This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 42 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which division of the nervous system is known as the resting & digesting system? A) Somatic. B) Parasympathetic. C) Sympathetic. D) CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic. 2. How does the sympathetic nervous system prepare the body for strenuous activity? A) By reducing blood pressure. B) By reducing the heart rate. C) By increasing digestion. D) By increasing blood flow to the muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By increasing blood flow to the muscles. 3. What does the cornea do? A) Transmit impulses from retina to brain. B) Helps the eye focus. C) Receives light and sends it to brain. D) Transmits light rays to retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helps the eye focus. 4. Which lobe of the cerebrum processes things like tough, pain, and temperature? A) Temporal. B) Parietal. C) Frontal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parietal. 5. Division of the PNS that regulates activities under conscience control A) Autonomic. B) Parasympathetic. C) Somatic. D) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Somatic. 6. Which of the following gate opens during depolarization A) H+ pump. B) K+ gates. C) Here+ cats. D) Na+/K+ pump. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Here+ cats. 7. A central opening of iris is A) Fovea. B) Pupil. C) Lens. D) Cornea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pupil. 8. What organs are the eyes, ears, nost and tounge? A) Sensory. B) Big. C) Special. D) Motor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory. 9. Neurons can synapse with ..... A) Other neurons. B) Muscle cells (skeletal, smooth, cardiac). C) Glandular cells (exocrine and endocrine). D) All answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All answers are correct. 10. Cranial Nerve 3 = A) Oculomator. B) Optic. C) Olfactory. D) Trochlear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oculomator. 11. During repolarization, ..... ions are pumped out of the cell. A) Sodium. B) Potassium. C) Both sodium & postassium. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sodium. 12. The peripheral nervous system is made up of ..... A) The brain and the spinal cord. B) The nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The nerves. 13. Which part of the brain is the largest? A) Medulla oblongata. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum. 14. What does the blood-brain barrier control? A) Electrical impulses in the brain. B) Homeostasis for the brain and prevents infection. C) The amount of cerebrospinal fluid produced. D) The temperature of the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homeostasis for the brain and prevents infection. 15. This system controls all body functions A) Circulatory system. B) Nervous system. C) Muscular system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nervous system. 16. Which part of the cerebrum is responsible for touch, intellectual function, and speech A) Parietal. B) Temporal. C) Frontal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frontal. 17. An action potential arriving at the presynaptic terminal causes A) Voltage-gated sodium ion channels to open, and sodium ions to diffuse into the cell. B) Voltage-gated calcium ion channels to open, and calcium ions to diffuse into the cell. C) Ligand-gated sodium channels to open, and sodium ions to diffuse out of the cell. D) Voltage-gated sodium ion channels to open, and sodium ions to diffuse out of the cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voltage-gated calcium ion channels to open, and calcium ions to diffuse into the cell. 18. The peripheral nervous systems consists of ..... A) Neurons. B) Brain and spinal cord. C) Brain and neurons. D) Heart and lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurons. 19. Feedback loops are important because they allow organisms and the environment to A) Change based on new inputs. B) Fall apart. C) Change based on new outputs. D) Maintain balance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maintain balance. 20. The order of Auditory Ossicles (from outside to inside) A) Hammer, Anvil, Staples. B) Incus, Staples, Hammer. C) Hammer, Staples, Anvil. D) Staples, Hammer, Anvil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hammer, Anvil, Staples. 21. What is the name of the opening that changes size to adjust for brightness? A) Retina. B) Iris. C) Cornea. D) Pupil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pupil. 22. Slowly progressive decline in mental abilities including memory, thinking, and judging A) Dementia. B) Reye's syndrome. C) Tourette syndrome. D) Encephalitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dementia. 23. It connects the brain to the spinal cord. A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain Stem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain Stem. 24. Type of nerve that carries messages to the CNS from the sense organs A) Mixed. B) Sensory. C) Motor. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory. 25. Keeping the body at constant or near constant conditions is called ..... A) Photosynthesis. B) The nervous system. C) Homeostasis. D) Cell differentiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Homeostasis. 26. Disease caused by an incomplete formation of the vertebral column. A) Encephalitis. B) Huntington's Disease. C) Meningitis. D) Spina Bifida. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spina Bifida. 27. Caused by excessive plaque formation int he brain leading to memory loss A) Stroke. B) Parkinson's. C) Epilepsy. D) Alzheimer's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alzheimer's. 28. This system provides shape and support for the body. A) Muscular. B) Integumentary. C) Nervous. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeletal. 29. The cells that produce myelin in the PNS are the A) Astrocyte. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Microglia. D) Ependymal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oligodendrocytes. 