TEST BANK HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
AN INTEGRATED APPROACH 8TH
EDITION SILVERTHORN ALL
CHAPTERS 100% VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATED
Neurons: Cellular and Network Properties
1) The portions of a neuron that extend off of the roughly spherical cell body are usually
collectively called
A) protrusions.
B) processes.
C) prostheses.
D) projections. :B
Section Title: Cells of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
2) Detailed understanding of the cellular basis of signaling in the nervous system has led to good
understanding of consciousness, intelligence, and emotion.
A) True
,B)False :B
Section Title: Organization of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
3) Neurotransmitter is stored and released from
A) axon terminals only.
B) axon varicosities only.
C) dendritic spines only.
D) cell bodies only.
E) axon terminals and axon varicosities. :E
Section Title: Cells of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
4) Information coming into the central nervous system is transmitted along neurons.
A) afferent
B) sensory
C) efferent
D)afferent and sensory
E) sensory and efferent :D
Section Title: Cells of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
5) The afferent and efferent axons together form the
A) central nervous system.
B) autonomic division system.
C) somatic motor division of the nervous system.
D) peripheral nervous system.
,E) visceral nervous system. : D
Section Title: Cells of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
6) The brain and spinal cord together compose the
A) central nervous system.
B) autonomic division system.
C) somatic motor division of the nervous system.
D) peripheral nervous system.
E) visceral nervous system. : A
Section Title: Organization of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
7) Exocrine glands, smooth muscles, and cardiac muscles are controlled by the
A) central nervous system.
B) autonomic nervous system.
C) somatic motor division.
D) peripheral nervous system.
E) enteric nervous system. :B
Section Title: Organization of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
8) Autonomic motor neurons are subdivided into the
A) visceral and somatic divisions.
B)sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions.
C) central and peripheral divisions.
D) visceral and enteric divisions.
E) somatic and enteric divisions. :B
Section Title: Organization of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
9) The enteric nervous system is a network of neurons that function in controlling
A) reproduction.
B) digestion.
C) excretion, particularly urination.
D) the skeletal system.
E) the endocrine system. :B
Section Title: Organization of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
10) In general, the nervous system is composed of which two types of cells?
, 1. motor
2. neurons
3. sensory
4. glial
5. associative
A) 1 and 2
B) 1 and 3
C) 2 and 4
D) 3 and 4
E) 3 and 5 :C
Section Title: Cells of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
11) The cell body of neurons is generally
A) 90% of the cell volume.
B) 50% of the cell volume.
C) 10% of the cell volume.
D) found in the same position on every neuron. :C
Section Title: Cells of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
12) Interneurons are found
A) only in the brain.
B) only in the spinal cord.
C) only in the CNS.
D) throughout the nervous system.
E) only in spinal nerves. :C
Section Title: Cells of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
13) The multiple thin, branched structures on a neuron whose main function is to receive
incoming signals are the
A) cell bodies.
B) axons.
C) dendrites.
D) somata.
E) None of the answers are correct. : C
Section Title: Cells of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
14) The collection of axons that carries information between the central nervous system and the
peripheral effectors is called the
AN INTEGRATED APPROACH 8TH
EDITION SILVERTHORN ALL
CHAPTERS 100% VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATED
Neurons: Cellular and Network Properties
1) The portions of a neuron that extend off of the roughly spherical cell body are usually
collectively called
A) protrusions.
B) processes.
C) prostheses.
D) projections. :B
Section Title: Cells of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
2) Detailed understanding of the cellular basis of signaling in the nervous system has led to good
understanding of consciousness, intelligence, and emotion.
A) True
,B)False :B
Section Title: Organization of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
3) Neurotransmitter is stored and released from
A) axon terminals only.
B) axon varicosities only.
C) dendritic spines only.
D) cell bodies only.
E) axon terminals and axon varicosities. :E
Section Title: Cells of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
4) Information coming into the central nervous system is transmitted along neurons.
A) afferent
B) sensory
C) efferent
D)afferent and sensory
E) sensory and efferent :D
Section Title: Cells of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
5) The afferent and efferent axons together form the
A) central nervous system.
B) autonomic division system.
C) somatic motor division of the nervous system.
D) peripheral nervous system.
,E) visceral nervous system. : D
Section Title: Cells of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
6) The brain and spinal cord together compose the
A) central nervous system.
B) autonomic division system.
C) somatic motor division of the nervous system.
D) peripheral nervous system.
E) visceral nervous system. : A
Section Title: Organization of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
7) Exocrine glands, smooth muscles, and cardiac muscles are controlled by the
A) central nervous system.
B) autonomic nervous system.
C) somatic motor division.
D) peripheral nervous system.
E) enteric nervous system. :B
Section Title: Organization of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
8) Autonomic motor neurons are subdivided into the
A) visceral and somatic divisions.
B)sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions.
C) central and peripheral divisions.
D) visceral and enteric divisions.
E) somatic and enteric divisions. :B
Section Title: Organization of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
9) The enteric nervous system is a network of neurons that function in controlling
A) reproduction.
B) digestion.
C) excretion, particularly urination.
D) the skeletal system.
E) the endocrine system. :B
Section Title: Organization of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
10) In general, the nervous system is composed of which two types of cells?
, 1. motor
2. neurons
3. sensory
4. glial
5. associative
A) 1 and 2
B) 1 and 3
C) 2 and 4
D) 3 and 4
E) 3 and 5 :C
Section Title: Cells of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
11) The cell body of neurons is generally
A) 90% of the cell volume.
B) 50% of the cell volume.
C) 10% of the cell volume.
D) found in the same position on every neuron. :C
Section Title: Cells of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
12) Interneurons are found
A) only in the brain.
B) only in the spinal cord.
C) only in the CNS.
D) throughout the nervous system.
E) only in spinal nerves. :C
Section Title: Cells of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
13) The multiple thin, branched structures on a neuron whose main function is to receive
incoming signals are the
A) cell bodies.
B) axons.
C) dendrites.
D) somata.
E) None of the answers are correct. : C
Section Title: Cells of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 8.1
: Level I: Reviewing Facts and Terms (Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge)
14) The collection of axons that carries information between the central nervous system and the
peripheral effectors is called the
