This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 78 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 78 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The five basic tastes the tongue can detect A) Sweet, Bitter, Sour, Salty, Umami. B) Sweet, Bitter, Spicy, Salty, Umami. C) Sweet, Spicy, Sour, Salty, Umami. D) Sweet, Bitter, Sour, Salty, Spicy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sweet, Bitter, Sour, Salty, Umami. 2. Does humans uses less than 15% of their brain. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. The largest sense organ is the? A) Skin. B) Ear. C) Tongue. D) Nose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skin. 4. Which of the following controls self-regulated action of internal organs and glands? A) Autonomic Nervous System. B) Motor Neurons. C) Sensory Neurons. D) Somatic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic Nervous System. 5. Nerves that carry impulses from the CNS out to the muscles and glands are ..... A) Efferent Nerves. B) Sensory Receptors. C) Afferent Nerves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Efferent Nerves. 6. Which cells provide myelin to neurons in the PNS? A) Schwann. B) Astrocytes. C) Ependymal. D) Oligodendrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schwann. 7. The 3 parts of the brain stem are ..... A) Cerebrum, midbrain, and medulla oblongata. B) Cerebellum, midbrain, and medulla oblongata. C) Pons, midbrain, and spinal cord. D) Pons, midbrain, and medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pons, midbrain, and medulla oblongata. 8. Receptors that detect movement A) Sympathetic system. B) Knee jerk reflex. C) Sensory neurons. D) Proprioception receptors. E) Rabies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proprioception receptors. 9. Another name for light bending is ..... A) Absorbing. B) Reflaction. C) Mirror. D) Refraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refraction. 10. This consists of the Thalamus, Hypothalamus, and Limbic System. A) Midbrain. B) Pons. C) Corpus Callosum. D) Diencephalon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diencephalon. 11. Plants and animals are made up of millions of tiny what? A) Dots. B) Atoms. C) Particles. D) Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cells. 12. Somatic sensory nervous carry information from the ..... A) Skin, Skeletal Muscle, and Joints. B) Hopes, Feels, and Dreams. C) Stomach, Heart, Lungs. D) Brain, Spinal Cord, Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skin, Skeletal Muscle, and Joints. 13. Brain damage to the occipital lobe will affect A) Personality. B) Sensory function. C) Vision. D) Motor function. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vision. 14. What is the term meaning any pathological (disease) condition of the spinal cord? A) Myelopathy. B) Neuropathy. C) Myeloma. D) Encephaloma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myelopathy. 15. To be an organism you only need ONE cell. (Some organisms are single-celled)(Not all organisms have more than one cell) A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 16. The Occipital Lobe is responsible for what?(check all that apply) A) Creative thinking. B) Emotions. C) Sensory functions. D) Visual information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Visual information. 17. Which of these is consistent with the refractory period? A) Repolarization. B) Depolarization. C) Hypopolarization. D) Hyperpolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Depolarization. 18. The part of the brain responsible of involuntary actions is A) Brain stem. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain stem. 19. What parts of our body formed "The Central Nervous System" ? A) Brain and spinal Cord. B) Brain and Brainstem. C) Spinal cord and vertebrae. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain and spinal Cord. 20. What is the English Meaning of the Medical Term Kinesi/o [ KINESIO ]? A) Tension. B) Paralysis [ Paralyzed ]. C) Pain, Painful Condition. D) Movement. E) Thin, Slender. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Movement. 21. Controls cellular activity A) Axon. B) Nucleus. C) Myelin Sheath. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nucleus. 22. Which organs are part of your Central Nervous System? A) Brain, Spinal Cord, Nerves. B) Brain, Spinal Cord. C) Brain, Heart, Lungs. D) Nerve and Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain, Spinal Cord. 23. Which neuron receives input at the synapse and is the receiver? A) Postsynaptic neuron. B) Presynaptic neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Postsynaptic neuron. 24. The long fibre of a nerve cell that transmits signals from the body of the cell to other nerve cells is the ..... A) Axon. B) Conclusion. C) Ganglion. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon. 25. A disease marked by muscular weakness and atrophy with involuntary contractions and excessive reflexes; caused by the degeneration of motor neurons in the spinal cord and in the brain's medulla and cortex A) Parkinson's Disease. B) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). C) Multiple sclerosis (MS). D) Alzheimer's Disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). 26. Reflex actions are controlled by ..... A) Vertebral column. B) Heart. C) Brain. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spinal cord. 27. Cavities in the brain are called A) Capillaries. B) Fissures. C) Ventricles. D) Gyri. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ventricles. 28. The sense of smell is made possible by? A) Sense receptors. B) Nasal receptors. C) Taste receptors. D) Olfactory receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Olfactory receptors. 