This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 323 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 323 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which nerves carry messages from the body to the brain? A) Sensory nerves. B) Motor nerves. C) Cell nerves. D) Sensory nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory nerves. 2. Touch, pressure, temperature, pain. A) Parietal Lobe. B) Occipital Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parietal Lobe. 3. Lets light into the anterior surface of the eye A) Aqueous Humor. B) Cornea. C) Sclera. D) Vitreous Humor. E) Choroid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cornea. 4. The main portion of the Peripheral Nervous System is the? A) Spinal Cord. B) Neuron. C) Nerves. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerves. 5. Which of the following conditions is characterized by progressive disorientation, apathy, speech and gait disturbances, and loss of memory: A) Alzheimer's. B) Parkinson's Disease. C) Bell's Palsy. D) Reye Syndrome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alzheimer's. 6. What is a slowly progressive decline in mental abilities, including memory, thinking, and judgment, that is often accompanied by personality changes? A) Dementia. B) Lethargy. C) Phobia. D) Cerebrovascular Accident aka Stroke. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dementia. 7. TRUE/FALSE:The peripheral nervous system controls how the body reacts to an experience. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 8. Parts of the Brain Stem A) Bridge & Brain. B) Cerebrum and Cerebellum. C) Thalamus and Hypothalamus. D) Pontus & Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pontus & Spinal Cord. 9. The brain sends messages to our body and our body sends messages to our brain A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. A collection of organs that work together to gather and interpret information about the body's internal and external environment, and respond to that information. A) The Endocrine System. B) The Nervous System. C) The Cardiovascular System. D) The Muscular System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Nervous System. 11. What is the "role" of myelin? A) Insulation which allows quick electrical impulse transmission. B) Expose the neuron to the external environment. C) Chemical substances which transmit messages. D) Gap between two nerve cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insulation which allows quick electrical impulse transmission. 12. Monitors cerebrospinal fluid A) Oligodendrocytes. B) Astrocytes. C) Schwann cells. D) Ependymal cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ependymal cells. 13. Vessels that bring blood towards the heart A) Arteries. B) Alveoli. C) Veins. D) Capillaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Veins. 14. Which procedure involves measuring the dimensions of the brain? A) Encephalotomy. B) Encephalometry. C) Encephalometer. D) Encephaloplasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Encephalometry. 15. Both the brain and spinal cord are protected by what other body system? A) The central system. B) The skeletal system. C) The autonomic system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The skeletal system. 16. What type of receptors experience the sensations of touch, cold, heat, pain, and pain. A) Pressure receptors. B) Cutaneous receptors. C) Olfactory receptors. D) Pain receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cutaneous receptors. 17. When you see a color, the brain is sending a signal to your eye. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 18. The nervous system is made up of cells. A) Cheap. B) Wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cheap. 19. In transmitting sensory information to the brain, an electrical signal travels from the ..... of a single neuron. A) Dendrites to the cell body to the axon. B) Dendrites to the axon to the cell body. C) Axon to the dendrites to the cell body. D) Axon to the cell body to the dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrites to the cell body to the axon. 20. FROM WHAT THE NERVOUS SYSTEM IS MADE OF A) NERVES, INNER EAR, BRAIN. B) BRAIN, NERVES, SPINAL CORD. C) STOMACH. D) LUNGS, HEART, NERVES. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BRAIN, NERVES, SPINAL CORD. 21. How many parts are there in our brain A) 3. B) 1. C) 2. D) 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 22. The functions of the spinal cord include ..... A) The primary reflex center. B) Carrying motor impulses to the brain. C) Carrying sensory impulses away from the brain. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 23. Inside the nose there is ..... A) Colourfull shoes. B) Balls. C) Nasal cavity. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nasal cavity. 24. Your CNS is made up of: A) Your brain and spinal cord. B) Your brain and nerves. C) Your spinal cord and nerves. D) Your nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your brain and spinal cord. 25. This is a fatty outer layer which insulates the neuron allowing the electrical impulses conducted to move faster by jumping A) Neuron. B) Myelin sheath. C) Dendrite. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myelin sheath. 26. Are the number of skin receptors the same everywhere in the body? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 27. Sensation of spinning or dizziness usually caused by an inner-ear disorder or condition A) Epilepsy. B) Vertigo. C) Migraine. D) Tinnitus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertigo. 28. Helps with balance and coordination A) Brain stem. B) Cerebrum. C) Brain. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 29. Calcium is responsible for A) Signaling Na to be released into the membrane. B) Signaling the release of the neurotransmitter. C) Serving as the neurotransmitter. D) Signaling the release of K out of the membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Signaling the release of the neurotransmitter. 30. What type of nerve connect the sensory nerve with the motor nerves and carry impulses betweet them? A) Connector. B) Motor. C) Sensory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connector. 