This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 45 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The "selectivity" of a particular ion channel refers to its A) Permitting passage by positive but not negative ions. B) Permitting passage by negative but not positive ions. C) Ability to change its size depending on the ion needing transport. D) Permitting passage only to a specific ion. E) Binding with only one type of neurotransmitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Permitting passage only to a specific ion. 2. What kind of receptor is stimulated here? A) Chemoreceptor. B) Thermoreceptor. C) Mechanoreceptor. D) Photoreceptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mechanoreceptor. 3. In testing the visual fields of gross peripheral vision, which of the following is a normal finding? A) Temporally, peripheral objects can be seen at right angles (110$^\circ$). B) The upward field of vision is normally 80$^\circ$. C) The downward field of vision is normally 70$^\circ$. D) The nasal field of vision is normally 30 away from the central point of vision because the nose is in the way. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The downward field of vision is normally 70$^\circ$. 4. Heart transplant A) Heart transplant. B) Heart failure. C) Heart disease. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heart transplant. 5. Part of the Nervous System located in the brain and spinal cord for the reception of stimuli and transmission of reactions and responsible for the integration of impulses A) Neurons. B) Cerebrospinal Fluid. C) Cerebrum. D) Nerve Tract. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurons. 6. The gap between neurons is called a(n) ..... A) Conclusion. B) Neurotransmitter. C) Ganglion. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conclusion. 7. 99% of all neurons, Located in CNS, connect sensory and motor neurons ..... Multipolar, take impulses from CNS to somatic motor effectors or visceral/autonomic motor receptors A) Sensory/Afferent Neurons. B) Motor/Efferent Neuroses:. C) Interneuron:. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interneuron:. 8. Chemical made by glands A) Enzymes. B) Cells. C) Hormones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hormones. 9. What is the innermost layer of the meninges that directly covers the brain? A) Dura mater. B) Skin. C) Arachnoid. D) Pia mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pia mater. 10. Which nervous system carries out the following scenario:Shooting a basketball into the hoop A) Central Nervous System. B) Peripheral Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral Nervous System. 11. In an emergency, the fight or flight response is initiated in the ..... A) CNS. B) Sympathetic NS. C) Parasympatheic NS. D) Somatic NS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic NS. 12. What lobe of the brain controls hearing and language? A) Parietal. B) Frontal. C) Temporal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal. 13. Which of the following is not part of a reflex arc? A) Integrating center. B) Brain. C) Interneuron. D) Sensory receptor. E) Sensory neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain. 14. Which neuroglial cells are spider-like phagocytes that dispose of debris? A) Astrocytes. B) Microglia. C) Ependymal cells. D) Oligodendrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Microglia. 15. The outer layer of the meninges is know as A) Pia. B) Dura. C) None. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dura. 16. There are three parts to this organ, each controls something different from thinking, reasoning, moving to digesting food. We call it the main control center of the body ..... the computer? A) Heart. B) Nerves. C) Spinal cord. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain. 17. Which lobe is responsible for vision, and visual processing? A) Frontal Lobe. B) Parietal Lobe. C) Occipital Lobe. D) Temporal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occipital Lobe. 18. Germ layers giving rise to pituitary gland are: A) Ectoderm and endoderm. B) Ectoderm and mesoderm. C) Ectoderm and neuroectoderm. D) Endoderm and neuroectoderm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ectoderm and neuroectoderm. 19. Nerve current is action potential (AP) that moves on the surface of the axon Which of the following statements is correct? (General Subject 55) A) AP will decrease in intensity as the route passes. B) The first AP formed is the same AP as the last AP. C) The AP will have the same intensity no matter how far it travels. D) The first AP that occurs is not the same AP as the last AP. E) There are 2 correct points. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) There are 2 correct points. 20. Which bone protects the brain? A) Pelvis. B) Spine. C) Skull. D) Rib cage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull. 21. Largest part of brain is A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain stem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 22. This cranial nerve innervates the face and jaw muscles A) Trigeminal. B) Facial. C) Auditory. D) Trochlear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trigeminal. 23. The function of the nervous system is ..... A) Breathing only. B) Digestion only. C) Control and Coordination of the body. D) Circulation only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Control and Coordination of the body. 24. One limitation of a CT scan is that A) The person must sit very still, so is inappropriate for young children. B) It is very expensive. C) The person cannot have a pacemaker. D) It doesn't show structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The person must sit very still, so is inappropriate for young children. 25. The junction between a neuron and another neuronal cell, muscle cell, or with a gland cell is called a A) Axon. B) Neuronal gap. C) Dendrite. D) Conclusion. E) Gap junction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conclusion. 26. Violent shaking of the brain. A) Syncope. B) They would bring. C) Bell's palsy. D) Concussion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Concussion. 27. The motor plan is made in what part of the brain? A) Medulla oblongata. B) Cerebellum. C) Frontal lobe. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frontal lobe. 28. What is responsible for detecting information and sending it to the nervous system? A) Digestive system. B) Muscles. C) Sense organs. D) Respiratory system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sense organs. 29. The sympathetic nervous system has what effect on the pupil? A) Constriction. B) Relaxation. C) Dilation. D) Inhibition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dilation. 