This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 91 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 91 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What cells form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers in the PNS? A) Schwann cells. B) Satellite cells. C) Microglial cells. D) Ependymal cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schwann cells. 2. Billions of CNS interneurons are grouped in complex patterns called neuronal A) Networks. B) Complexes. C) Meshes. D) Pools. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pools. 3. Which Cranial Nerve is called the Facial Nerve? A) VII. B) VIII. C) IX. D) X. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) VII. 4. Most of the gray matter of the cerebrum is found in the ..... A) Cerebral cortex. B) Reticular formation. C) Cerebellar cortex. D) Callous body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebral cortex. 5. The neurons that carry signals between the different parts of the central nervous system are the ..... neurons. A) Sensory. B) Inter . C) Motor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inter . 6. This lobe is responsible for smell and sound. A) Frontal Lobe. B) Temporal Lobe. C) Cerebellum. D) Occipital Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temporal Lobe. 7. What takes the messages from the spinal cord to muscles? A) Nerves. B) Brain. C) Blood. D) A cell phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerves. 8. This part of the adult brain responsible for coordinating muscle activity by comparing sensory and motor information: A) Cerebellum. B) Cerebrum. C) Diencephalon. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 9. The frontal lobe controls A) Memory, behavior, thinking. B) Memory, touch, movement. C) Language, personality, thinking, memory. D) Movement, emotion, speech, smell, and personality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Movement, emotion, speech, smell, and personality. 10. Which one is an example of an involuntary function? A) Digestion. B) Walking. C) Typing. D) Dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Digestion. 11. During which stage of an action potential does sodium rush into the cell? A) Repolarization. B) Hyperpolarization. C) Resting potential. D) Depolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Depolarization. 12. The nervous system is formed by A) The brain and the central nervous system. B) The spinal cord and the brain. C) The cerebrum, cerebellum and spinal cord. D) The central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. 13. I can see with my ..... A) Nose. B) Eyes. C) Skin. D) Tongue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eyes. 14. The sympathetic nervous system can be activated by physical stress, for instance, the threat of an attack by a predator. Which of the following responses would be initiated by the sympathetic nervous system in this situation? A) Relax Bladder. B) Stimulates activity of the digestive system tagsPNS. C) Constrict Pupils. D) The heart rate decreases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relax Bladder. 15. What type of neurons are found in the brain and spinal cord? A) Sensory. B) Association. C) Motor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Association. 16. The sympathetic nervous system does this ..... A) Neither arouses nor calms. B) Both arouses and calms. C) Arouses. D) Calms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arouses. 17. Which of the following ions has a negative charge? A) Potassium. B) Calcium. C) Sodium. D) Chloride. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chloride. 18. Meaning sensation, feeling A) -asthesia. B) -graphy. C) My. D) -esthesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -esthesia. 19. What is the name of the receptor cells in the eye? A) Lens. B) Retina. C) Cornea. D) Pupil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Retina. 20. It is surrounded by protective bones called vertebrae. A) Cerebellum. B) Spinal Cord. C) Cerebrum. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal Cord. 21. The following statement is TRUE regarding depolarization during action potential of neuron. A) Negative chloride ions enters the neuron. B) No change happen to neuron. C) Positive sodium ions enters into neuron. D) Positive potassium ions enters into neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Positive sodium ions enters into neuron. 22. When an organisms response is to avoid a stimulus it is ..... A) Positive. B) Negative. C) Ignored. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 23. What does the midbrain form? A) The cerebral hemispheres and the thalamus and hypothalamus. B) The tectum, tegmentum, and cerebral peduncles. C) The cerebellum, pons, and medulla. D) The spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tectum, tegmentum, and cerebral peduncles. 24. ..... is the nerve that affects the little-finger side of the arm and palm of the hand A) Digital nerve. B) Radial nerve. C) Median nerve. D) Ulnar nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ulnar nerve. 25. Organelle in the cell body of the neuron that contains the genetic material of the cell A) Nucleus. B) Ribosome. C) Axon. D) DNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nucleus. 26. Controlled Schedule class for Lyrica A) CII. B) CV. C) CIV. D) CIII. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CV. 27. Metabolic center of the neuron, contains the nucleus and the usual cellular organelles. A) Oligodendrocytes. B) Cell body of neuron. C) Choroid plexus. D) Sensory or afferent division. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell body of neuron. 28. You have nerves ALL over your body A) NO. B) YES. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) YES. 29. This system DECREASES heart rate and respiration A) Parasympathetic. B) Autonomic. C) Somatic. D) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasympathetic. 30. An average adult female brain weighs about A) 1350 g. B) 1400 g. C) 1300 g. D) 1250 g. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1250 g. 31. When a person is vaccinated, what are they injected with? A) Antibodies to a bacteria strain. B) Weakened or changed virus. C) Blood from a person who has had the disease. D) Live viruses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weakened or changed virus. 32. What part of the nerve cell is responsible for receiving nerve impulses? A) Myelin sheet. B) Dendrites. C) Cell body. D) Exxon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dendrites. 