This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 33 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The process of bone formation is called: A) Hematopoiesis. B) Chondrogenesis. C) Osteoporosis. D) Ossification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ossification. 2. Cones on your retina help see A) Color. B) Black and white. C) Images in low light. D) Images in bright light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Color. 3. Rounded bulge on underside of brainstem A) Cerebral Cortex. B) Pons. C) Diencephalon. D) Central Sulcus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pons. 4. How many ringed shape bones vertabral column have? A) 39. B) 35. C) 33. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 33. 5. Damage to the spinal tissue can lead to: A) IF. B) Motor neuron disease. C) A sore back. D) Paralysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paralysis. 6. Which structure connects the Brain to the Peripheral Nervous System, while also directing some of the body's reflexes? A) Larynx. B) Esophagus. C) Trachea. D) Pharynx. E) Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Spinal Cord. 7. What is the function of the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)? A) Carry messages to the CNS. B) Process and relay information. C) To support our subconscious. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carry messages to the CNS. 8. What type PNS controls jumping, walking, talking? A) Autonomic. B) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic. 9. What is the outer most most covering of the CNS? A) Pia mater. B) Arachnoid mater. C) Dura mater. D) Mater mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dura mater. 10. Which of the following is a pigment that colors the skin? A) Melanin. B) Vitamin D. C) Follicle. D) Chlorophyll. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Melanin. 11. The outermost layer of the brain, responsible for thinking, memory, and senses, is the: A) Cerebellum. B) Medulla. C) Brain stem. D) Cerebrum tagsMS-LS1.8. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum tagsMS-LS1.8. 12. The ear has 2 main functions. They are hearing and: A) Creating cerumen. B) Balance. C) Draining excess fluid. D) Managing pressure when in elevated areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Balance. 13. A type of receptor that detects heat and changes in temperature, located mainly in the skin and muscles A) Mechano-receptors. B) Thermo-receptors. C) Photo-receptors. D) Chemo-receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thermo-receptors. 14. To improve the accuracy if an experiment as scientist should: A) Repeat the experiment and compare results. B) Use digital equipment and small units of measurement. C) Control all variables aside from the independent. D) Increase the reliability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use digital equipment and small units of measurement. 15. What type neurons gather data? A) Sensory. B) Motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory. 16. Paralysis of both lower limbs A) Paraplegia. B) Hemiplegia. C) Multiple sclerosis. D) Quadriplegia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paraplegia. 17. The cytoplasmic extensions that provide the main receptive surface for neurons are called ..... A) Axon terminal. B) Dendrites. C) Cell body. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrites. 18. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands A) Parasympathetic division. B) Autonomic nervous system. C) Solar system. D) Sympathetic system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic nervous system. 19. The Occipital lobe of the brain is possibly damaged if you have trouble ..... A) Trouble remembering things. B) Blurry or double vision. C) With ringing in the ears. D) Slurred speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blurry or double vision. 20. Moving your arm is A) A voluntary action. B) An involuntary action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A voluntary action. 21. What are the 2 types of nervous system called? A) Mechanical and Chemial System. B) Gills and lungs. C) Central System and peripheral System. D) None Of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central System and peripheral System. 22. The reflex arc is consisting of ..... A) The brain, interneuron, sensory neuron, and a motor neuron. B) The brain, an interneuron, and a motor neuron. C) An interneuron and a sensory neuron. D) An interneuron, a sensory neuron, and a motor neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An interneuron, a sensory neuron, and a motor neuron. 23. The fight or flight response is associated with the sympathetic nervous system A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 24. The part of the neuron that typically conducts nerve impulses away from the cell body is the ..... A) Dendrite. B) Axon. C) Cell Body. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 25. Which test is used to diagnose color blindness? A) Tonometry. B) Ishihara test. C) Run test. D) Weber test. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ishihara test. 26. Which below traces the correct path of a stimulus on your fingertipss A) Motor neurons to spinal cord to brain back to spinal cord to Peripheral nervous system(sensory neurons). B) Sensory neurons to spinal cord to brain back to spinal cord to peripheral nervous system(motor neurons). C) Motor neurons to brain then to spinal cord, then back to brain, then to peripheral nervous systme (motor neurons). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory neurons to spinal cord to brain back to spinal cord to peripheral nervous system(motor neurons). 27. What part of the nervous system responds in emergency situations (also called the "fight-or-flight" response? A) Parasympathetic Nervous System. B) Digestive System. C) Endocrine System. D) Sympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sympathetic nervous system. 28. A brain tumor is a mass or growth of abnormal cells that can only originate in your brain. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 29. Voluntary muscle is A) Muscle that has to be told when to move. B) Muscle that moves automatically. C) Muscle that needs to be stretched regularly. D) Muscle that makes up the heart and stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muscle that has to be told when to move. 30. Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) is formed capillaries located on the top of each ventricle. The name of this structure is called ..... A) Fornix. B) The roof. C) Infundibular stalk. D) Choroid plexuses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Choroid plexuses. 31. Which type of nervous system focuses on our brain and spinal cord? A) Central Nervous System. B) Peripheral Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central Nervous System. 32. Which of the following is not part of the brain stem? A) Medulla oblongata. B) Diencephalon. C) Pons. D) Midbrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diencephalon. 33. What part of the brain stem controls heart, respiration, blood pressure. A) Midbrain. B) Medulla. C) Pons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medulla. 34. You touch a coffee cup and it is super hot! Which of the following signals the brain and lets it know? A) Sensory Neuron. B) Active neuron. C) Intraneuron. D) Motor neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory Neuron. 35. ..... neurons carry messages to the central nervous system A) Inter. B) Motor. C) Sensory. D) Fun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory. 36. The weight of Human Brain is ..... or ..... A) 3 pounds, 1.5 Kg. B) 2 pounds, 1.5 Kg. C) 5 pounds, 2 Kg. D) 1.5 pounds, 3 Kg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3 pounds, 1.5 Kg. 37. This part of the CNS is essentially for memory, motivation, and problem solving A) Frontal. B) Temporal. C) Occipital. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal. 38. The tough outer layer of meninges is called the A) Pia mater. B) Ventricle. C) Dura mater. D) Arachnoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dura mater. 39. Suffering from Obesity A) Suffering from blood pressure. B) Suffering from diabetes. C) Suffering from obesity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suffering from obesity. 40. Which of the following is not one of the three protective layers of the brain? A) Pia Mater. B) Dura Mater. C) Blood Brain Barrier. D) Arachnoid Mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blood Brain Barrier. 41. Which of these are functions of the nervous system? A) Sensation. B) Integration. C) Motor output. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 42. Receptors for taste are called ..... receptors. A) Olfactory. B) Gustatory. C) Tactile. D) Photo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gustatory. 43. Controls the actions of the muscles over which we have no control A) Autonomic system. B) Peripheral nervous system. C) Central nervous system. D) Somatic system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic system. 44. What is the function of the cerebellum? A) Controls blood pressure, heart rate, breathing, and swallowing. B) Coordinates muscle actions. C) Processes information about body position. D) Responsible for voluntary, or conscious activities of the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coordinates muscle actions. 45. The ..... is a long bundle of neurons that goes down your back. A) Spinal cord. B) Brain. C) Nerves. D) Central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord. 46. What is the function of the diaphragm? A) The muscle that contracts and relaxes when you breathe. B) The muscle that regulates your heart beat. C) No function. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The muscle that contracts and relaxes when you breathe. 47. The ..... is the dark layer of the eye that absorbs light. A) Lens. B) Conjunctiva. C) Choroid. D) Iris. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Choroid. 48. This division is the part of the PNS that deals with motor movements and receives messages from the brain. A) They will bring it out. B) Afferent. C) Somatic. D) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They will bring it out. 49. The organs we use to sense things with are known as the? A) Sensory Organs. B) Lifeline Organs. C) Nervous Organs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory Organs. 50. Enable communication between sensory and motor neuron. A) Efferent Neuron. B) Sensory neuron. C) Connector neuron. D) Afferent neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connector neuron. 51. Which of the following is NOT a basic function of the nervous system? A) Deliver oxygen. B) Respond to stimuli. C) Monitor changes. D) Process and interrpret. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deliver oxygen. 52. When an action potential passes over the surface of a synaptic knob, the contents of the vesicles are released in response to the presence of A) Neuropeptides. B) Neurotransmitters. C) Calcium ions. D) Sodium ions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calcium ions. 53. Part of the nervous system that controls balance A) Brain. B) Cerebellum. C) Tallo cerebral. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 54. The pons is responsible for reflex actions including chewing, tasting, and saliva production. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. When a neuron reaches threshold and an action potential is generated: A) Sodium ions enter the cell. B) Sodium ions exit the cell. C) Potassium and sodium ions enter the cell. D) Potassium ions enter the cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sodium ions enter the cell. 56. Insulates the axon and helps the electrical signal travel more quickly A) Myelin sheath. B) Axon. C) Dendrite. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myelin sheath. 57. Which joint is present in knee and elbow? A) Hinge. B) Ball and socket. C) Pivot. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge. 58. What are the thin filaments in a myofibril? A) Sarcoplasm. B) Myosin. C) Sarcomeres. D) Actin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Actin. 59. This part controls balance and coordination. A) Hemisphere. B) Cerebrum. C) Thalamus. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 60. Encephalomyeloradiculitis A) Inflammation of the brain, spinal cord, and nerve roots. B) Record of electrical activity of the brain. C) Alzheimer disease. D) Tumor composed of developing glial tissue. 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