29. Cones allow you to see A) Movement. B) Color. C) Shapes. D) Black and white. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Color. 30. The brain has gray matter on the outside and white matter on the inside. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. Medulla helps us in A) Playing. B) Talking. C) Walking. D) Breeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Breeding. 32. You see a large scary do and begin to run, what is the stimulus in this situation? A) Running. B) Large scary dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Large scary dog. 33. Eating behaviour is regulated or control by which part of the brain A) Hypothalamus. B) Adrenal gland. C) Brain. D) Mesencephalon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypothalamus. 34. The threshold value is ..... mV A) +70. B) +30. C) -55. D) -70. E) +55. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -55. 35. A neuron that carries an impulse from one neuron to another A) Sensory neuron. B) Interneuron. C) Motor neuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interneuron. 36. Which part of the brain relays sensory information between brain regions and controls many autonomic functions of the peripheral nervous system? A) Cerebellum. B) Diencephalon. C) Cerebrum. D) Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diencephalon. 37. Sodium channels are fully open in the Peak and Falling Phase (T/F)? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 38. The long part of a neuron that sends information to the next neuron A) Dendrite. B) Gene. C) Axon. D) Neurotransmitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon. 39. Controls involuntary actions A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla oblongata. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla oblongata. 40. Where did Mrs. Stevenson just get back from vacation from? A) Wisconsin. B) Hawaii. C) Disney. D) Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disney. 41. Which is an example of a reflex? A) Blinking. B) The pupil of the eyes getting bigger when there is less light. C) Coughing when you breathe in dust. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 42. What do you call the special type of cell that send signals rapidly and precisely to other cells? A) Hormone. B) Platelets. C) Red blood cell. D) Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neuron. 43. What does the Cerebellum coordinate for movement? A) Reflex actions and pain response. B) Emotional responses and memory. C) Timing and patterns for smooth and agile subconscious movements. D) Sensory perception and attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Timing and patterns for smooth and agile subconscious movements. 44. Which part of the brain contains the medulla oblongata, midbrain and pons? A) Cerebrum. B) Brain stem. C) Diencephalon. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain stem. 45. Have you had any clumsiness A) Ever had vision change. B) There was a clumsy movement. C) Have ever had a seizure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There was a clumsy movement. 46. The ..... connects to the spinal cord. A) Brain stem. B) Brain cord. C) Brain injury. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain stem. 47. Release of chemical messengers are called (a) A) A hormones. B) Glands. C) Muscles. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A hormones. 48. The Peripheral Nervous System is divided into A) Somatic and Autonomic NS. B) Somatic and Automatic NS. C) Sympathetic and Parasympathetic NS. D) Automatic and Sympahic NS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic and Autonomic NS. 49. Uneasy; nervous = A) RIP/oh. B) Poly-. C) Contus. D) Epi-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RIP/oh. 50. What structures are #'s 11, 12 & 13? A) Cochlea. B) Tympanic Membrane/ Eardrum. C) Ossicles (Malleus, Incus, Stapes). D) Semicircular Canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ossicles (Malleus, Incus, Stapes). 51. Nervous tissue is mostly made up of ..... A) Cells (neurons and glial cells). B) ECM. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cells (neurons and glial cells). 52. A neuron with one process extending from the cell body is a A) Unipolar neuron. B) Bipolar neuron. C) Multipolar neuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unipolar neuron. 53. ..... Organism acts in a specific way A) Epidermis. B) Neuron. C) Dermis. D) Stimuli. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stimuli. 54. A special neuron that sends messages to a muscle or a gland. A) Sensory Neuron. B) Neurotransmitter. C) Conclusion. D) Motor Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor Neuron. 55. They allow the movement of sodium-potassium ions in and out of the neuron. A) Sodium-potassium pump. B) Axon Terminals. C) Leak channels. D) Spike. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leak channels. 56. What is this the function of?To detect (sense) stimuli (change in surroundings) OR convert stimulus into an impulse A) Receptor. B) Effector. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Receptor. 57. The somatic nervous system is part of the peripheral nervous system that controls A) The brain. B) Voluntary movements. C) Cranial nerves. D) Involuntary movements. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voluntary movements. 58. Band of axon fibers connects 2 hemisphere A) Cerebellum. B) Callous body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Callous body. 59. Nerve impulse is carried by neurotransmitters * A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 60. Controls breathing, heartbeat, and digestion A) CNS. B) ANS. C) PNS. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ANS. ← 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