30. Synaptic vesicles release their contents into the synaptic cleft by ..... A) Exocytosis. B) Endocytosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exocytosis. 31. Multiple sclerosis primarily involves A) Destruction of the hippocampus. B) Destruction of the myelin sheath. C) Destruction of regions of the motor cortex. D) Deterioration of parts of the spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Destruction of the myelin sheath. 32. For kids with cerebral palsy, physical therapy: A) Prevents their symptoms from spreading. B) Can permanently cure their condition. C) Isn't much help. D) Can help them manage their symptoms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can help them manage their symptoms. 33. Which word represents the inability to speak? A) Dementia. B) Aphasia. C) Phases. D) Dysphasia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aphasia. 34. How does phantom pain affect nervous system? A) Internerves change. B) Motor Nerves Change. C) Peripheral nerves changes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral nerves changes. 35. What type of involuntary muscle controls movement of substances through various tubes inside of the body ( such as arteries, bronchi, and the small intestine)? A) Smooth muscle. B) Skeletal muscle. C) Cardiac muscle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smooth muscle. 36. The cerebrum controls balance, movement and coordination A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 37. During transmission across a typical chemical synapse, A) Neurotransmitters cause the release of vesicles. B) Action potentials make the vesicles fuse to each other. C) Vesicles diffuse to and fuse to the postsynaptic membrane. D) Neurotransmitters bind to receptors on the postsynaptic cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurotransmitters bind to receptors on the postsynaptic cell. 38. A CVA is a stroke. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 39. What is the function of the skeletal system? A) To eliminate waste in the body. B) To transport gases throughout the body. C) To send signals from the brain to the body. D) To provide structural support for the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To provide structural support for the body. 40. Separates the two hemispheres A) Longitudinal fissure. B) Transverse fissure. C) Callous body. D) Hippocampus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Longitudinal fissure. 41. Which activities of the body are controlled by the autonomic nervous system? A) "Involuntary". B) "Voluntary. C) All of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Involuntary". 42. What separates neurons from each other? A) Impulse. B) Dendrite. C) Conclusion. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conclusion. 43. This region of the brain is the largest, having two hemispheres. A) Cerebellum. B) Sulci. C) Hypothalamus. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum. 44. Interbrain, sits atop the brain stem and is enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres. Has three major structures:the thalamus, hypothalamus, and the epithalamus. A) Axon terminals. B) Parietal lobe. C) Diencephalon. D) Cerebral cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diencephalon. 45. Sodium channels opening and allowing sodium ions to diffuse inward results in A) Refractory period. B) Repolarization of the membrane. C) Depolarization of the membrane. D) Hyperpolarization of the membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Depolarization of the membrane. 46. Which of the following is the correct sequences from outermost to innermost layers of the meninges: A) Dura mater, pia mater, arachnoid mater. B) Pia mater, archnoid mater, dura mater. C) Arahnoid mater, dura mater, pia mater. D) Pia matter, dura matter, arachnoid mater. E) Dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater. 47. What is the region of the cell body from which the axon originates? A) Neurofibril. B) Axion hillock. C) Dendrite. D) Axon terminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axion hillock. 48. Which part of the neuron receives information? A) Axon. B) Nucleus. C) Dendrite. D) Soma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrite. 49. Every neuron has a cell body, axon, and many dendrites A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 50. The building unit of the nervous system is a type of cells called. A) Block. B) Brain. C) Animal cell. D) Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neuron. 51. Select the correct part A) Pupil. B) Lens. C) Cornea. D) Retina. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Retina. 52. The brain stem controls ..... A) Involuntary reactions, such as breathing and heartrate. B) Voluntary reactions, such as walking and talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Involuntary reactions, such as breathing and heartrate. 53. What does the Autonomic nervous system do? A) Make you think about processes in your body. B) Makes sure processes in your body work automatically EX:Breathing. C) Sends information through peripheral system. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Makes sure processes in your body work automatically EX:Breathing. 54. Which of the following is not involved in responses of brain injury? A) Astrogliosis. B) Microgliosis. C) Demyelination. D) All of above is involved. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of above is involved. 55. Motor nerves send and receive messages from the brain to A) Get our body muscles to move. B) Identify different senses. C) Make us clap our hands. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Get our body muscles to move. 56. What are the nerve cells called? A) Medulla. B) Neurons. C) Cerebrum. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurons. 57. What is the inner most meningeal layer of the brain? A) Arachnoid. B) Ventricles. C) Dura mater. D) Pia mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pia mater. 58. The vagus nerve is cranial nerve ..... It is involved in sensation in the chest and abdomen, and it controls the cardiac muscles (parasympathetic division) A) 12 (XII). B) 10 (X). C) 4 (IV). D) 3 (III). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10 (X). 59. A nerve cell is known as a/an: A) Neuron. B) Axon. C) Myelin Sheath. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuron. 60. The generic name for "Tegretoltextregistered" is: A) Valproic acid. B) Carbamazepine. C) Phenytoin. D) Primidone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbamazepine. ← 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