This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 93 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 93 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the main function of the Spinal Cord? A) Produce hormones. B) Digest food. C) Regulate body temperature. D) Transmit nerve signals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transmit nerve signals. 2. A reflex is an involuntary action. This means that you do not have to think about it. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Reading a book:Is it? A) Voluntary. B) Reflex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voluntary. 4. T-F:You have 1 cornea in each eye A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Connective tissue is A) The tissue that protects, supports, and connects other body tissue. B) Tissue that is the lining, covering, and glandular tissue of the body. C) Tissue that contracts and shortens to produce movement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The tissue that protects, supports, and connects other body tissue. 6. What is the name of the 3 bones in the ear? A) Isicles. B) Ossicles. C) Eardrum. D) Anvil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ossicles. 7. Known as the "Little brain" and is in charge of balance and coordinating movements: A) Hypothalamus. B) Thalamus. C) Cerebellum. D) Reticular Formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 8. The spinal cord is protected by a bony spinal column made up of bones called ..... A) Vertebrae. B) Gray matter. C) White matter. D) Meninges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebrae. 9. Mass of cell bodies of sensory neurons near the spinal cord A) Dorsal Root Ganglion. B) Efferent Neuron. C) Afferent Neuron. D) Ventral Root Ganglion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dorsal Root Ganglion. 10. What is an axon and its function? A) An axon is a short, thick projection of a nerve cell that conducts electrical impulses towards the cell body. B) Transmits input and carries the input away from the cell body; usually one long fiber. C) An axon is a type of muscle fiber that contracts and relaxes to produce movement. D) An axon is a structure in the brain that stores and processes information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transmits input and carries the input away from the cell body; usually one long fiber. 11. Automatic movements in response to a signal are called ..... A) Reflectors. B) Reflexes. C) T-rex's. D) Deflectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflexes. 12. Part of CNS that links the brain to the PNS A) Brain. B) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord. 13. While you are sleeping, your heart keeps beating, you breathe in and out, your food is being digested, and you are making waste. What part of your brain is responsible for controlling all of this? A) Spinal cord. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain stem. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain stem. 14. Neurons either conduct action potentials along the length of their axons, or they remain at rest. This statement best describes ..... A) Reflex Arc. B) All-or-None Response. C) Saltatory Conduction. D) Graded Potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All-or-None Response. 15. Each eyelid contains ..... along its edge, which secrete an oil that helps lubricate the eye. A) Tarsal glands. B) Ceruminous glands. C) Lacrimal glands. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tarsal glands. 16. Which of the following is not a type of training periodization? A) Linear. B) Undulating. C) Random. D) Block. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Random. 17. Concussions may be caused by falls, bumps or blows to the head and even a blow to your body if it causes the brain to move. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. The auditory nerve carries A) Taste information. B) Smell information. C) Sound information. D) Balance information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sound information. 19. Collections of nerve cell bodies A) Nodes. B) Nerves. C) Cerebral cortex. D) Ganglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ganglia. 20. Motor neurons conduct impulses..... A) It does not conduct impulses. B) From the CNS to the effectors. C) From a sensory receptor towards the CNS. D) From the skin to the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From the CNS to the effectors. 21. This is the place where digestion starts. A) Stomach. B) Mouth. C) Small intestine. D) Large intestine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mouth. 22. A specialised nerve cell. A) Conclusion. B) Neurone. C) Receptor. D) Sensory neurone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neurone. 23. Nerve cells tell muscles what to do by using ..... A) Spinal cord. B) Electrical impulses. C) Plasma. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electrical impulses. 24. During this stage, K+ channels open and K+ ions leave the neuron: A) Depolarization. B) Repolarization. C) Resting Potential. D) Hyperpolarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repolarization. 25. A speed boat travels 200 miles at a speed of 20 miles/hr. How much time will it take to travel the 200 miles? A) 10 miles. B) 10 hrs. C) 100 km. D) 400 hrs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10 hrs. 26. What is the length of the neuron called? A) Dendrite. B) Axon terminal. C) Cell body. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axon. 27. The neurotransmitter involved in sleep, mood, and appetite regulation is: A) Endorphins. B) Dopamine. C) Acetylcholine. D) Serotonin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Serotonin. 28. This lobe is responsible with many aspects of vision. A) Parietal Lobe. B) Frontal Lobe. C) Occipital Lobe. D) Temporal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occipital Lobe. 29. Move the entire eyeball around A) Extrinsic Eye Muscles. B) Optic Nerve. C) Iris. D) Ciliary Body. E) Suspensory Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extrinsic Eye Muscles. 30. It controls the muscle moment. A) Spinal cord. B) Medulla. C) Cerebrum. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 31. Nerves, behaving like electrical wires that send an receive signals thought out the body A) Response. B) Peripheral nervous system. C) Cerebellum. