This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 88 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 88 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Resting membrane potential ( potential energy of unstimulated neurons) is ..... A) -67 mV. B) -70 mV. C) -50 mV. D) -55 mV. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -70 mV. 2. Which of the following is NOT a symptom of epilepsy? A) Abnormal electrical activity in the brain. B) Memory loss. C) Recurrent seizures. D) Difficulty with daily activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Memory loss. 3. The locomotor system is made up of ..... A) The muscles. B) Our bones. C) The Muscular and Skeletal systems. D) Joints and tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Muscular and Skeletal systems. 4. Nerve associated with sense of smell A) Optic. B) Abducting. C) Facial. D) Olfactory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Olfactory. 5. The gap that a message has to cross to get from one neuron to the other is called the ..... A) Conclusion. B) Synaptic cleft. C) Dendrite. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synaptic cleft. 6. Which part of the blood is designed to help in fighting off a virus? A) White blood cells. B) Plasma. C) Red blood cells. D) Platelets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) White blood cells. 7. Select the incorrect statement concerning dopamine input to the striatum. A) D1 receptors of striatal neurons participate in the direct pathway. B) D2 receptors of striatal neurons participate in the indirect pathway. C) Both receptors participate in inhibition of movement. D) The dopamine input comes from SNc (substantia nigra compacta). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both receptors participate in inhibition of movement. 8. ..... is caused by high pressure within the eye. A) Convergence. B) Presbyopia. C) Nearsightedness. D) Glaucoma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Glaucoma. 9. Conservation of energy means that A) Energy can be created but not destroyed. B) Energy can be destroyed but not created. C) Energy can be both created and destroyed. D) Energy can be neither created nor destroyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Energy can be neither created nor destroyed. 10. Place the following events in sequence:A) Your arm movesB) An impulse travels along a nerveC) You decide you want to move your arm. A) A B C. B) A C B. C) C B A. D) C A B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C B A. 11. Frontal Lobe Functions A) Breathing, heart rat, internal organs. B) Voluntary movement, expressive language, and managing higher level executive functions. C) Processes auditory info and encodes memory. D) Swallowing, coughing, sneezing, and vomiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voluntary movement, expressive language, and managing higher level executive functions. 12. Chemoreceptors are responsible for detecting ..... A) Pain. B) Light. C) Chemicals. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chemicals. 13. Region at the back of the eye where the optic nerve meets the retina. It is the blind spot of the eye because it contains only nerve fibers, no rods or cones, and is thus insensitive to light. A) Ciliary body. B) Central pit. C) Cochlea. D) Optic disk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Optic disk. 14. What part of the brain controls thinking, speaking, memory, and movement? A) Frontal Lobe. B) Occipital Lobe. C) Medulla. D) Temporal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal Lobe. 15. In a resting neuron, the ..... is more positive than the ..... A) Middle; inside. B) Outside; inside. C) Inside; outside. D) Outside; middle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outside; inside. 16. Which is NOT true of the CNS? A) Generates thoughts and emotions. B) Forms and stores memories. C) Simulate muscle contractions. D) All are true. E) Stimulate glandular secretions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are true. 17. Which disease is an autoimmune inflammatory disease of the central nervous system that causes deterioration and permanent damage? A) Parkinson's. B) Meningitis. C) Multiple Sclerosis. D) IF. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multiple Sclerosis. 18. How does neuron communicate with other neuron? A) Neuromuscular junction. B) Synaptic transmission. C) Secretion of hormones. D) Telepathic transmission. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synaptic transmission. 19. Peripheral nervous system A) The section located between the cerebrum and midbrain. It contains the thalamus and hypothalamus. B) Consists of the nerves and has two divisions. C) The largest and highest section of the brain. The outer part is arranged in folds. D) Acts as a relay center and directs sensory impulses to the cerebrum and mid brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consists of the nerves and has two divisions. 20. What is the collective term for the wrappings around a nerve axon? A) Dendrites. B) Conclusion. C) Axon terminals. D) Myelin sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myelin sheath. 21. Sensation in teeth A) Glossopharyngeal. B) Trigeminal. C) Vagus. D) Hypoglossal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trigeminal. 22. What is the top and largest part of the brain? A) Cerebrum. B) Brain stem. C) Peripheral nerves. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 23. Individual cells that carry information through your nervous system are called neurons or nerve. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Connective tissues which protect the brain and spinal cord are called the ..... A) Cranium. B) Meninges. C) Vertebrae. D) Spinal nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meninges. 25. Chemical in central nervous system, that influences pain perception:a natural painkiller. A) Dura Mater. B) Endorphins. C) Eckflins. D) Effectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endorphins. 26. Which of the following is the upper part of the brain consisting of two cerebral hemispheres and the structures that connect them? A) Occipital lobe. B) Cerebrum. C) Callous body. D) Cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 27. Trey has a right, below the knee amputation. He reaches to scratch his right foot which is no longer there. Trey is experiencing: A) Psoriasis. B) Urticaria. C) Dermal pain. D) Phantom pain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phantom pain. 28. Organs in the ear control A) Motor skills, like riding a bike. B) Higher thought processes. C) Balance. D) How much pleasure you feel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Balance. 29. Which statement about gray matter is true? A) It is charged with thought, learning, and reasoning. B) It forms the interios of the brain. C) It consists of myelinated fibers. D) It secretes cerebrospinal fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is charged with thought, learning, and reasoning. 