This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System β Quiz 36 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 36 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does CNS mean. A) Central Nervous System. B) Can't No Sorry. C) Cat No See. D) Central New State. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central Nervous System. 2. The ear functions for ..... A) Balance. B) Hearing. C) Both balance and hearing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both balance and hearing. 3. Region of neuron that contains nucleus and other organelles. It gathers information from dendrites and creates impulses A) Axon. B) Axon terminal. C) Cell body. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cell body. 4. Meaning of cerebrum A) Largest part of brain. B) Longest part of brain. C) Stimulates. D) Centre of spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Largest part of brain. 5. Name the process of gaseous exchange in the body. A) Cardiovascular system. B) Lymphatic system. C) Respiration. D) Respiratory system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Respiratory system. 6. Which lobe of the brain is the one responsible for processing information related to complex thinking and problem solving? A) Temporal. B) Occipital. C) Frontal. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frontal. 7. Which part of the brain controls the muscles that produce voluntary movements? A) The cerebellum. B) The cerebrum. C) The brain stem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cerebrum. 8. Stimulatory binding of NT's at a neuron-neuron chemical synapse allows for the ..... of an action potential in the post-synaptic neuron A) Continuation. B) Termination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Continuation. 9. After hitting the left side of her head, Kim has difficulty speaking and cannot move the right side of her body. Where is her injury? A) Temporal lobe. B) Parietal lobe. C) Occipital lobe. D) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frontal lobe. 10. Which statement relates to the passage of a message from the sensory neurone to the replay neurone? A) Fast, fast, fast. B) Slow, Fast, Fast. C) Slow, Fast, Slow. D) Fast, Slow, Fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fast, Slow, Fast. 11. The ..... is the message carried by neurons. A) Conclusion. B) Nerve Impulse. C) Reflex. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nerve Impulse. 12. How many type of nerves are there- A) 8. B) 1. C) 6. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 13. Negative feedback is the response in the opposite directions of a stimulus. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. One student was a gymnast and moved very fluidly on the balance beam. Which part of the brain develops well? A) A. B) D & E. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 15. How does regular exercise build larger muscles? Explain. A) They grow and get bigger because you exercise. B) Exercise make muscle cells grow bigger, whole muscles become thicker and stronger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exercise make muscle cells grow bigger, whole muscles become thicker and stronger. 16. The speed of nerve impulse transmission for myelinated neurons is at speeds up to ..... A) The speed of of light (3.00 X 108 m/s). B) 1.2 m/s. C) 120 km/hr. D) 120 m/s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 120 m/s. 17. THE ORGAN SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS ALL THE BODY FUNCTIONS IN OUR BODY A) MUSCULAR SYSTEM. B) NERVOUS SYSTEM. C) CIRCULATORY SYSTEM. D) DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NERVOUS SYSTEM. 18. Which part of the brain contains the thalamus & hypothalamus? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain stem. D) Diencephalon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diencephalon. 19. What is dendrite? A) Processes impulse. B) Receive impulse. C) Powers the cell. D) Manufacture protein. E) Control center of cell body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Receive impulse. 20. The inhibition of a gland (exocrine or endocrine) causes ..... A) Secretion to proceed. B) Secretion to be blocked/prevented. C) Both answers are correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secretion to be blocked/prevented. 21. ..... neurons make up the neurons of the ascending tracts in the spinal cord. A) Sensory. B) Motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory. 22. Chemical signal that is released from the synaptic end bulb of a neuron to cause a change in the target cell. A) Neurotransmitter. B) Ependymal Cell. C) Sensation. D) Unipolar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurotransmitter. 23. A neuron at rest with have a net ..... charge inside the axon A) Negative. B) Positive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative. 24. From the picture, which part acts as a center for receiving and transmitting nerve impulses? A) D & E. B) B. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 25. Excess cerebrospinal fluid accumulates in the ventricles of the brain A) Cephalalgia. B) Meningocele. C) Hydrocephalus. D) Encephalocele. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydrocephalus. 26. 5 kinds of smell you detect are bitter, sour, salty, sweet, and savory. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 27. During depolarization outside of the cell is ..... charged and inside of the cell is ..... charged A) Negatively/ negatively. B) Positively/ positively. C) Positively / negatively. D) Negatively / positively. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Negatively / positively. 28. Which Cranial Nerve is associated with sensation of sight? A) II. B) III. C) IV. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) II. 29. This part of the system takes in information from the senses and responds to it; includes the brain and spinal cord A) Central Nervous System. B) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central Nervous System. 30. Define response. A) Change in an organism's environment that causes it to react. B) How the organism reacts to the stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How the organism reacts to the stimulus. 31. What are sensory nerves A) The nerves which bring messages from sense organs. B) The nerves which bring messages from muscles and glands. C) The nerves which bring messages from brain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The nerves which bring messages from sense organs. 32. What is the correct sequence of these events that follow a threshold potential? 1.The membrane becomes depolarized. 2.Sodium channels open and sodium ions diffuse inward. 3.The membrane becomes repolarized. 4.Potassium channels open and potassium ions diffuse outward. A) 2, 1, 4, 3. B) 1, 2, 3, 4. C) 2, 4, 3, 1. D) 2, 1, 3, 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2, 1, 4, 3. 