This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 85 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 85 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The right part of the brain controls the right part of the body and the left part of the Brain controls the left part of the body. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 2. When a neuron is resting, the inside of the axon has a ..... charge. A) Positive. B) Negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 3. Which part of the brain is responsible for controlling the right side of the body? A) Medulla. B) Left hemisphere. C) Cerebellum. D) Right hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left hemisphere. 4. Ends of the axon-carries signals to the next nerve cell A) You are awesome. B) Nerves. C) Axon. D) Axon tips. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axon tips. 5. Loss of myelin and appearance of scarlike patches throughout the brain or spinal cord or both; result in loss of muscle function, double vision, loss of balance, poor coordination, tremors, tingling, numbness A) Multiple Sclerosis. B) Cerebral palsy. C) Bell's palsy. D) Parkinson's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multiple Sclerosis. 6. All the neurons have myelin. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 7. Which of the following is a symptom of parkinson's disease A) Fast speaking. B) Hyper activity. C) Bradykinesia(slow movement). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bradykinesia(slow movement). 8. Caused by excessive uncontrolled electrical activity in brain *diagnosed with EEG *Symptoms:Hallucinations, Seizures, sometimes loss of consciousness A) Hydrocephalus. B) Alzheimer's disease. C) Cerebral Palsy. D) Epilepsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epilepsy. 9. Which part of the brain helps you learn new things in science class? A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Brain stem and medulla. D) Motor nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 10. Dopamine, norepinephrine, adrenaline, serotonin, and Gaba are all examples of A) Hormones. B) Areas in the brain. C) Types of neurons. D) Neurotransmitters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurotransmitters. 11. All motor and association neurons are: A) Unipolar. B) Bipolar. C) Multipolar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multipolar. 12. Which of the following is a voluntary action? A) Heart beating. B) Breathing. C) Raising your hand. D) Pupillary Reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Raising your hand. 13. Compression or degeneration of the 5th cranial nerve is called ..... A) Shingles. B) Painful tic. C) Bell's palsy. D) Sciatica. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Painful tic. 14. Cranial nerve IV, controls a single eye muscle: A) Optic. B) Vagus. C) Trochlear. D) Glossopharyngeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trochlear. 15. Microglia are positioned between neurons and capillaries. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 16. What does the sensory division of the peripheral nervous system do? A) Controls your brain. B) Control impulses & muscle contraction and the secretions of glands. C) Controls your neurons. D) Conduct impulses from peripheral body parts into the brain and spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conduct impulses from peripheral body parts into the brain and spinal cord. 17. The function of the cerebellum is A) Coordination of voluntary movements such as posture, balance, coordination, and speech. B) High-level brain functions it is responsible for intelligence, language, memory and consciousness. C) To help regulate breathing, heart and blood vessel function, digestion, sneezing, and swallowing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coordination of voluntary movements such as posture, balance, coordination, and speech. 18. Is your skin part of your senses? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 19. This part of the neuron stores then releases neurotransmitters into the synapse A) Axon. B) Axon terminal. C) Myelin sheath. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon terminal. 20. Approximately how many taste buds does an average human have on their tongue? A) 100. B) 100, 000. C) 10, 000. D) 1, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10, 000. 21. Degenerative disorder of motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem A) SLA. B) IF. C) ASL. D) SAL. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) IF. 22. Some of your actions involve your spinal cord but not your brain. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Which is the organ protected by the skull; the coordinator of the nervous system? A) Lung. B) Eye. C) Heart. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain. 24. Which of the following is not a part of peripheral nervous system? A) Spinal nerve. B) Ganglion. C) Spinal cord. D) Cranial nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord. 25. If you are doing your math homework, which brain hemisphere are you using the most? A) Right Hemisphere. B) Left Hemisphere. C) Cerebellum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left Hemisphere. 26. Which of the following is the function of the somatic nervous system? A) Controls the cardiac muscles and smooth muscles as well as internal organs. B) Stimulates skeletal muscles for movement. C) Makes the connections between the eyes and the brain. D) Stimulates the ears for better hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stimulates skeletal muscles for movement. 27. What is the main job of the spinal cord? A) To control voluntary movements. B) To transmit messages between the brain and the rest of the body. C) To connect sensory organs to the muscles. D) To process information from the sense organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To transmit messages between the brain and the rest of the body. 28. The part of the nervous system that carries impulses to your legs so you can walk is A) Somatic. B) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic. 29. INVOLUNTARY muscle control A) Cerebrum. B) Medulla. C) Cerebellum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medulla. 