n
,Truen/nFalse
1. nDendritesncontainnthennuclei,nribosomes,nmitochondria,nandnothernstructuresnfoundninnmostncells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s:nUnderstand
REFERENCES: NeuronsnandnGlia
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:nKALA.BIOP.16.01.01n-
nDescribenneuronsnandnglia,nthencellsnthatnconstitutenthennervousnsystem.
TOPICS: 1.1nThenCellsnofnthenNervousnSystem
2. Neuronsnreceiveninformationnandntransmitnitntonotherncells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s:nUnderstand
REFERENCES: NeuronsnandnGlia
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:nKALA.BIOP.16.01.01n-
nDescribenneuronsnandnglia,nthencellsnthatnconstitutenthennervousnsystem.
TOPICS: 1.1nThenCellsnofnthenNervousnSystem
3. Annafferentnaxonnbringsninformationnintonanstructure.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s:nUnderstand
REFERENCES: NeuronsnandnGlia
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:nKALA.BIOP.16.01.01n-
nDescribenneuronsnandnglia,nthencellsnthatnconstitutenthennervousnsystem.
TOPICS: 1.1nThenCellsnofnthenNervousnSystem
4. Annefferentnaxonncarriesninformationnawaynfromnanstructure.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s:nUnderstand
,REFERENCES: NeuronsnandnGlia
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:nKALA.BIOP.16.01.01n-
nDescribenneuronsnandnglia,nthencellsnthatnconstitutenthennervousnsystem.
TOPICS: 1.1nThenCellsnofnthenNervousnSystem
5. Thengreaternthensurfacenareanofnandendrite,nthenmoreninformationnitncannreceivenfromnothernneurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s:nUnderstand
REFERENCES: NeuronsnandnGlia
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:nKALA.BIOP.16.01.01n-
nDescribenneuronsnandnglia,nthencellsnthatnconstitutenthennervousnsystem.
TOPICS: 1.1nThenCellsnofnthenNervousnSystem
6. Neuronsnarendistinguishednfromnotherncellsnbyntheirnshape.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s:nUnderstand
REFERENCES: NeuronsnandnGlia
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:nKALA.BIOP.16.01.01n-
nDescribenneuronsnandnglia,nthencellsnthatnconstitutenthennervousnsystem.
TOPICS: 1.1nThenCellsnofnthenNervousnSystem
7. Glialncellsnservenmanynfunctions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s:nUnderstand
REFERENCES: NeuronsnandnGlia
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:nKALA.BIOP.16.01.01n-
nDescribenneuronsnandnglia,nthencellsnthatnconstitutenthennervousnsystem.
TOPICS: 1.1nThenCellsnofnthenNervousnSystem
8. Glialncellsntransmitninformationnacrossnlongndistances.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s:nUnderstand
REFERENCES: NeuronsnandnGlia
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:n KALA.BIOP.16.01.01n-nDescribenneuronsnandnglia,nthencellsnthatnconstitute
, thennervousnsystem.
TOPICS: 1.1nThenCellsnofnthenNervousnSystem
9. Schwannncellsnbuildnthenmyelinnsheathsninnthenperipherynofnthenbody.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s:nUnderstand
REFERENCES: NeuronsnandnGlia
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:nKALA.BIOP.16.01.01n-
nDescribenneuronsnandnglia,nthencellsnthatnconstitutenthennervousnsystem.
TOPICS: 1.1nThenCellsnofnthenNervousnSystem
10. Thenblood-brainnbarriernisnmadenupnofncloselynpackednglialncells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s:nUnderstand
REFERENCES: ThenBlood-BrainnBarrier
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:nKALA.BIOP.16.01.02n-nSummarizenhownthenblood–
brainnbarriernrelatesntonprotectionnandnnutritionnofnneurons.
TOPICS: 1.1nThenCellsnofnthenNervousnSystem
11. Thendifferenceninnvoltageninnanrestingnneuronnisncallednthenrestingnpotential.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s:nUnderstand
REFERENCES: ThenRestingnPotentialnofnthenNeuron
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:nKALA.BIOP.16.01.03n-nExplainnhownthensodium–
potassiumnpumpnandnthenpropertiesnofnthenmembranenleadntonthenrestingnpotentialn
ofnanneuron.
TOPICS: 1.2nThenNervenImpulse
12. Increasingnthenelectricalngradientnfornpotassiumnwillnreducenthentendencynfornpotassiumnionsntonexitnthen
neuron.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s:nAnalyze
REFERENCES: ThenRestingnPotentialnofnthenNeuron
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:nKALA.BIOP.16.01.03n-nExplainnhownthensodium–
potassiumnpumpnandnthenpropertiesnofnthenmembranenleadntonthenrestingnpotentialn
ofnanneuron.