This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 43 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 43 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the sympathetic NS in charge of? A) Fight & flight response. B) Bringing things back down to steady state once excited. C) Relaying info to & from skin and skeletal muscles. D) Relaying things from CNS to muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fight & flight response. 2. The fact that an action potential will occur as long as the threshold is exceeded is known as the ..... A) All or none principle. B) Action potential principle. C) Threshold principle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All or none principle. 3. Color of the stool A) Color of urine. B) Yellow. C) Color together. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Color together. 4. Which term means 'little brain'? A) Wonderbell. B) Medulla. C) Cerebellum. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 5. What are the glial cells that protect the nervous system from infections? A) Microglia. B) Satellite cells. C) Astrocytes. D) Oligodendrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Microglia. 6. Cells that "eat" germs near neuron A) Ependymal cells. B) Astrocytes. C) Oligodendrocytes. D) Microglial cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Microglial cells. 7. Consists of a network of nerves that branch out from the central nervous system and connect it to the rest of the body. A) Secondary nervous system. B) Primary nervous system. C) Peripheral nervous system. D) Central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral nervous system. 8. Which is the correct order in brain process? A) Receptors sensory nerve interneuron motor nerve. B) Receptors interneuron sensory nerve motor nerve. C) Motor nerve interneuron sensory nerve receptors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Receptors sensory nerve interneuron motor nerve. 9. What part of the neuron can be described as a tail like structure that carries the impulse away from the cell body? A) Axon. B) Conclusion. C) Dendrites. D) Cell Body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon. 10. What is the organ that controls your body A) Muscles. B) Nerves. C) Brain. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain. 11. Example of involuntary muscle A) Hand muscles. B) Eyelids blinking. C) Quads. D) Abs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eyelids blinking. 12. What controls all skeletal system activities? A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Spinal cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 13. Type of neuron that relays messages from the brain to muscles of glands A) Motor. B) Afferent. C) Interneuron. D) Sensory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor. 14. Numbers 10/11/12 A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Diencephalon. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain stem. 15. How many types of neurons do we have? A) 3. B) 6. C) 1. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 16. Chewing, sensation in the teeth and face A) Trigeminal. B) Trochlear. C) Oculomotor. D) Optic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trigeminal. 17. Which system is the skull a part of? A) Digestive. B) Nervous. C) Muscular. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeletal. 18. Which part of the brain is responsible for regulating body temperature and water balance? A) Cerebrum. B) Medulla. C) Hypothalamus. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothalamus. 19. These are the specialized capillaries of the Pia Mater that are responsible for producing Cerebrospinal Fluid. A) Corpus Callosum. B) Choroid Proteins. C) Choroid Plexuses. D) Diencephalon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Choroid Plexuses. 20. A type of receptor that detects chemicals, including tastes and smells. A) Thermo-receptors. B) Chemo-receptors. C) Mechano-receptors. D) Photo-receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemo-receptors. 21. What is a cable-like bundle of axons that communicate the brain to the rest of the body? A) Capillary. B) Vein. C) Nerve. D) Artery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerve. 22. Which statement best describes a Leak ion channels? A) Are always open. B) Open in response to neurotransmitters or other chemicals. C) Are closed until opened by specific signals. D) Open in response to changes in the membrane potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are always open. 23. This cranial nerve takes visual information to the brain A) Read through. B) Oculomotor. C) Optic. D) Olfactory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Optic. 24. Which Cranial Nerve is called the Hypoglossal Nerve? A) II. B) XII. C) I. D) XI. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) XII. 25. Which types of muscle tissue are striated? A) Cardiac. B) Cardiac and Skeletal. C) Cardiac and Smooth. D) Smooth and Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cardiac and Skeletal. 26. The part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs A) Autonomic nervous system. B) Peripheral nervous system. C) Parasympathetic nervous system. D) Central nervous system. E) Somatic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic nervous system. 27. The autonomic nervous system has two subsystems:sympathetic and parasympathetic. A) This is false. B) This is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This is true. 28. Which is the upper part of the brain A) Medulla. B) Cerebrum. C) Spinal cord. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 29. It sends messages, it is long and there is only one. A) Axon. B) Neuron. C) Conclusion. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon. 30. The "blind spot" of the eye where no photo receptor cells are present is located at the: A) Choroid. B) Retina. C) Pupil. D) Optic nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Optic nerve. 31. It is a very hot, sunny day so a dog sits in the shade. A) External stimulus. B) Internal stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) External stimulus. 