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurons. 32. Which list below correctly describes the sequence that blood takes as it travels through the body? A) Heart-body-lungs-heart. B) Heart-lungs-body-heart. C) Heart-lungs-body-lungs. D) Heart-lungs-heart-body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heart-lungs-heart-body. 33. All of the following are parts of the brainstem except ..... A) Cerebrum. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Pons. D) Midbrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 34. Consists of the brain and spinal cord A) CNS. B) PNS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CNS. 35. What is the part of the neuron that brings information TO the cell body? A) Dendrite. B) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrite. 36. This is the color of the outside of the cerebellum. A) Yellow. B) Gray. C) White. D) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gray. 37. What is the endocrine system? A) Senses the hormone levels in the blood. B) Controls all other endocrine glands. C) A group of glands that work together with the nervous system to coordinate all body functions. D) Decreases bone calcium levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A group of glands that work together with the nervous system to coordinate all body functions. 38. This cranial nerve controls 4 of 6 muscles that control eye movement A) Oculomotor. B) Trigeminal. C) Optic. D) Read through. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oculomotor. 39. Green, blue, and/or brown pigment can be found in the ..... A) Lens. B) Iris. C) Pupil. D) Optic nerve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iris. 40. Collect stimuli and transport them to the cell body A) Dendrites. B) Myelin Sheath. C) Neurilemma. D) Nodes of Ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dendrites. 41. Which of the following divisions of the nervous system is activated when you raise your hand in class A) Sympathetic. B) Somatic. C) Parasympathetic. D) Autonomic. E) Afferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic. 42. The olfactory analyzer is located: A) In the epiglottis. B) In the taste bud. C) In the soft palate. D) In the wall of the throat. E) In the nasal cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) In the nasal cavity. 43. What is in charge of involuntary actions such as:breathing, heartbeat and reflexes? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Medulla. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medulla. 44. Made up of Cytons A) White Matter. B) Grey Matter. C) Midbrain. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grey Matter. 45. What are neurons? A) Cells that respond to stimuli and transmit signals. B) Cells that make up the majority of the brain. C) Cells that produce myelin. D) Cells that support and protect neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cells that respond to stimuli and transmit signals. 46. Saltatory conduction occurs only A) If nodes of Ranvier are lacking. B) If the myelin sheath is continuous. C) On myelinated fibers. D) On unmyelinated fibers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On myelinated fibers. 47. An infection induced inflammation of the meninges surrounding the brain and the spinal cord A) Cerebral palsy. B) Dementia. C) Epilepsy. D) Meningitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meningitis. 48. In repolarization, the neuron does not return to its resting membrane potential A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 49. Your hand touches a hot stove where does your impulse go? A) Brain. B) Spinal Cord. C) Donald Trump. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal Cord. 50. A cell that carries information through the nervous system is called a A) Nerve impulse. B) Nerve. C) Neuron. D) Endocrine gland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neuron. 51. WHAT is alzheimer's disease (AD)? A) When you lose a friend. B) Headaches. C) Memory loss. D) Anger issues. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Memory loss. 52. The area of the brain just above the brain stem is called the A) Cerebellum. B) Pons. C) Diencephalon. D) Parietal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diencephalon. 53. Na+ and K+ leak channels and Na+/K+ pumps on the neuron are responsible for establishing and maintaining the A) Resting membrane potential. B) Neurotransmitters. C) Central nervous system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resting membrane potential. 54. *When you move around, fluid inside the loops sloshes around. This movement is detected by hair cells inside the loops. *The hair cells send signals to the brain to help maintain ..... when you move around. A) Balance. B) Hearing. C) Pressure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Balance. 55. In most people, the right hemisphere controls movement of A) The right side od the body primarily. B) The left side of the body primarily. C) Both the right and left side of the body equally. D) The head and neck only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The left side of the body primarily. 56. Receptors send messages to the ..... (pick the MOST correct option) A) Control centers. B) Brain. C) Organs. D) Spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Control centers. 57. Number of nerves branching from the spinal cord A) 12 pairs. B) 31 pairs. C) 14 pairs. D) 32 pairs. E) 35 pairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 31 pairs. 58. Conduction pathways found within the CNS which propagate action potentials from one area in the CS to another A) Ganglion. B) Nerve tracts. C) Nuclei. D) Cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nerve tracts. 59. The lobe of your brain responsible for pain and touch A) Temporal lobe. B) Occipital lobe. C) Frontal lobe. D) Parietal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parietal lobe. 60. Which type of neuron carries signals from the brain to the muscles? A) Relay neuron. B) Motor neuron. C) Sensory neuron. D) Interneuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor neuron. ← 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