BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY 14TH EDITION BY JAMES W. KALAT TEST BANK ( ANSWERS AT THE END OF EACH CHAPTER)

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1. Dendrites jcontain jthe jnuclei, jribosomes, jmitochondria, jand jother jstructures jfound jin jmost jcells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: j False

2. Neurons jreceive jinformation jand jtransmit jit jto jother jcells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: j True

3. Santiago jRamón jy jCajal jused jspecial jstaining jtechniques jto jreveal jthat jthe jbrain jis jcomposed jof jindividual jcells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: j True

4. An jefferent jaxon jcarries jinformation jaway jfrom ja jstructure.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: j True

5. The jgreater jthe jsurface jarea jof ja jdendrite, jthe jmore jinformation jit jcan jreceive jfrom jother jneurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: j True

6. Neurons jare jdistinguished jfrom jother jcells jby jtheir jshape.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: j True

7. The jrole jof jglial jcells jis jto jact jlike j―glue‖ jor jscaffolding jto jsupport jthe jneurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: j False

8. Glial jcells jtransmit jinformation jacross jlong jdistances.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: j False

9. There jare jtwo jtypes jof jglial jcells jthat jproduce jmyelin jsheath. jIn jthe jcentral jnervous jsystem, jSchwann jcells
jfulfill jthisjrole jand, jin jthe jperiphery, joligodendrocytes jproduce jit.
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a. True
b. False
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10. The jblood-brain jbarrier jis jmade jup jof jclosely jpacked jglial jcells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: j False

11. The jdifference jin jvoltage jin ja jresting jneuron jis jcalled jthe jresting jpotential.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: j True

12. Increasing jthe jelectrical jgradient jfor jpotassium jwill jreduce jthe jtendency jfor jpotassium jions jto jexit jthe jneuron.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: j True

13. At jthe jresting jpotential, jthe jpotassium jchannels jare jcompletely jclosed jand jthe jsodium jchannels jare jalmost jclosed.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: j False

14. Dr. jSkinner jis jworking jin jthe jlab jmeasuring jthe jvoltage jof jneurons, jand jduring jone jcondition, jshe jtried jto
jdepolarizejthe jneurons jfrom j-70 j mV jto j-80 j mV.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: j False

15. Action jpotentials jcan jbe jproduced jin jthe jdendrites jof jsome jneurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: j False

16. The jtwo jbasic jkinds jof jcells jin jthe jnervous jsystem jare .
a. neurons jand jglia
b. dendrites jand jaxons
c. ribosomes jand jlysosomes
d. neurons jand jaxons
ANSWER: ja

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17. Santiago jRamon jy jCajal jdemonstrated jthat .
a. at jrest, jthe jneuron jhas ja jnegative jcharge jinside jits jmembrane
b. neurons jare jseparate jfrom jone janother
c. neurons jcommunicate jat jspecialized jjunctions jcalled jsynapses
d. action jpotentials jfollow jthe jall-or-none jlaw
ANSWER: jb

18. Both and shared jthe jNobel jPrize jfor jPhysiology jor jMedicine jin j1906.
a. Golgi jand jCajal
b. Cajal jand jSherrington
c. Sherrington jand jGolgi
d. Cajal jand jKalat
ANSWER: ja

19. Dr. jKimi jstudies jthe jplasma jmembrane jof jneurons. jHe jspecifically jresearches jthe jspecialized that jallow
jinjimportant jthings jlike jwater, joxygen, jsodium, jand jso jon.
a. lipid jchannels
b. protein jchannels
c. lipid jreceptors
d. protein jreceptors
ANSWER: jb

20. Neurons jdiffer jmost jstrongly jfrom jother jbody jcells jin jtheir .
a. temperature
b. shape
c. osmotic jpressure
d. mitochondria
ANSWER: jb

21. What jdo jneurons jhave jthat jother jcells jdo jnot?
a. A jplasma jmembrane
b. Large, jbranching jextensions
c. Protein jchannels
d. An jendoplasmic jreticulum
ANSWER: jb

22. Dr. jMcLaughlin’s jlab jstudies jhow jnewly jformed jproteins jare jfolded jinside jneurons. jThey jwould jbe jmost
jinterested jinjstudying jthe .
a. endoplasmic jreticulum
b. mitochondria
c. ribosomes
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