This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 92 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 92 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which type of sensory receptor is found in the eyes and responds to changes in light levels? ¿Qué tipo de receptor sensorial se encuentra en los ojos y responde a los cambios en los niveles de luz? A) Photoreceptors. B) Thermoreceptors. C) Mechanoreceptors. D) Chemoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photoreceptors. 2. Planning and control of voluntary movements is the responsibility of which cortex of the brain? A) Parietal. B) Occipital lobe. C) Motor cortex. D) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motor cortex. 3. ..... is when the cornea or lens are not smooth which produces light rays that focus at different points on the retina. A) Astigmatism. B) Glaucoma. C) Farsightedness. D) Nearsightedness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astigmatism. 4. Where does sensory function of the nervous system derive from? A) Integrative functions. B) Motor functions. C) Sensory functions. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory functions. 5. Which lobe of the brain coordinates voluntary muscle movement? A) Parietal. B) Frontal. C) Occipital. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parietal. 6. True or False:The vertebrae protects the spinal cord. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 7. Which is the only cranial nerve to emerge dorsally from the brainstem? A) Ocular nerve. B) Facial nerve. C) Trigeminal nerve. D) Trochlear nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trochlear nerve. 8. The brain is a soft, ..... mass of tissue. A) Hard. B) Spongy. C) Black. D) Spherical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spongy. 9. Which are 2 lobes of the brain? A) Parietal & occupation. B) Synthoid & temporal. C) Occipital and temporal. D) Occipital & paranormal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occipital and temporal. 10. Neurotransmitters open ..... ion gated channels A) Sodium. B) Potassium. C) Chloride. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sodium. 11. Trey has symptoms of severe headache, nausea and vomiting. At the doctor's office, Trey had a lumbar puncture. His doctor is concerned about which disorder? A) Hydrocephalus. B) Cerebral palsy. C) Meningitis. D) Epilepsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meningitis. 12. Which area of the brain stem controls life dependent actions such as breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure? A) Medulla oblongata. B) Pons. C) Cerebellum. D) Midbrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medulla oblongata. 13. Internal environment relates to occurrences within your body. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Thinking of the pathway of an impulse from stimulus to response (not involving a reflex), which part of the pathway would directly follow after the stimulus? A) Brain. B) Spinal cord. C) Sensory neuron. D) Motor neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory neuron. 15. Your spinal cord connects the brain and extremeties to allow you to have ..... actions to stimulus. A) Reflux. B) Response. C) Reflex. D) Redo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reflex. 16. The nervous system enables the body to respond and adapt to changes that occur both inside and outside the body. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. ..... is a brain region that controls the heart rate. A) Axon. B) Medulla. C) Cerebellum. D) Receptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medulla. 18. What is the hard material at the ends of bones called? A) Marrow. B) Bone. C) Joints. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 19. How many times do you need to see the eye doctor a year? A) 2 times. B) 1 time. C) 10 times. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1 time. 20. Acetylcholine, serotonin and endorphins are all forms of ..... A) Chemicals. B) Neurotransmitters. C) Hormones. D) Transmitters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurotransmitters. 21. A neuron remains in its ..... until it receives a stimulus large enough to start a nerve impulse A) Positive state. B) Active state. C) Resting state. D) Negative state. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resting state. 22. How Neurons communicate to each other. A) Conclusion. B) Neurotransmitter. C) Impulse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conclusion. 23. In which of the following nervous system disorders do nervous tissues degenerate? A) Alzheimer's Disease. B) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. C) Both of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of the above. 24. The brain controls body functions by sending and receiving electrical signals through ..... A) Nerves. B) The five senses. C) A computer. D) The skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerves. 25. What are effectors? A) Structures that carry out the motor functions of the nervous system. B) Structures that make myelin in the PNS. C) Structures at the ends of neurons in the peripheral nervous system that provide sensory function of the nervous system. D) Structures that make myelin in the CNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Structures that carry out the motor functions of the nervous system. 26. The cerebrum is divided into 5 lobes, this is the one found on the back of the cerebrum. A) Insula. B) Occipital. C) Frontal. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occipital. 27. The beating of your heart is controlled by which system? A) Parasympathetic Division. B) Somatic Nervous System. C) Autonomic Nervous System. D) Sympathetic Division. E) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autonomic Nervous System. 28. Contractile unit of a muscle. A) Sarcomere. B) Myofibril. C) Fascicle. D) Motor unit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarcomere. 29. Where are interneurons found and what is their function? A) Found in the brain; they process sensory information. B) Found in the spinal cord; they connect the sensory and motor neurons. C) Found in the sensory organs; they transmit sensory information. D) Found in the muscles; they control voluntary movements. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Found in the spinal cord; they connect the sensory and motor neurons. 