31. The left hemisphere is responsible for A) Creativity. B) Appreciation of art and music. C) Verbal skills. D) Voluntary movement of the left side of the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal skills. 32. Which part of the brain stem connects with the spinal cord? A) Pons". B) Midbrain". C) Medulla oblongata. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla oblongata. 33. Interprets and processes information and delivers commands to PNS A) Motor Neuron. B) Effector. C) Stimulus. D) Interneuron. E) Sensory Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interneuron. 34. What part is responsible for visual processing? A) Temporal. B) Occipital. C) Parietal. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occipital. 35. Euphoria neurotransmitter A) Endorphins. B) Serotonin. C) Acetylcholine (ACh). D) Glutamate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endorphins. 36. ..... pairs of cranial nerves serve primarily the head and neck. A) 12. B) 24. C) 2. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12. 37. What nerve supplies motor fibers to four of the six muscles that direct the eyeball, the eyelid, and control lens shape and pupil size? A) Trochlear. B) Oculomotor. C) Abducting. D) Optic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oculomotor. 38. Where is the Purkinje cell found? A) Thalamus. B) Cerebellum. C) Spinal Cord. D) Cerebral cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 39. When sodium enters the neuron, it becomes ..... A) Positive. B) Negative. C) Neutral. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive. 40. Which nerve is a motor nerve that conducts impulses that moves the eyes and eyelids and focuses light coming into the eye? A) Trochlear (IV). B) Optic (II). C) Oculomotor (III). D) Facial (VII). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oculomotor (III). 41. Which type of nerve receptors are responsible for detecting mechanical force, like vibration, pressure, stretch, and touch? A) Chemoreceptors. B) Mechanoreceptors. C) Photoreceptors. D) Thermoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mechanoreceptors. 42. Can cause gingival hyperplasia A) Selegiline. B) Phenytoin. C) Topiramate. D) Levetiracetam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phenytoin. 43. A muscle receives a message that tells it to contract. This nerve impulse followed an ..... pathway. A) Afferent. B) They will bring it out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They will bring it out. 44. This causes the heart to beat faster or slower. A) Cardiac Center. B) Thalamus. C) Center of Other Controls. D) Vasomotor Center. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cardiac Center. 45. Tube that connects the pharynx with the middle ear A) Eustachian tube. B) Tympanic cavity. C) External auditory meatus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eustachian tube. 46. Different sense receptors are located in different parts of the body. How might sensory receptors in the nose different from those in other parts of the body? A) Able to send information to the muscles. B) Larger than other kinds of receptors. C) Sensitive to changes in the air. D) Faster at processing information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensitive to changes in the air. 47. What lobe is considered the visual lobe? A) Occipital. B) Temporal. C) Frontal. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Occipital. 48. Action potentials happen within WHICH body system? A) Immune. B) Nervous. C) Endocrine. D) Cardiovascular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nervous. 49. What sense can bypass the thalamus and go directly to the brain? A) Taste. B) Smell. C) Sight. D) Touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smell. 50. What structure connects the left and right cerebral hemispheres? A) Callous body. B) Longitudinal fissure. C) Choroid plexus. D) Motor pathway. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Callous body. 51. The part of the brain that controls the right side of the body is the A) Medulla oblongata. B) Right hemisphere. C) Cerebellum. D) Left hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Left hemisphere. 52. Which divisions of the nervous system use sensory neurons to send messages to the central nervous system? Click all that apply! A) Somatic Nervous System. B) Autonomic Nervous System. C) Motor division of the PNS. D) Sensory division of the PNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory division of the PNS. 53. Sends an impulse to a muscle or gland, enabling it to respond A) Motor Neuron. B) Sensory Neuron. C) Interneuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor Neuron. 54. Human brain is made up of how many parts? A) 5. B) 4. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 55. Based on studies, who has a quicker reaction time? A) Boys. B) Girls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boys. 56. What type of receptor detects temperature? A) Free nerve ending. B) Ruffini corpuscles. C) Encapsulated. D) Merkel cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free nerve ending. 57. This section of the brain contains the reflex centers for chewing, facial expression, and eyeball movement A) Thalamus. B) Midbrain. C) Pons. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pons. 58. Which lobe is responsible for social skills, making decisions, and interpreting social behaviors? A) Parietal. B) Occipital. C) Frontal. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frontal. 59. During a biology class, Arjun was asked to explain the function of the ....., which is the network of billions of nerve cells that send information to all parts of the body. Can you help Elijah and Priya identify what Arjun was talking about? A) Respiratory system. B) Circulatory system. C) Digestive system. D) Nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nervous system. 60. A nerve cell that allows sensory and motor neurons to communicate with each other. A) Sensory neuron. B) Motor neuron. C) Relay neuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relay neuron. ← 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