32. Which of the following is not the function of the facial nerve? A) Contraction of stapedius muscle. B) Secretion of parotid gland. C) Special sensation of anterior two-third of tongue. D) Secretion of lacrimal gland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secretion of parotid gland. 33. Which organs are found in the central nervous system? A) Liver + Bladder. B) Brain and Spinal cord. C) Heart + Lungs. D) Stomach + intestines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain and Spinal cord. 34. The part of the brain that acts a relay center to the spinal cord. A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain Stem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain Stem. 35. Which disease or disorder is not degenerative? A) Parkinson's disease. B) Alzheimer's disease. C) Cerebral palsy. D) Multiple sclerosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebral palsy. 36. Axons are NOT usually myelinated and have an afferent function A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 37. Vital bodily functions such as heartbeat, respiration, body temperature, and digestion are monitored or controlled in this area of the brain. A) Brain stem. B) Amygdala. C) Cerebrum. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain stem. 38. Neurons are distinguishable from all other cells of the body by thin fibers called dendrites and axon. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 39. The body's way of responding to threats is: A) Distress. B) Resilience. C) Fight or Flight. D) Stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fight or Flight. 40. The main function of muscle spindles is A) To measure muscle length. B) To pick up muscle fatigue. C) To pick up referred pain. D) To determine tension of the tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To measure muscle length. 41. A ..... depresses the CNS to produce calm and diminished responsiveness without producing sleep. A) Anticonvulsant. B) Barbiturates. C) Hypnotic. D) Sedative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sedative. 42. The central Nervous System of man is composed of A) Autonomic nerves. B) Brain and spinal cord. C) Somatic nerves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain and spinal cord. 43. It is also called as affarent division in Peripheral Nervous system. A) Sensor PNS. B) Relay PNS. C) Sensory PNS. D) Motor PNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory PNS. 44. It is a pool of blood in between the brain and its outermost covering. A) Transient ischemic attack. B) Epidural abscess. C) Subarachnoid hemorrhage. D) Subdural hemorrhage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subdural hemorrhage. 45. The dendrites of a neuron carry a stimulus A) Towards the cell body. B) Away from the cell body. C) Through the cell body. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Towards the cell body. 46. Schwann cells produce myelin in the peripheral nervous system. Oligodendrocytes produce cerebrospinal fluid in the central nervous system. A) Both statements true. B) First statement true, second statement false. C) First statement false, second statement true. D) Both statements false. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First statement true, second statement false. 47. Which Cation "causes" repolarization in a neuron A) Boo+. B) K+. C) He wanted+. D) Na+. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) K+. 48. Which system controls all other systems in the body? A) Muscular system. B) Skeletal system. C) Respiratory system. D) Nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nervous system. 49. The structures of the ear that are important for balance are the A) Ceruminous glands. B) Incus, malleus, and stapes. C) Semicircular canals. D) Eustachian tubes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semicircular canals. 50. Cilia moves spinal fluid A) Astrocyte. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Microglia. D) Ependymal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ependymal. 51. Which is an example of a immovable joint? A) Ankle. B) Elbow. C) Shoulder. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skull. 52. Largest portion of the diencephalon which communicates sensory and motor function. A) Callous body. B) Epithelium. C) Thalamus. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thalamus. 53. Which type of neuroglia add myelin to CNS axons? A) Ependymal cells. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Microglia. D) Astrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oligodendrocytes. 54. This part of the nervous system includes sensory neurons and motor neurons to communicate with other organs of the human body. A) PNS. B) SNS. C) ANS. D) CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PNS. 55. The ..... controls balance, posture, and coordination. A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 56. Neural tissue associated with the digestive system that is responsible for nervous control through autonomic connections. A) Nerve. B) Enteric Nervous System (ENS). C) Autonomic Nervous System (ANS). D) Response. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enteric Nervous System (ENS). 57. Each of the following is a type of neuroglial cell of the central nervous system except A) Microglia. B) Ependymal cells. C) Oligodendrocytes. D) Astrocytes. E) Satellite cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Satellite cells. 58. A neuron that is polarized, stable and negatively charged-it ready to fire. A) Threshold. B) Resting Potential. C) Action Potential. D) Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resting Potential. 59. The role of the somatic sensory association area is A) Understanding and interpreting touch information. B) Comparing planned movement to actual movement. C) Feeling textures. D) Finding the position of objects in space. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understanding and interpreting touch information. 60. Largest part of the brain; responsible for voluntary muscular activity, 5 senses, thoughts, learning and memory. A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Medulla. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. ← 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