33. Your olfactory sense relates to your sense of A) Touch. B) Sight. C) Hearing. D) Smell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smell. 34. If a reaction is needed, these carry reaction messages away from the brain to the muscles A) Interneurons. B) Brainstem. C) Sensory neurons. D) Motor neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor neurons. 35. Large muscle below the lungs that contracts and relaxes during breathing A) Stomach. B) Heart. C) Diaphragm. D) Triceps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diaphragm. 36. Type of neuron that carry messages FROM the body to the CNS. A) Sensory neuron. B) Motor neuron. C) Interneuron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory neuron. 37. Which type of neuron sends information about hte environment to the brain? A) Sensory neuron. B) Axoneuron. C) Interneuron. D) Motor neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory neuron. 38. Also called the little brain. large cauliflower-like structure that projects dorsally from under the occipital lobe of the cerebrum. provides the precise timing for skeletal muscle activity and controls our balance equilibrium. A) Parietal lobe. B) Astrocytes. C) Cerebellum. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 39. What is a blind spot? A) A spot with excessive photoreceptor cells. B) A spot with no photoreceptor cells. C) A spot with microscopic photoreceptor cells. D) A spot with enlarged photoreceptor cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A spot with no photoreceptor cells. 40. If we did not have cones in our eyes, we would not see A) Shapes. B) Distant objects. C) Colors. D) Sizes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Colors. 41. Which travels farther? A) Graded potential. B) Action potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Action potential. 42. What is the thick column of nervous tissue that links the brain to the peripheral nervous system? A) Vertebral Column. B) Brain. C) Spinal Cord. D) Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal Cord. 43. Which is the largest portion of the brain? A) Cerebellum. B) Midbrain. C) Cerebrum. D) Spinal cord elongated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum. 44. Which of these is NOT under the control of homeostasis? A) Body temperature. B) Blood-glucose concentration. C) Water levels. D) Nail growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nail growth. 45. What is the function of the motor output? A) Maintains posture and balance. B) Cushions the brain from injury. C) Activates effector organs to cause a response. D) Receives stimuli via millions of sensory receptors throughout the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Activates effector organs to cause a response. 46. Which of the following statements about the sodium-potassium pump is false? A) It is a membrane protein. B) It actively transports potassium into the cell. C) It keeps the concentration of sodium low inside the cell. D) It moves sodium across the membrane and into the cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It moves sodium across the membrane and into the cell. 47. Which of the following is involved in maintaining the resting membrane potential of neurons? A) Na+/K+ ATPase pump moves 3Na+ out for every 2K+ in. B) Na+/K+ ATPase pump moves 3Na+ in for every 2K+ out. C) Na+/K+ ATPase pump moves 3K+ out for every 2Na+ in. D) Na+/K+ ATPase pump moves 3K+ in for every 2Na+ out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Na+/K+ ATPase pump moves 3Na+ out for every 2K+ in. 48. It an abnormality in assessing CN I, wherein there is inability to identify the correct scent. A) Aphasia. B) Disorder. C) Anosmia. D) Amnesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anosmia. 49. Carries the nerve impulse from the central nervous system to an effector. A) Stimulus. B) Relay neurone. C) Motor neurone. D) Reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor neurone. 50. The part of a neuron that receives and relays nerve impulses toward the cell body A) Spinal cord. B) Axon. C) Dendrite. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrite. 51. To find the comb she dropped on the floor while working on her client Tyna lowered her head and turned her head away. What muscle was Tyna most likely using? A) Aponeurosis. B) Sternocleiddomastoideus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sternocleiddomastoideus. 52. Type of neuroglia that form the myelin sheath. A) Astrocytes. B) Oligodendrocytes. C) Ependymal. D) Microglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oligodendrocytes. 53. What is Sensation? A) Sensation refers to the process of sensing our environment through touch, taste, sight, sound, and smell. B) Refers to how the mind process information. C) Refers to how we store information. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensation refers to the process of sensing our environment through touch, taste, sight, sound, and smell. 54. This is a thick column of nerve tissue that links the brain to most of the nerves in the peripheral nervous system. A) Spinal cord. B) Medulla. C) Reflex action. D) Membrane. E) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord. 55. What is an effective precaution to cater for the risk of a test tube breaking causing glass to cut skin? A) Keep test tubes in the centre of the table an insight where possible. B) Be careful. C) Notify teacher when using glass. D) Wear safety glasses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keep test tubes in the centre of the table an insight where possible. 56. Main controlling center of the body is A) Nerves. B) Brain. C) Spinal Cord. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brain. 57. Found between neurons and blood vessels, form scar tissue A) Oligodendrocytes. B) Astrocytes. C) Ependymal. D) Microglial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Astrocytes. 58. What are the chemical sense? A) Smell and sight. B) Sight and touch. C) Taste and touch. D) Smell and taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smell and taste. 59. Impulses in axon move only in one direction. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 60. Reflexes, such as pulling your hand away from a hot stove, are controlled by the A) Nerves. B) Spinal cord. C) Brain. D) None of above. 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