30. Which of the following cannot pass through the blood-brain barrier? A) Anesthetics. B) Water. C) Hormones. D) Nicotine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hormones. 31. The corpus callosum A) Manages our understanding of speech and language. B) Cannot process messages sent from the left hand. C) Is a deep fissure in the cerebral cortex. D) Is a thick band of nerve fibres linking the two hemispheres of the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is a thick band of nerve fibres linking the two hemispheres of the brain. 32. True or False. The brain is a fixed organ that cannot rewire itself to learn new things. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 33. Which of these is consistent with the propagation of an action potential? A) Hypopolarization. B) Hyperpolarization. C) Depolarization. D) Repolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Depolarization. 34. Which of the following systems protects the body from disease? A) Nervous System. B) Immune System. C) Digestive System. D) Skeletal System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Immune System. 35. On the cerebral cortex, the grooves or valleys that result from an embryological increase in surface area and folding of the cortex: A) Csf. B) Sulci. C) Cord. D) Gyri. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sulci. 36. What part of the brain controls vital functions such as breathing and heartrate A) Brainstem. B) Spinal cord. C) Cerebellum. D) Frontal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brainstem. 37. Which nerves carry messages from sense organs to the brain? A) Sensory nerves. B) Motor nerves. C) Mixed nerves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory nerves. 38. Which of the following is NOT part of the nerve impulse reaction A) Threshold. B) Moving Potential. C) Resting Potential. D) Glial Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Glial Cells. 39. Of the following, which is not a part of the brain A) Brain Stem. B) Cerebrum. C) Diencephalon. D) Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spinal Cord. 40. I want to check your reflexes A) I will use a hammer to knock your knees. B) I want to touch your face with cotton. C) I want to check your reflexes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I want to check your reflexes. 41. What is structure # 1? A) Cell Body. B) Axon. C) Nodes of Ranvier. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dendrites. 42. The primary motor area and motor speech area is located in the ..... lobe, A) Occipital. B) Frontal. C) Parietal. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frontal. 43. Lobe of the cerebrum that interprets touch and taste A) Temporal. B) Frontal. C) Occipital. D) Parietal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parietal. 44. What is responsible for heartbeat, breathing, and blood pressure? A) Pons. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Midbrain. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medulla oblongata. 45. During one cycle, the sodium-potassium pump binds and moves. A) 1 Na+ and 2 K+. B) 2 Na+ and 2 K+. C) 2 Na+ and 3 K+. D) 3 Na+ and 2 K+. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3 Na+ and 2 K+. 46. A nerve is a collection of nerve cell extensions bundled together with blood vessels and connective tissue. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 47. Digest dead cells and bacteria A) Oligodendrocytes. B) Ependymal cells. C) Astrocytes. D) Microglial cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Microglial cells. 48. Acts out or responds to the integrated responses. A) Sensory. B) Motor. C) Integrative. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor. 49. Which of the following is the correct sequence in a typical reflex arc? A) Effector, motor neuron, integration center, sensory neuron, receptor. B) Effector, sensory neuron, integration center, motor neuron, receptor. C) Receptor, motor neuron, integration center, sensory neuron, effector. D) Receptor, sensory neuron, integration center, motor neuron, effector. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Receptor, sensory neuron, integration center, motor neuron, effector. 50. Which of the following is the second largest part of the brain, known as the little brain? A) Cerebellum. B) Occipital lobe. C) Medulla oblongata. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 51. Name of protective layers that surround the CNS and filled with cerebrospinal fluid. A) Node of Ranvier. B) Gray matter. C) Meninges. D) Schwann cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meninges. 52. The neuron processes that receive incoming stimuli A) Schwann cells. B) Axon. C) Dendrites. D) Neurolemmas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrites. 53. Neurotransmitters are typically stored in which of the following parts of a neuron? A) The myelin sheath. B) The terminal buttons. C) The nodes of Ranvier. D) The soma. E) The axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The terminal buttons. 54. The root word myel/o A) Meninges; membrane. B) Spinal cord, bone marrow. C) Nerves. D) Nerve roots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord, bone marrow. 55. What is the neuron found only in the spinal cord? A) Sensory. B) Relay. C) Motor. D) Reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relay. 56. In the video you watched, we learned that: A) The right half of the cerebrum controls the left side of your body,. B) The left half of the cerebrum controls the right side of your body. C) Both answers are correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both answers are correct. 57. In the CNS, bundles of axons are called ..... A) Nerves. B) Ganglia. C) Neuroganglia. D) Tracts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tracts. 58. The tiny bumps on the tongue surface is called- A) Taste buds. B) Mini buds. C) Saliva. D) Mouth ulcer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taste buds. 59. In arthropods, the skeletal muscle membrane consist of: A) Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. B) Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. C) Ionotropic glutamate receptors. D) Metabotropic glutamate receptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ionotropic glutamate receptors. 60. The nervous system has got a spinal cord A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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