Neuroscience 6th Edition Test Bank by Purves | 100% Correct Answers | 34 Chapters

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Chapter 1: Studying the Nervous Systemgh gh gh gh gh




Multiple Choice
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1. Which part of DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA?
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a. Exon
b. Intron
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Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Genetics and Genomics
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Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
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2. Genomics is the analysis of gh gh gh gh


a. coding DNA sequences for a species.
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b. regulatory DNA sequences for an individual organism and a species.
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c. coding and regulatory DNA sequences for a species.
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d. coding and regulatory DNA sequences for an individual organism.
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e. coding and regulatory DNA of an individual organism or a
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species. Answer: e
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Textbook Reference: Genetics and Genomics
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Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
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3. Which of Camillo Golgi’s contributions enabled Santiago Ramón y Cajal to
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make observations that suggested that nerve cells are discrete entities?
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b. Identifying the organelle later called the Golgi apparatus
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c. Development of a staining method based on impregnation with silver salts
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d. Improving the understanding of the pathophysiology of malaria
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e. Articulation of the reticular theory of nerve cell
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communication Answer: c
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System
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Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
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4. The major proponent(s) of the neuron doctrine was(were)
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c. Charles Sherrington.
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d. Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Charles Sherrington.
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,e. Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y
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Cajal. Answer: d
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System
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5. Which function is a characteristic primarily of neurons only, and not glia?
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d. Prevents regeneration of the nervous system
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Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System
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6. In which part of a neuron would most of the endoplasmic reticulum be concentrated?
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e. Dendrite
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d
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System
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7. Which intracellular component facilitates the processes of endocytosis and
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exocytosis underlying synaptic communication?
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a. Mitochondria
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c. Cytoskeleton
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e. Nucleus
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c
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System
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Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
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8. Most neurons havegh gh


a. one axon hillock (initial segment).
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b. multiple axon hillocks (initial segments).
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c. one dendrite.
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d. one axon hillock (initial segment) and one dendrite.
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e. multiple axon hillocks (initial segments) and one
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dendrite. Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Neuronsgh gh


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, 9. Which statement best describes the function of a neuron with multiple,
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highly branched dendrites and one axon?
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a. It passes information directly to multiple neurons.
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b. It cannot integrate information from multiple neurons.
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c. It receives information from only one other neuron.
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d. It integrates information from many neurons.
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e. The information it receives will not be
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relayed. Answer: d
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Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
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10. Which statement best describes most neurons?
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a. They receive information via axons.
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b. They transmit information to other cells via dendrites.
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c. They are polarized.
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d. They conduct signals bidirectionally.
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e. They transmit electrical signals via cytoplasmic
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continuity. Answer: c
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11. Compared with projection neurons, axons of local circuit neurons (interneurons)
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a. are longer.
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b. are shorter.
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c. have more synapses.
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d. have more branches.
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e. reach more postsynaptic
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neurons. Answer: b
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Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
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12. An action potential is a(n)
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nerve cell membrane.
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a. single
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c. permanent
d. random
e. unidirectional
Answer: b
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13. The part of a synapse to which the contents of synaptic vesicles bind is called the
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