This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 313 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 313 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the cerebral lobes is the Visual processing center A) Temporal. B) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occipital. 2. The signals sent along a single neuron are A) Chemical. B) Electrical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electrical. 3. At which level is the lumbar puncture need being inserted for spinal tap procedure? A) In between 2nd and 3rd lumbar vertebrae. B) In between 3rd and 4th lumbar vertebrae. C) In between 5th and 6th lumbar vertebrae. D) In between 3rd and 5th lumbar vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In between 3rd and 4th lumbar vertebrae. 4. The two divisions of the nervous system are the ..... nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. A) Central. B) Sensory. C) Controlled. D) Automatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central. 5. Most people only get chickenpox once because ..... A) It is very rare to find in humans. B) Your immune system get more powerful as you get older. C) Your immune system remembers it, and keeps you protected. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Your immune system remembers it, and keeps you protected. 6. Which part of the brain helps you to think? A) Cerebrum. B) Medulla. C) Cerebellum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 7. What protects the brain inside the skull? A) Bones. B) Tissue and fluid. C) Nerves. D) Air and water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tissue and fluid. 8. THE SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM is apart of the peripheral nervous system. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 9. After passing through the nostrils/nares, air then enters the ..... A) Pharynx. B) Alveoli. C) Larynx. D) Trachea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pharynx. 10. The frontal lobe governs voluntary movements, memory, emotion, social judgement, decision-making, reasoning, and aggression; is also the site for certain aspects of one's personality. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 11. Feels clumsiness A) Feel awkward. B) Tingling. C) Numbness. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feel awkward. 12. Site for processing of vision, hearing, memory, speech, intelligence and thought is A) Kidney. B) Ear. C) Lungs. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain. 13. What would be the receptor in this case, for a blind person? A) Tongue. B) Eyes. C) Nose. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None. 14. Antibacterial substance in tears A) Lysozyme. B) Aqueous humor. C) Rods. D) Cones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lysozyme. 15. Which of these is an example of conditioned or acquired reflexes? A) Peristaltic reflexes. B) Mendel's pea plants. C) Pavlov's dog. D) Schrodinger's cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pavlov's dog. 16. When the nerve impulse has passed, the neuron returns to its original state. This is called ..... A) Repolarization. B) Polarization. C) Depolarization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repolarization. 17. Signals enter a neuron through small extensions. A neuron usually has many of these small extensions, known as ..... A) Dendrites. B) Ganglia. C) Myelin. D) Axons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrites. 18. The long slender pole connecting the neuron to the axon terminal is? A) Axon. B) Axeum. C) The Ax. D) Sir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon. 19. Speeds up nerve impulse A) Satellite. B) Schwann cells. C) Astrocytes. D) Ependymal cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Schwann cells. 20. The myelin sheath ..... an impulse as it travels along the axon. A) Slows down. B) Speeds up. C) Does not affect. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speeds up. 21. Identify parts of the EYE (colored portion) A) Pupil. B) Sclera. C) Iris. D) Lens. E) Cornea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iris. 22. (bubble itself) releases from axon terminal, carries neurotransmitter A) Axon terminal. B) Neurotransmitter. C) Vesicle. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vesicle. 23. Which nervous system disorder results to a loss of memory (dementia) and other thinking abilities? A) Alzheimer's Disease. B) Multiple Sclerosis. C) Cerebral Palsy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alzheimer's Disease. 24. If you lose the feeling in a body part, you may have become ..... A) Stroke. B) Sleepy. C) Paralyzed. D) Comatose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paralyzed. 25. Region of brain which moves short-term memories into long-term storage A) Medulla oblongata. B) Pons. C) Hippocampus. D) Broca's area. E) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hippocampus. 26. The Nervous system processes information and tells the body how to A) Feel. B) React. C) Smell. D) Run. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) React. 27. What is the primary function of the Central Nervous System (CNS)? A) Communication system between the CNS and the rest of the body. B) Integration and control center. C) Sensory reception from the external environment. D) Regulation of heart rate and digestion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Integration and control center. 28. Encloses the shallow third ventricle of the brain, is a relay station for sensory impulses passing upward to the sensory cortex. A) Thalamus. B) Midbrain. C) Brain Stem. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thalamus. 29. Subdural hematoma A) Pertaining to below the dura mater. B) Without feeling or sensation. C) Inflammation of the meninges. D) Chronic degenerative disease characterized by sclerotic patches along the brain and spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pertaining to below the dura mater. 30. What is the medulla responsible for A) Reflex action. B) Nerves. C) Heartbeat, breathing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heartbeat, breathing. 31. The term cardiac arrest refers to A) A reduction in the circulating blood volume. B) A skipped ventricular contraction. C) Inadequate cardiac output. D) The cessation of all cardiac activity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The cessation of all cardiac activity. 