the body, and stores excess energy A) Parasympathetic division. B) Somatic division. C) Sympathetic division. D) Central division. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasympathetic division. 38. Which of these is considered an involuntary action? A) Chewing your food. B) Laughing at a joke. C) Screaming at someone who scared you. D) Diaphragm contractions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diaphragm contractions. 39. I. Pneumotaxic centre (controls breathing) II. Allows impulses to pass through it (relay station) The above statement refers to the function of A) Pons varolii. B) Hypothalamus. C) Mesencephalon. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pons varolii. 40. Anything that causes a reaction in an organism. A) Stimulus. B) Neurons. C) Reflex arc. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stimulus. 41. Which part of your body is a part of the central nervous system (CNS)? A) Hands. B) Brain. C) Legs. D) Ears. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain. 42. What is the primary tissue of the nervous system? A) Nervous tissue. B) Connective tissue. C) Epithelial tissue. D) Muscle tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nervous tissue. 43. :have one axon and one dendrite ..... found mostly in sensory organs-eye & nose ..... is what structural classification A) Multipolar neuron. B) Anaxonic neuron:. C) Bipolar neuron. D) Unipolar/Pseudounipolar neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bipolar neuron. 44. Controls learning, language, voluntary movements, memory, speech & sensory perception A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla oblongata. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 45. What are two ways in which the central nervous system can be damaged? A) Bacterial and viral infection. B) Over use and hypertension. C) Concussions and spinal cord injuries. D) Over eating and carcinogens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concussions and spinal cord injuries. 46. Tissues that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord A) Sinuses. B) Arachnoid villie. C) Meninges. D) Ventricles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meninges. 47. Cardiovascular controltemperature controlwater balanceemotionssleep control A) 5 of 8 functions of Hypothalamus. B) 5 of 8 functions of Thalamus. C) 5 of 8 functions of Brainstem. D) 5 of 8 functions of Duencephalon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5 of 8 functions of Hypothalamus. 48. The layer of light sensitive cells found at the back of the eye A) Fovea. B) Sclera. C) Retina. D) Iris. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Retina. 49. Which of the following is NOT a function of the somatic nervous system A) Consists of single neurons or nerve cells. B) Stimulates skeletal muscle. C) Is under voluntary control. D) Stimulates cardiac muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stimulates cardiac muscle. 50. The nervous system have to parts:the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 51. What is the main function central system? A) Transmit nerve impulses and connecting the encephalon with the rest of the body. B) Transmit nerve impulses and connect food with the rest of the body and tissues. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transmit nerve impulses and connecting the encephalon with the rest of the body. 52. Which type of cells provide protective cushioning around the neuron cell body? A) Ependymal cells. B) Microglia. C) Satellite cells. D) Neural cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Satellite cells. 53. Cells found in the CNS that cling to neurons and anchor them to blood vessel are called ..... (look like a star). A) Ependymal. B) Astrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Astrocytes. 54. What vaccine for polio is administered orally? A) Sabin. B) Salk. C) Silk. D) Siban. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sabin. 55. What is "all or nothing" meaning? A) That a nerve impulse is weak or strong to travel along the neuron or it is not strong enough. B) That a nerve impulse is either strong enough to travel along the neuron or it is not strong enough. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That a nerve impulse is either strong enough to travel along the neuron or it is not strong enough. 56. Which part of the brain tells your body to move its arms and legs? A) Brainstem. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum. 57. What do the autonomic and somatic systems take care of, respectively? A) Bodily funtions and inner organs, send sensory information to the CNS. B) Send sensory information to the CNS, bodily functions and inner organs. C) Take information from th CNS, react to stimuli. D) React to stimuli, send sensory information to the CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bodily funtions and inner organs, send sensory information to the CNS. 58. The two types of cells that compose nervous tissue are ..... A) Astrocytes and Neurons. B) Oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells. C) Neuroglia and Axons. D) Neurons and Neuroglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurons and Neuroglia. 59. Responsible for empathy; small or damaged in psychopaths A) Parietal lobe of the cerebrum. B) Temporal lobe of the cerebrum. C) Frontal lobe of the cerebrum. D) Occipital lobe of the cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frontal lobe of the cerebrum. 60. What is the name of an event in the environment that makes the nervous system react? A) Nerve impulse. B) Conclusion. C) Response. D) Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stimulus. ← 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