MCQs of Psychology – Nervous System

A mixed nerve possess fibers of:

A disease believed to be caused because of cell death in a brain area that produces dopamine:

There is a genetic prediposition to the disease________in some people so it ends to run in families:

The area of cerebrum that sends impulses to voluntary muscles controlling movements:

L-dopa is an effective drug to control which of the following disease:

One of the following controls involuntary responses buy influencing organs, glands and smooth muscles:

One of the following parts of midbrain guides smooth and accurate motions and maintains body position:

It is best developed in birds and involved in learning and memory storage for behaviour:

Most ganglion fishes of_______system arise from the middle portion of the spinal cord and almost terminate in ganglia that lie near the spinal cord:

The system important during emergency situations and is associated with “fight and fight”.

A few cranial nerves including the vaga nerve together with the fibres from the bottom portion of spinal cord from the:

Which of the following is not a part of hindbrain?

Certain neurons in one of the following parts of midbrain appear to influence transitions between sleep and weakfulness and the rate and pattern of breathing:

The disease________may result by head trauma and the onset of disease is usually in 50’s or 60’s:

The most important test in the study of epilepsy is:

The bundles of axons or dendrites bounded by connective tissue are termed:

Depending upon the direction of impulse they conduct, the nerves may be:

One of the following is helpful in controlling epilepsy:

A disease characterized by the decline in brain function:

One of the following is reduced in human beings and contains auditory relay centre that controls reflex movements of eyes:

Midbrain contains a relay centre that connects the hindbrain with forebrain. It is called:

One of the following is made of myleinated nerve fibers of tracts:

The concentrations of cell bodies neurons is:

There is evidence that high levels of aluminium may contribute to the followings:

It increase that heart beat rate blood pressure and digestive tract mobility. Also it may induce vomiting and diarrhea and even may cause water retention by kidneys:

Both brain and spinal cord are protected by:

One of the following parts of forebrain is responsible for most basic and primitive emotions, drives and behaviours:

A part of forebrain that plays an important role in the formation of long term memory, and thus is required for learning:

A large band of axons that help cerebral hemispheres to communicate:

How many nerves arise from spinal cord in human beings:

The spinal nerves are:

One of the followings affects post synaptic membrane in CNs and PNS:

The outer region of cerebrum from folds called convolutions and called:

How many pairs of nerves arise or leave brain in humans?

The nerves that arise or leave brain are called:

“It comprises sensory and motor neurons, which may form ganglia and the nerves”. The statement is true for:

Cerebral nerves may be:

One of the followings cushions brain and spinal cord against bumps and jolts:

Hind brain includes:

Which of the followings narrows down into an oval shaped hollow cylinder, the spinal cord:

Gray matter in spinal cord consists of:

One of the followings consists of three functional parts, the thalamus, limbic system and the cerebrum:

Which of the following parts of forebrain carries sensory information to the other parts of of the forebrain?

The part of the nerve cell specialized for conducting information is the

The cell body of a neuron is also called the:

Neurons are made up of dendrites, a soma, and

Which of the following is NOT a part of a neuron?

Three major ethical concerns of psychological researchers are deception, lasting harm to subjects, and

The basic unit of the entire nervous system is the:

Below are various descriptions of some of the most important components in the human nervous system-but only one is correct. Please highlight it:

Which of these is a feature of neurons?

The three main components of a neuron include:

Which nervous system controls the activity of the structures inside your body, such as your heart or your endocrine glands?

Which of the following is NOT true of the human brain?

Early research on the patterns of behavior observed in people during epileptic seizures advanced the idea that:

Which, if any, of the following are true?
1: Each region of the neocortex may contain more specialized modules.
2: Damage to a given volume of neocortical tissue tends to be more profoundly disabiling than damage to the same volume of the subcortex.
3: Functional neuro-imaging methods allow us to observe which brain regions are active.

Identify the INCORRECT assertion from those given below, with regard to damage to the brain’s hemispheres:

If we surveyed a sample of neuroscientists,which part of the brain would they report as most preferable to lose?

Communication among the neurons requires two main activities. Electrical signals which are generated by________and chemical signals which are generated by______.

Regarding the electrical activity of neurons, which of the following is INCORRECT?

Neurotransmission, and thus brain function, can be disrupted by:

Which one of the following do we know to be true about inhibitory neurotransmitters?

Long-term potentiation and long-term depression are processes demonstrating that:

Which of the following statements regarding the NMDA receptor is INCORRECT?

Which of the following statements is NOT true in terms of the repairing damaged brains?

Research on neural grafting techniques to transplant dopamine cell bodies indicate that:

Which of the following assertions about modularity in the brain is accurate?

The brain can solve immensely difficult computational problems and thus allow us to function in our environments by relying on which type of processing?