30. What is the presynaptic membrane A) Where neurotransmitters are received. B) The target cell aka effector cell. C) Where the neurotransmitters are relased from. D) The protective covering of the axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where the neurotransmitters are relased from. 31. The nerve cells in your body are called neurons. From which part of the neuron is most likely responsible for carrying signals between the cell body and axon terminal?answer choices A) Schwann cell. B) Soma. C) Axon. D) Node of Ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon. 32. What must happen to chemicals before chemoreceptors in the mouth can detect it? A) The chemicals must bind to taste buds directly. B) The chemicals must be broken down by enzymes. C) The chemicals must evaporate. D) The chemicals must dissolve in saliva. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The chemicals must dissolve in saliva. 33. How does food move through your digestive system? A) By gravity pulling it down. B) When we eat more food, it forces the rest down. C) Muscle movements called peristalsis. D) Electromagnetic force. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscle movements called peristalsis. 34. Subdivision of the efferent division that transmits action potentials to smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, or glands A) Somatic nervous system. B) Autonomic nervous system. C) Peripheral nervous system. D) Afferent division. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomic nervous system. 35. What is the function of the somatic nervous system? A) To communicate voluntary (conscious) instructions from the CNS to skeletal muscles, causing contraction. B) To communicate involuntary (subconscious) instructions from the CNS to control heart and glands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To communicate voluntary (conscious) instructions from the CNS to skeletal muscles, causing contraction. 36. This is the area where the parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes of the cerebrum come together. A) General Interpretation Area. B) Insula. C) Bottom. D) Top. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) General Interpretation Area. 37. Rare in adults, these neurons are only found in sense organs like the eye and nose: A) Unipolar. B) Bipolar. C) Multipolar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bipolar. 38. Fat-soluble vitamins include..... A) A, B, E, and K. B) C, D, E and K. C) B, C, E and K. D) A, D, E and K. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A, D, E and K. 39. What does connective tissue do? A) Carries messages to and from the brain. B) Provides structure and support. C) Causes movement. D) Forms the protective outer layer of skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provides structure and support. 40. What do afferent nerves do? A) Carry information to make changes. B) Carry information about changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carry information about changes. 41. Burning sensation A) Neuro. B) Brain. C) Cause/or. D) -tropic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cause/or. 42. Produces myelin sheaths A) Astrocytes. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Microglia. D) Ependymal cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oligodendrocytes. 43. A network of nerves that weave together after branching from the spinal cord is called a ..... A) Reflex. B) Pathway. C) Ganglion. D) Plexus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plexus. 44. Neuron between a motor neuron and a sensory neuron A) Schwann cells. B) They will bring neurons. C) Efferent neuron. D) Interneuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interneuron. 45. The most complex organ in the body is the A) Cell. B) Nerves. C) Brain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain. 46. Which organ is related to the nervous system? A) Brain, spinal cord, and nerve cells. B) Brain and spinal cord. C) Brain and nerves. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain, spinal cord, and nerve cells. 47. What are the main functions of the skeleton? A) Protection. B) Body Shape. C) Movement. D) All Of These. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All Of These. 48. Which of the following structures protect the eye? A) Eyelids. B) Eyelashes. C) Eyebrows. D) All of these structures protect the eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these structures protect the eye. 49. Surface shows elevated ridges of tissue. What are these elevated ridges named? A) Sulci. B) Neurons. C) Axons. D) Gyri. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gyri. 50. ..... synapses occur where two cells are directly connected. A) Electrical. B) Chemical. C) Cholinergic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electrical. 51. The organelle that contains actin and myosin. A) Tendon. B) Myofibril. C) Fiber. D) Myofilament. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myofibril. 52. What are the receptors used for the tactile and temperature senses? A) Kinetoreceptors and Thermoceptors. B) Kinetoreceptors and Temperacoceptors. C) Thermoceptors and Mechanoraptors. D) Thermoceptors and Mechanoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thermoceptors and Mechanoreceptors. 53. Which type of nerve gathers information from surroundings and sends it to the brain? A) Motor. B) Synaptic. C) Sensory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory. 54. Ears pick up sound waves caused by vibrations that your brain interprets A) Smell and taste. B) Hearing. C) Touch. D) Vision. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hearing. 55. Identify Letter J A) Bronchioles. B) Left/Right Bronchi. C) Trachea. D) Larynx. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left/Right Bronchi. 56. This nerve is responsible for balance A) Trochlear. B) Vagus. C) Vestibulocochlear. D) Accessory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vestibulocochlear. 57. What do the nodes of Ranvier do? A) Protecting the axon. B) Nothing. C) Help slow down impulse. D) Help speed up impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Help speed up impulse. 58. Part of neuron that receives impulses from other cells and transmits to cell body. A) Dendrite. B) Cell body. C) Axon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrite. 59. Which part our our brain is in charge of memories and hormone production? A) Hypothalamus. B) Brain Stem. C) Cerebellum. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypothalamus. 60. These parts of the brain are MOST important for maintaining homeostasis. A) Cerebellum and frontal lobe. B) Hypothalamus and brain stem. C) Cerebellum and hypothalamus. D) Brain stem only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothalamus and brain stem. ← 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