30. Brain is protected by skull, meninges, and cerebrospinal fluid A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. Glial cell that keeps surveillance and provide immune system functions in the CNS A) Microglial cells. B) Astrocytes. C) Oligodendrocytes. D) Satellite cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Microglial cells. 32. Which of the following is NOT a function of neurotransmitters? A) Transmitting signals between neurons. B) Modulating mood and emotion. C) Directly supplying energy to neurons. D) Influencing muscle action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Directly supplying energy to neurons. 33. Humans cannot digest food without the aid of small single-celled organisms that live in our digestive tract. Which common name is associated with these single-celled organisms that help humans digest food? A) Bacteria. B) Virus. C) Protozoa. D) Algae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bacteria. 34. True or False:A resting neurone isn't using any ATP A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 35. This is responsible for restoring the ion concentration after a nerve impulse has passed allowing a nerve to return to "resting potential" . A) Ions channels. B) Sodium potassium pump. C) Neurotransmitters. D) Repolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sodium potassium pump. 36. Baris accidentally touches a very hot object and immediately takes his hand away. What is considered as the effector in this reflex action? A) The spinal cord. B) A sensory neuron. C) A heat receptor in his hand. D) A muscle in his arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A muscle in his arm. 37. What is the most advanced organ on Earth? A) Heart. B) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain. 38. Which of the following is NOT one of the major taste sensations? A) Bitter. B) Alkali. C) Umami. D) Sweet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alkali. 39. Controls one of the eye muscles A) Optic. B) Vagus. C) Oculomotor. D) Trigeminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oculomotor. 40. Define the three functions of the nervous system A) Neuroglia, neuron, ganglia. B) Sensory, motor, integrative. C) Peripheral and central. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory, motor, integrative. 41. Brings body functioning to homeostasis (maintain stability while adjusting to changing external conditions) A) Sympathetic Nervous System. B) Parasympathetic Nervous System. C) Central Nervous System. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic Nervous System. 42. Which nervous system increases breathing rate? A) Parasympathetic Nervous System. B) Sympathetic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic Nervous System. 43. How are neurotransmitters different from the impulses that travel along the bodies of nerve cells? A) The impulses are electrical; neurotransmitters are chemical. B) The impulses travel at a faster rate than neurotransmitters. C) The impulses send signals from the body to the brain;neurotransmitters send signals from the brain to the body. D) The impulses occur constantly; neurotransmitters are released only occasionally. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The impulses are electrical; neurotransmitters are chemical. 44. Support cells in the nervous system are collectively called ..... A) Ganglia. B) Neuroglia. C) Microglia. D) Oligodendrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neuroglia. 45. Glasgow Coma Scale is used to determine the LOC of the patient, All of the following faculty are measured, EXCEPT? A) Memory. B) Eye Opening. C) Verbal Response. D) Motor Response. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Memory. 46. Which of the following areas deals with emotion? A) Limbic system. B) Cerebellum. C) Thalamus. D) Brain stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limbic system. 47. What nerve has motor fibers to control tongue movements and send impulses from the tongue? A) Glossopharyngeal. B) Accessory. C) Optic. D) Hypoglossal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hypoglossal. 48. Which muscles are controlled by the autonomic nervous system (ANS) (A.A. 55)? A) Calf muscles. B) Heart muscle. C) Skeletal muscle. D) Skeletal muscle. E) Triceps muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heart muscle. 49. The 3 layers of meninges from superficial to deep are A) Dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater. B) Pia mater, arachnoid mater, dura mater. C) Dura mater, pia mater, arachnoid mater. D) Arachnoid mater, pia mater, dura mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater. 50. High-fiving a friend A) Somatic nervous system. B) Autonomic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic nervous system. 51. In neurons, neurotransmitters are released at the: A) Synaptic vesicles. B) Dendrites. C) Receptor sites. D) Cell bodies. E) Axons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synaptic vesicles. 52. What are the steps of the nerve impulse? A) Electrical-Chemical-Electrical. B) Electrical-Electrical-Chemical. C) Chemical-Electrical-Chemical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electrical-Chemical-Electrical. 53. This structure is an enlarged continuation of the spinal cord, it is the most inferior part of the brain. All ascending and descending fibers connecting the brain and spinal cord pass through here. A) Midbrain. B) Corpus Callosum. C) Spinal cord elongated. D) Diencephalon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord elongated. 54. Anything that causes you to respond is ..... A) A response. B) An interpretation. C) A reaction. D) A stimuli. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A stimuli. 55. This type of muscle tissue is found only in the heart A) Skeletal. B) Cardiac. C) Smooth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cardiac. 56. Alzheimer's Disease is the gradual shrinking of neurons in which part of the brain? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Corpus Callosum. D) Brain Stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 57. A rapid change in electrical potential across a nerve cell membrane, transmitting signals A) Action potential. B) Reaction potential. C) Motion potential. D) Resting potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action potential. 58. The system that contains the cranial nerves and spinal nerves? A) PNS. B) ABC. C) CNS. D) DNR. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PNS. 59. Called the "fight or flight" system. A) Autonomic nervous system. B) Somatic nervous system. C) Sympathetic nervous system. D) Parasympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sympathetic nervous system. 60. It is the network of nerves in the autonomic nervous system that helps you relax and calm down. A) Sympathetic Nervous System. B) Parasympathetic Nervous System. 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