33. What does the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) include? A) Brain and spinal cord. B) Spinal and cranial nerves. C) Autonomic and somatic nerves. D) Sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal and cranial nerves. 34. What is the name of the neurotransmitter that is released at the neuromuscular junction to stimulate muscle contraction? A) A. Dopamine. B) Mr. GABA. C) B. Serotonin. D) C. Acetylcholine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. Acetylcholine. 35. The name of the specialised gap between 2 neurons A) Terminal buttons. B) Dendrites. C) Synaptic Vesicles. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conclusion. 36. This structure is the outer coating of the eye ball. A) Cornea. B) Iris. C) Optic nerve. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cornea. 37. Which of the following is NOT responsible for the protection of the brain A) Temporal bone. B) Meninges. C) Cerebrospinal fluid. D) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frontal lobe. 38. What is known as the coverings around the brain and spine that helps cushion, protect and nourish the brain and spinal cord? A) Fluids. B) Meninges. C) Skull. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meninges. 39. If there is damage to the cerebellum, which type of deficit would you expect to see? A) Unable to walk/run. B) Vision severely compromised. C) Hearing severely compromised. D) Uncontrollable crying/emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unable to walk/run. 40. What is the long term cure for MS? A) Surgery to add extra myelin sheath. B) Medications to stop your immune system. C) Surgery to remove the myelin sheath. D) There is no cure for MS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There is no cure for MS. 41. Which of the following best describes the electrical state of a neuron at rest? A) The inside of a neuron is more negatively charged than the outside. B) The outside of a neuron is more negatively charged than the inside. C) The inside and the outside of a neuron have the same electrical charge. D) Potassium ions leak into a neuron at rest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The inside of a neuron is more negatively charged than the outside. 42. Which of the following CANNOT be classified as Peripheral neuropathy? A) Guillain-BarrΓ© syndrome. B) Epilepsy. C) Neuralgia. D) Bell's palsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epilepsy. 43. Occur without thinking and serve as many of the body system functions such as the heart beating and breathing A) Sympathetic system. B) Knee jerk reflex. C) Sensory neurons. D) Involuntary reflex. E) Central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Involuntary reflex. 44. What reflexes stimulate skeletal muscles? A) Autonomic. B) Pupillary. C) Salivary. D) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somatic. 45. Which of the following is no a cranial nerve? A) Trigeminal. B) Phrenic. C) Facial. D) Vagus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phrenic. 46. What is the name of a motor nerve that conducts impulses to muscles that move the eyes and other muscles? A) Trochlear (IV). B) Trigeminal (B). C) Vagus (X). D) Accessory (XI). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trochlear (IV). 47. What can you infer from the fact that babies with underdeveloped lungs have a high risk of developing cerebral palsy? A) The brain needs oxygen to develop properly. B) Cerebral palsy is primarily a disease of the lungs. C) Without oxygen muscles get stiff. D) Babies who get plenty of oxygen never develop cerebral palsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The brain needs oxygen to develop properly. 48. What does the nervous system control? A) Only the movement of limbs. B) Only voluntary actions. C) Everything you do. D) Only involuntary actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Everything you do. 49. Most patients with generalized anxiety disorder also have another: A) Psychiatric disorder. B) Respiratory disorder. C) Cardiovascular disorder. D) Integumentary disorder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Psychiatric disorder. 50. The strength of an impulse is always the same-either there is an impulse in response to a stimulus or there is not.What principle is this? A) All or none principle. B) In the middle principle. C) Depends on the severity of the co action. D) The neuronic principle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All or none principle. 51. Part of the musculoskeletal system is the skeleton. There are 206 bones in an adult human skeleton. Any place where two bones meet is called a ..... There are some that can rotate in a circle, some that can open and close, and some that do not move at all. A) Tendon. B) Joint. C) Ligament. D) Socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joint. 52. What protects your internal organs? (for example, your heart and lungs) A) Muscles. B) Digestive. C) Nervous system. D) Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeleton. 53. Innermost membrane that clings tightly to the surface of the brain and spinal cord A) Pia mater. B) Dura mater. C) Arachnoid mater. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pia mater. 54. What is the function of the somatic system? A) Regulates the activities of glands, smooth muscle, and the heart. B) Takes sensory information from sensory receptors to the CNS. C) Sends back motor commands from the CNS to the muscles. D) Controls the skeletal muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sends back motor commands from the CNS to the muscles. 55. Coordinates breathing and heart movements. A) Brain stem. B) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain stem. 56. What does the auricle do? A) Skin made for piercing. B) Collects sound and funnels it down the ear canal. C) Helps with balance. D) Collects dust and dirt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Collects sound and funnels it down the ear canal. 57. Your skeletal system is in charge of making your blood. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 58. This is the part of the brain stem that controls the rate and depth of breathing. A) Midbrain. B) Pons. C) Spinal cord elongated. D) Diencephalon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pons. 59. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) A) A large structure of the hindbrain that controls fine motor skills. B) Numbness and tingling in extremities. C) Injury to the brain caused by a blow. D) Destruction of the myelin sheath on neurons in the CNS and its replacement by plaques of sclerotic (hard) tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Destruction of the myelin sheath on neurons in the CNS and its replacement by plaques of sclerotic (hard) tissue. 60. Nerves are made up of nerve cells called as ..... A) Axon. B) Dendrites. C) Neurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurons. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books