This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 57 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 57 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Cranial nerve VII, carries motor information to muscles on the face, and sensory information from the face and jaws back to the brain: A) Spinal accessory. B) Facial. C) Trigeminal. D) Olfactory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Facial. 2. Main class used to treat ADHD A) CNS Stimulants. B) Sedative/Hypnotics. C) CNS Depressants. D) Mood Stabilizer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CNS Stimulants. 3. ..... gives the eye its distinct colour. A) Lens. B) Iris. C) Retina. D) Cornea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iris. 4. Sympatheic is "rest and digest" A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Which of the following describes the function of Schwann cells? A) Create, secrete and circulate cerebrospinal fluid and help form the blood-brain barrier. B) Produce the myelin sheath in the CNS. C) Support and anchor neurons, stem cells, form blood-brain barrier. D) Immune defense against invading microorganisms. E) Produce the myelin sheath in the PNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Produce the myelin sheath in the PNS. 6. Portion of the CNS that decodes signals sent by the sensory portion A) Motor. B) Integrative. C) Sensory. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Integrative. 7. What do you call the home to the information that essentially defines us:our intelligence, memory, personality, emotion, speech, and ability to feel and move? A) Mr. Brain. B) B. Cranial nerves. C) B. Brain cells. D) C. Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mr. Brain. 8. What does letter D represent? A) Nerve. B) Skin. C) Axon. D) Blood vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerve. 9. Select an example of repolarization A) Potassium ions reflux in membrane. B) Sodium ions influx in membrane. C) Blood calcium ions influx in membrane. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Potassium ions reflux in membrane. 10. What light sensitive cells are stimulated in dim light? A) Rods. B) Cones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rods. 11. Which system regulates the heart? A) The sympathetic system. B) The sensory system. C) The somatic system of the motor division of the PNS. D) The autonomic part of the motor division of the PNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The autonomic part of the motor division of the PNS. 12. The space between the axon terminal and the dendrite of the receiving neuron is called the A) Synaptic Cleft. B) Axon terminal. C) Neurotransmitters. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synaptic Cleft. 13. The extension of a neuron that conducts nerve impulses away from the cell body and towards the synapse is called a/an A) Nissl body. B) Axon. C) Nucleolus. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon. 14. The nerve message within a neuron is ..... while across the synapse it's ..... A) Parasympathetic, sympathetic. B) Electrical, chemical. C) Sympathetic, parasympathetic. D) Chemical, electrical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electrical, chemical. 15. This is a shallow groove. A) Gyri. B) Sulci. C) Ganglia. D) Fissure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sulci. 16. This insulating material forms a layer around the axon of a neuron. It enables electrical signals to travel down the axon at higher speeds. A) Myelin sheath. B) Dendrite. C) Neurotransmitter. D) Node of Ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myelin sheath. 17. Which part of the peripheral nervous system coordinates voluntary actions such as muscle movement and carries information about skin, muscles, and joints and gives awareness of pain, pressure, and temperature? A) Autonomic Nervous system. B) Somatic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic Nervous System. 18. Cone shaped region where the axon joins the cell body A) Cell body. B) Axon terminals. C) Dendrites. D) Axon hillock. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axon hillock. 19. The organelle that contains genetic material A) Nucleolus. B) Schwann cell. C) Nucleus. D) Vesicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nucleus. 20. Once the brain processes the impulse ..... What happens next? A) A sensory neurons collects an impulse. B) The impulse travels from the dendrite to the cell body. C) A new impulse is sent back through interneurons to the motor neurons (dendrite, cell body, then to the axon) to a specific body part to "move" or "respond" . D) The impulse "jumps" across the synapse through a neurotransmitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A new impulse is sent back through interneurons to the motor neurons (dendrite, cell body, then to the axon) to a specific body part to "move" or "respond" . 21. When you touch something hot, what is the path of the message? A) Spinal cord, nerve, brain. B) Brain, spinal cord, nerve. C) Nerve, spinal cord, brain. D) Brain, nerve, spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nerve, spinal cord, brain. 22. Sponges have a nervous system * A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 23. What is the second largest region of the brain and is located at the back of the skull? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Thalamus. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 24. Motor transmitters that carry impulses from the CNS to the muscles and glands A) White matter. B) Afferent nerves. C) Efferent nerves. D) Motor neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Efferent nerves. 25. Why do people get sleepy after eating a big meal? A) Digestion is increased by the parasympathetic nervous system, which also relaxes the body. B) The sugar from food stimulates the sympathetic nervous system. C) The body needs to maintain homeostasis of blood sugar concentration, so the body shuts down. D) The body switches over to the parasympathetic system because the sympathetic system has been active for too long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Digestion is increased by the parasympathetic nervous system, which also relaxes the body. 26. The endocrine system works to maintain stable internal conditions (balance). A) Hydrosis. B) Hypothyroidism. C) Hormones. D) Homeostasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Homeostasis. 27. Type of neuron helper cell that digests debris and bacteria A) Ependymal cells. B) Microglial cells. C) Astrocytes. D) Oligodendrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Microglial cells. 28. Which part of the brain controls involuntary movements such as digestion and your heartbeat? