This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 320 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 320 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This is showing what? A) Organ. B) Organ system. C) Tissue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organ system. 2. The ..... controls involuntary actions. A) Brain. B) Cerebrum. C) Brain stem. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain stem. 3. Direction of nerve impulse A) Axon, cell body, dendrite. B) Dendrite, cell body, axon. C) Dendrite, axon, cell body. D) Cell body, axon, dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrite, cell body, axon. 4. What is the structure of the eye that allows light to pass through because it can dilate and contract? A) Crystalline. B) Iris. C) Retina. D) Vitreous humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iris. 5. Which structure in the inner ear is responsible for static equilibrium? A) Cochlea. B) Semicircular canals. C) Vestibule. D) Macula lutea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vestibule. 6. We must go to a doctor if we have a earache. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Action Potential is A) Is the change in the membrane potential, which generally happens when a resting neuron is depolarize. B) Opens at certain membrane potentials and close at others. C) Little change in the membrane potential in a localized part of the cell. D) Only open when a specific neurotransmitter like serotonin or hormone latches on to it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is the change in the membrane potential, which generally happens when a resting neuron is depolarize. 8. Which parts does the brainstem include? A) Medulla oblongata, midbrain, and pons. B) Cerebellum, midbrain, and pons. C) Medulla oblongata, cerebellum, and frontal lobe. D) Midbrain, pons, and occipital lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medulla oblongata, midbrain, and pons. 9. ..... are the communicators of the nervous system A) Nucleus. B) Brain. C) Neurons. D) Soma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurons. 10. The lens of the eye can focus light to make sharp pictures. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Which one of the following describes saltatory conduction: A) Occurs only if the myelin sheath is continuous. B) Occurs only if the nodes of Ranvier are lacking. C) Occurs only in the absence of axon hillocks. D) Is faster than conduction on an unmyelinated fiber. E) ) is slower than conduction on an unmyelinated fiber. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is faster than conduction on an unmyelinated fiber. 12. Read the following and decide where it would fit in the overlapping functions: "duck under a branch" A) Sensory input. B) Integration. C) Motor output. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Integration. 13. We have better smell than most mammals A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 14. This is a part of the limbic system and is involved with long term memories A) Amygdala. B) Midbrain. C) Hippocampus. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hippocampus. 15. Which is not one of the basic functions of the nervous system? A) Detecting a change/stimulus. B) Determining a response. C) Producing major body fluids. D) Rapidly sending signals from one part to another. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Producing major body fluids. 16. Which type of cell forms the cerebrospinal fluid A) Neurolemmocyte. B) Astrocyte. C) Oligodendrocyte. D) Ependymal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ependymal. 17. Which joint type does not move? A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge joint. C) Pivot joint. D) Fixed joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fixed joint. 18. What are the three main functions of the human nervous system? A) Recall information, process information and coordinate a response to information. B) Receive information, process information and coordinate the retrieval of information. C) Receive information, provide information and coordinate a response to information. D) Receive information, process information and coordinate a response to information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Receive information, process information and coordinate a response to information. 19. A normal Babinski reflex response for babies is when their toes: A) Curl in. B) Wiggle. C) Use the big toe to point at something cool. D) Fan out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fan out. 20. Type of neurotransmitter that increase membrane permeability, increasing chance for threshold to be achieved A) Inhibitory. B) Informational. C) Excitatory. D) Threshold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Excitatory. 21. Covers SNC and SNP systems? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 22. They carry stimulus from sense organs to brain or spinal cord A) Sensory nerves. B) Motor nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory nerves. 23. They are the main unit of the nervous system: A) Organelles. B) Nucleus. C) Sensory nerves. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurons. 24. Located on the brainstem A) Pons. B) Cerebrum. C) Thalamus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pons. 25. What will happen if all the sensory nerves stop working in any human's body? A) Messages will not reach to the brain or spinal cord. B) Brain is not able to process the received information. C) Nothing will happen as motor nerves will perform the functions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Messages will not reach to the brain or spinal cord. 26. Which lobe of the cerebrum is responsible for processing sensory information like touch, pain, temperature and pressure? A) Frontal. B) Occipital. C) Parietal. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parietal. 27. Which of the following represents an involuntary action? A) Talking. B) Digesting food. C) Chewing. D) Walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Digesting food. 28. Hyperpolarization is when the membrane potential is ..... that-70mV A) More. B) Less. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less. 29. Which part of the peripheral nervous system allows us to consciously control our skeletal muscles? A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic. 30. The division of the peripheral nervous system that regulates motor functions of the skeletal muscles is the A) Somatic nervous system. B) Autonomic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic nervous system. 31. What system includes the spinal cord and the brain? A) Spine system. B) Pulmonary system. C) Digestive system. D) Central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Central nervous system. 32. In synaptic transmission, what is released into the synaptic cleft between two neurons? A) Efferent molecules. B) Synaptic fluid. C) Beetlejuice. D) Receptors. E) Neurotransmitters. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Neurotransmitters. 