32. The basic building block of the nervous system, responsible for transmitting information A) Bone. B) Brain. C) Muscle. D) Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neuron. 33. Which one is not a part of nervous system? A) Nerves. B) Brain. C) Spinal cord. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heart. 34. This structure of the brain is made up of the pons, midbrain and medulla oblongata A) Brain Stem. B) Meninges. C) Cerebrum. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain Stem. 35. Check all that apply about the Peripheral Nervous System? A) The PNS is everything else outside the brain and spinal cord. B) Has an Afferent Divsison. C) Has an Efferent Division. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The PNS is everything else outside the brain and spinal cord. 36. When one neuron sends messages to more than one other neuron A) Neural pool. B) Convergence. C) Divergence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Divergence. 37. Fibers that receive and convey message to the cell body of a neuron A) Dendrites. B) Axon terminal. C) Somatic division. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrites. 38. Which part of the peripheral nervous system controls activity in a conscious state? A) Autonomic. B) Sympathetic. C) Parasympathetic. D) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatic. 39. Which is the correct order in which sound waves flow through the ear? A) Auditory canal, tympanic membrane, ossicles, auricle, cochlea. B) Auricle, auditory canal, tympanic membrane, ossicles, cochlea. C) Auricle, auditory canal, ossicles, tympanic membrane, cochlea. D) Auditory canal, tympanic membrane, cochlea, ossicles, auricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Auricle, auditory canal, tympanic membrane, ossicles, cochlea. 40. Which neurotransmitter has an excitatory effect on its target cell? A) Serotonin. B) Glucose. C) Adrenaline. D) Endorphins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adrenaline. 41. Hemisphere that is associated with logical abilities A) Left Hemisphere. B) Right Hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left Hemisphere. 42. As messages from the cortex travel through the brain, they create pathways that serve as the basis of memory. A) T. B) F. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T. 43. The type of neuron which transports impulses TOWARDS the CNS A) Motor neuron. B) Interneuron. C) Sensory neuron. D) A clever neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory neuron. 44. These cells make up the myelin sheath of neurons found within the PNS A) Ependymal cells. B) Astrocytes. C) Schwann cells. D) Satellite cells. E) Oligodendrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schwann cells. 45. Transmits impulses from afferent neurons to efferent neurons. Lie completely within the CNS. A) Arcs. B) Afferent Neurons. C) Efferent Neurons. D) Interneurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interneurons. 46. Which part of the PNS controls the voluntary responses? A) Autonomic nervous system. B) Somatic nervous system. C) Spinal nervous system. D) Central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic nervous system. 47. A ..... is an automatic, involuntary response to some change either inside or outside of the body A) Neuron. B) Nerve. C) Reflex. D) Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reflex. 48. Blinking is an example of A) A reflex response. B) A voluntary response . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A reflex response. 49. What's the neurotransmitter of pleasure? A) Adrenaline. B) GABA. C) Dopamine. D) Serotonin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dopamine. 50. A division of the nervous system consisting of all nerves that are not part of the brain or spinal cord. A) Autonomic Nervous System. B) Ependymal Cells. C) Peripheral Nervous System. D) Central Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral Nervous System. 51. The most common neuron is ..... A) Multipolar. B) Bipolar. C) Unipolar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multipolar. 52. While no one knows exactly, it's safe to say humans have approximately how many nerves in the human body? A) 10, 000-20, 000. B) Trillions. C) 30-50. D) 100-200. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 100-200. 53. The ..... stores calcium and regulates calcium levels in the muscle cell A) Sarcoplasmic reticulum. B) Sarcolemma. C) Triad. D) T tubule. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarcoplasmic reticulum. 54. Acute condition caused by a high fever that is characterized by confusion, disorientation, disordered thinking, agitation, and hallucinations A) Delirium. B) Stupor. C) Dementia. D) Lethargy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Delirium. 55. Carry impulses from from receptors to CNS A) Efferent/motor neurons. B) Afferent/sensory neurons. C) Dendrites. D) Axon terminals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Afferent/sensory neurons. 56. At the leading edge of an impulse, gates within the sodium channels open, allowing positively charged ..... ions to flow inside the cell membrane. The inside of the membrane temporarily becomes more positive than the outside, reversing the ..... A) Na & resting potential. B) Au & active potential. C) K & threshold. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Na & resting potential. 57. Which sensory nerve has fibers the conduct impulses associated with hearing and equilibrium? A) Vestibulocochlear (VIII) . B) Oculomotor (III). C) Trochlear (IV). D) Facial (VII). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vestibulocochlear (VIII) . 58. This system gathers and interprets information. A) Nervous. B) Muscular. C) Skeletal. D) Outgrowths. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nervous. 59. The phrase, "Folic acid is number nine, keeps your DNA working fine" refers to this vitamin A) A. B) D. C) B. D) E. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 60. Spinal reflexes occurs without the involvement of higher brain centers. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. ← 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