30. Midbrain, pons and medulla oblongata; brain regions connecting "higher" brain regions and spinal cord A) Thalamus. B) Brain stem. C) Midbrain. D) Limbic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain stem. 31. The spinal canal is filled with ..... fluid A) Newtonian fluid. B) Ideal plastic fluid. C) Cerebrospinal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrospinal. 32. Respiratory centre is situated at which part of the brain A) Pons. B) Hypothalamus. C) Medulla. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla. 33. Which portion of the brain is responsible for involuntary activities such as posture, breathing, and heart rate? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain stem. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain stem. 34. Also called Sensory Nerves. A) Efferent nerves. B) Afferent nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Afferent nerves. 35. The thread-like part of a nerve cell that transmits signals A) Nerve fibre. B) Axon. C) Myelin sheath. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerve fibre. 36. What are the structures of the nervous system? A) Spinal cord, brain, intestines. B) Brain, stomach, bones. C) Lungs, nerves, muscles. D) Nerves, spinal cord, brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nerves, spinal cord, brain. 37. Part of Nervous System responsible for fight or flight stress response? A) Somatic NS. B) Sympathetic NS. C) Peripheral NS. D) Parasympathetic NS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic NS. 38. ..... nerves control involuntary functions of the body A) Autonomic. B) Neuron. C) Motor. D) Sensory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic. 39. Which type of neurone sends nerve impulses to effectors? A) Receptor. B) Motor. C) Relay. D) Sensory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor. 40. The parietal lobe is ..... A) Stores memories. B) Where your brain problem solves. C) Where your brain decodes vision. D) Where your brain processes sensory information, primarily from skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Where your brain processes sensory information, primarily from skin. 41. Peripheral nervous system, nerves A) PS. B) PNS. C) CNS. D) PN. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PNS. 42. The middle layer of meninges is called the A) Arachnoid mater. B) Pia mater. C) Subarachnoid space. D) Dura mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arachnoid mater. 43. Motor fibers to the pharynx that promote swallowing and saliva production; taste buds A) Abducting. B) Facial. C) Vestibulocochlear. D) Glossopharyngeal. E) Vagus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Glossopharyngeal. 44. Unmyelinated axons and neuron cell bodies in CNS A) Gray matter. B) White matter. C) Neurilemma. D) Neurofibrils. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gray matter. 45. Gaps between myelin sheaths of a neuron are called A) Axon terminals. B) Myelin. C) Dendrites. D) Nodes of Ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nodes of Ranvier. 46. To improve the validity of an experiment a scientist should: A) Repeat the experiment and compare results to other data and secondary sources. B) Use digital equipment and small units of measurement for precision. C) Control all variables aside from the independent and have an experimental control. D) All experiments are valid if reliable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Control all variables aside from the independent and have an experimental control. 47. A motor system disorder that leads to trembling of the hands, arms, legs, jaw or face and impaired balance and coordination. A) IF. B) Parkinson's Disease. C) Alzheimer's. D) Stroke. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parkinson's Disease. 48. Name the inner lining at the back of the eye. A) Retina. B) Pupil. C) Optic Nerve. D) Cornea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Retina. 49. The light sensitive inner layer of the eye A) Pupil. B) Retina. C) Cornea. D) Lens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Retina. 50. Elevated ridges of tissue that cover the entire surface of the cerebral hemispheres. A) Sulci. B) Gyri. C) Microglia. D) Speech area. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gyri. 51. The thick column or bundle of nerve tissue that is covered by the vertebrae and connects the brain to most of the nerves in the peripheral nervous system is the ..... A) Brainstem. B) Spinal cord. C) Cerebellum. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord. 52. Microglial cells are responsible for which of the following activities? A) Disposing of debris. B) Synthesizing neurotransmitters. C) Conducting action potentials. D) Producing myelin sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disposing of debris. 53. A cross-section of the spinal cord is uniform in size across all segments of the spine: A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 54. Which division of the autonomic nervous system responds when the body is emotionally or physically stressed or threatened? A) Parasympathetic. B) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic. 55. Reaction to pain A) Reflex. B) Instinct. C) Trial and error. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reflex. 56. The ..... is the largest part of the brain. A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Spinal cord. D) Nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 57. An inflammation of the spinal nerve branch in the thigh is called ..... A) Shingles. B) Bell's palsy. C) Painful tic. D) Sciatica. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sciatica. 58. Which of the following is not a component of the FITT principle? A) Time. B) Type. C) Intensity. D) Frequency. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Type. 59. Hallucinations, seizures, and temporary loss of consciousness is a symptom of: A) Meningitis. B) Epilepsy. C) Neuritis. D) Hydrocephalus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epilepsy. 60. Senses recognize ..... which are recognized by the brain and results in a response. A) Synapses. B) Cerebrum. C) Stimuli. D) Impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stimuli. ← 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