33. Which of the following statements about the precentral gyrus is true? A) It is involved in motor control. B) It is involved in sensory perception. C) It is located in the frontal lobe. D) Both a and c are true. E) Both b and c are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a and c are true. 34. Impulses pass through sensory neurons: A) From the central nervous system to the internal organs. B) From the spinal cord to the muscle. C) From receptors to the central nervous system. D) From muscles to brain and hands. E) From the spinal cord to the cerebral cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From receptors to the central nervous system. 35. What causes your eyes to have a blind spot? A) A defect in the curve of your lens. B) The way light hits your cornea. C) Your pupil. D) The optic nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The optic nerve. 36. All-or-none event state that, A) If intensity of stimulation exceed threshold potential, action potential is generated. B) If intensity of stimulation is less than threshold potential, action potential generated. C) Further increase in the intensity of stimulus increase the amplitude of action potential. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If intensity of stimulation exceed threshold potential, action potential is generated. 37. Which type of receptor interprets this message:The stove is hot A) Vibration. B) Light. C) Chemical. D) Mechanical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mechanical. 38. Which of the following is not a type of flexibility training? A) Static stretching. B) Dynamic stretching. C) Ballistic stretching. D) Plyometric stretching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plyometric stretching. 39. What is the function of motor neurons in the nervous system? A) Regulate the body's internal environment. B) Control the body's response to stress. C) Transmit signals from the brain to the muscles. D) Transmit signals from sensory organs to the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transmit signals from the brain to the muscles. 40. What type of cell gathers and carries information to the brain? A) Sense Organ. B) Sensory Cell. C) Neuron. D) Nerve Ending. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neuron. 41. What is part of the Central Nervous System A) Brain and spinal cord. B) Sympatheic neurons and nerves. C) Nerves to the spinal cord. D) Nerves going to the spinal cord and brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain and spinal cord. 42. The peripheral nervous system is divided into the A) Somatic and visceral nervous system. B) Somatic and autonomic nervous systems. C) Parasympathetic & sympathetic nervous systems. D) Brain and spinal nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic and autonomic nervous systems. 43. What is the result of the sensory receptor cells signaling to the gustatory cortex of the brain? A) The production of new gustatory epithelial cells. B) The release of digestive enzymes to break down the food. C) The tongue detects more tastes. D) The taste buds multiply. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The release of digestive enzymes to break down the food. 44. Which division of the nervous system is responsible for voluntary actions? A) Autonomic (involuntary) division. B) Sensory (afferent) division. C) Somatic (voluntary) division. D) Motor (efferent) division. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Somatic (voluntary) division. 45. These cells receive the processed information from the brain and carry the instructions to a muscle or gland. A) Interneurons. B) Body cells. C) Motor neurons. D) Sensory neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor neurons. 46. Processing and interpretation of a stimulus that results in the issuing of instructions based on past or current conditions. A) Effectors. B) Sensory Input. C) Stimulus (pl. Stimuli). D) Integration. E) Motor Output. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Integration. 47. The space between nerve cells, where the chemical "jump" occurs. A) Axon. B) Conclusion. C) Neuron. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conclusion. 48. During chemical transmission across a synapse ..... Calcium entry into the presynaptic neuron causes neurotransmitter containing vesicles to A) Reuptake neurotransmitters from the postsynaptic neuron. B) Reuptake neurotransmitters from the synaptic cleft. C) Release their contents by endocytosis into the postsynaptic neuron. D) Release their contents by exocytosis in the synaptic cleft. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Release their contents by exocytosis in the synaptic cleft. 49. What cortex structure receives taste information? A) Wernicke's area. B) Gustatory cortex. C) Auditory cortex. D) Olfactory complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gustatory cortex. 50. A soccer ball comes flying toward you. You throw up your hands to be avoid being hit in the face. Which is the stimuli? A) The ball coming towards you. B) Throwing up your hands to stop the ball. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ball coming towards you. 51. What are your sensory organs? A) Eyes, ears, nose, skin, tongue. B) Sight, hearing, smelling, touching, tasting. C) Eyes, ears, heart, lungs, mouth. D) Eyes, hearing, smelling, tongue, skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eyes, ears, nose, skin, tongue. 52. Interprets vision (color, light, movement) A) Occipital Lobe. B) Temporal Lobe. C) Parietal Lobe. D) Frontal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Occipital Lobe. 53. A student is asked to jump around the room during a lab. When they jump, that response would be ..... A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. C) Stimulus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voluntary. 54. How do vertebrae help the body? A) Protects the heart. B) Protects the lungs. C) Protects the spinal cord. D) Protects the bladder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protects the spinal cord. 55. Which neuron connects other neurons in the spinal cord? A) Motor. B) Sensory. C) Interneuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interneuron. 56. A disease caused by the lens getting cloudy is called A) Pupil. B) Accommodation. C) Rods. D) Cataracts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cataracts. 57. Which of the following lobes is responsible for vision? A) Parietal. B) Occipital. C) Frontal. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occipital. 58. Electroencephalogram A) Record of the electrical activity in the brain. B) Uptake of radioactive material in the brain shows how the brain uses glucose. C) Magnetic and radiofrequency waves create images of the brain and spinal cord tissue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Record of the electrical activity in the brain. 59. Part of the PNS that controls cardiac, smooth muscles and glands A) Autonomic. B) Somatic. C) Sensory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic. 60. 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