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla/spinal cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla/spinal cord. 29. What is responsible for maintaining the resting membrane potential? A) Neurotransmitter receptors. B) Voltage-gated ion channels. C) The sodium-potassium pump. D) Ligand-gated ion channels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sodium-potassium pump. 30. If you are playing football you are using your ..... nervous system A) Autonomic. B) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic. 31. Hormone secreted by the adrenal medulla, released by sympathetic nervous system A) Parasympathetic system. B) Norepinephrine. C) Oligodendroglia. D) Node of Ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Norepinephrine. 32. What organ is related to the sense of SIGHT? A) EYES. B) NOSE. C) SKIN. D) TONGUE. E) EARS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) EYES. 33. The system of the body that carries information to all parts of the body. A) Nervous system. B) Muscular system. C) Skeletal System. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nervous system. 34. A reduction in the voltage across a neuron or muscle cell membrane from its normal polarized state by movement of sodium ions to the inside of the cell. This results in an action potential in the case of a neuron or the initiation of a contraction in the case of a muscle cell.dendrites A) Repolarization. B) Depolarization. C) Ganglion. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Depolarization. 35. Which term describes the direction of signal transmission by the Efferent System? A) Away from. B) Arrives. C) Exits. D) Towards. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exits. 36. The cell organelles that contain neurotransmitters are the A) Mitochondria. B) Vesicles. C) Ventricles. D) Nucleolus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vesicles. 37. As an impulse moves along the axon, it jumps from one node to the next, which increases the speed at which the impulse can travel A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 38. A female patient experiences a significant disruption in the circadian rhythm for various sex hormones and corticosterone. A tumor is discovered in the forebrain of this patient. Which of the following structures most likely contains the tumor? A) Lateral hypothalamus. B) Posterior hypothalamic nucleus. C) Suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus. D) Ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus. 39. A signal molecule that transmits nerve impulses across synapses A) Neurotransmitter. B) Action potential. C) Neuron. D) Nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurotransmitter. 40. When we experience fight or flight stress, our blood sugar A) Increases. B) Decreases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increases. 41. The site of intercellular communication between neurons or between a neuron and an effector is the A) Soma. B) Collaterals. C) Telodendria. D) Conclusion. E) Hillock. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conclusion. 42. Where is the diencephalon located? A) Atop the brainstem. B) Enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres. C) Under the brainstem. D) Both atop the brainstem and enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres. E) Both enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres and under the brainstem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both atop the brainstem and enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres. 43. Which layer directly encases the bone? A) Pia mater. B) Dura mater. C) Periosteum. D) Skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Periosteum. 44. Logical decision making is processed here. A) Occipital lobe. B) Visual cortex. C) Thalamus. D) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frontal lobe. 45. What type of muscle is found in the bladder? A) Skeletal. B) Cardiac. C) Smooth. D) Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smooth. 46. Found at the posterior base of the cerebrum and is in charge of balance and coordinating movements: A) Cerebellum. B) Hypothalamus. C) Thalamus. D) Reticular Formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 47. How many nerves do we have in our body? A) 3 nerves. B) About a billion nerves. C) A thousand nerves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) About a billion nerves. 48. Afferent nerves are called A) Peripheral nerves. B) Efferent nerves. C) Sensory nerves. D) Motor nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory nerves. 49. *The quickest source of ATP for skeletal muscles is: A) *anaerobic respiration. B) *creatine phosphate. C) *glycolysis. D) *aerobic respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) *creatine phosphate. 50. The inner layer, known as the delicate mother A) Pia mater. B) Dura mater. C) Arachnoid mater. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pia mater. 51. Which of the following is not a key principle of exercise programming? A) Specificity. B) Overload. C) Recovery. D) Randomness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Randomness. 52. Which of the following does not use radiation? A) PET Scan. B) MRI. C) Xray. D) CT Scan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MRI. 53. What's the function of the automatic system? A) Affects the automatic and involuntary actions of the internal organs. B) Receives messages of sensations. C) Makes plans and sends orders for action. D) Controls the nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affects the automatic and involuntary actions of the internal organs. 54. Which part of the eye is responsible for admitting light, is an extension of the sclera, and contains no blood vessels? A) Retina. B) Sclera. C) Choroid. D) Cornea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cornea. 55. A chromatophilic substance is: A) Essentially the rough endoplasmic reticulum, important metabolically. B) Secretes neurotransmatters. C) The region of the cell body from which the axon originates. D) An impulse generator and transmitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Essentially the rough endoplasmic reticulum, important metabolically. 56. Sensation of noises in the ears when no sound is present; ringing of the ears A) Cerebral palsy. B) Glaucoma. C) Tinnitus. D) Vertigo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tinnitus. 57. This lobe of the brain is responsible for visual processing and assigning meaning to what you see. Which part of the brain is this? A) Occipital lobe. B) Frontal lobe. C) Temporal lobe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Occipital lobe. 58. Autonomic NS-Normal Resting activities "rest and repair" A) Parasympathetic. B) Sympathetic. C) Frontal Lobe. D) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasympathetic. 59. What part of the nervous system slows involuntary responses in the body (also known as the "rest-and-digest" nervous system) A) Parasympathetic Nervous System. B) Endocrine System. C) Digestive System. D) Sympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasympathetic Nervous System. 60. Which system controls body movements? A) Peripheral Nervous System. B) Somatic Nervous System. C) Autonomic Nervous System. D) Central Nervous System. 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