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Neuroscience, .Sixth .Edition
Purves .• .Augustine .• .Fitzpatrick .• .Hall .• .LaMantia .• .Mooney .• .Platt .• .White

Chapter .1: .Studying .the .Nervous .System

Multiple .Choice

1. Which .part .of .DNA .is .transcribed .into .messenger .RNA?
a. Exon
b. Intron
c. Promoter
d. Non-coding .DNA
e. Regulatory .DNA
.Answer: .a
Textbook .Reference: .Genetics .and .Genomics
.Bloom’s .Level: .2. .Understanding


2. Genomics .is .the .analysis .of
a. coding .DNA .sequences .for .a .species.
b. regulatory .DNA .sequences .for .an .individual .organism .and .a .species.
c. coding .and .regulatory .DNA .sequences .for .a .species.
d. coding .and .regulatory .DNA .sequences .for .an .individual .organism.
e. coding .and .regulatory .DNA .of .an .individual .organism .or .a
.species. .Answer: .e
Textbook .Reference: .Genetics .and .Genomics
.Bloom’s .Level: .1. .Remembering


3. Which .of .Camillo .Golgi’s .contributions .enabled .Santiago .Ramón .y .Cajal .to
.make .observations .that .suggested .that .nerve .cells .are .discrete .entities?
a. Articulation .of .the .neuron .doctrine
b. Identifying .the .organelle .later .called .the .Golgi .apparatus
c. Development .of .a .staining .method .based .on .impregnation .with .silver .salts
d. Improving .the .understanding .of .the .pathophysiology .of .malaria
e. Articulation .of .the .reticular .theory .of .nerve .cell
.communication .Answer: .c
Textbook .Reference: .Cellular .Components .of .the .Nervous .System
.Bloom’s .Level: .2. .Understanding


4. The .major .proponent(s) .of .the .neuron .doctrine .was(were)
a. Camillo .Golgi.
b. Santiago .Ramón .y .Cajal.
c. Charles .Sherrington.
d. Santiago .Ramón .y .Cajal .and .Charles .Sherrington.


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, e. Camillo .Golgi .and .Santiago .Ramón .y
.Cajal. .Answer: .d
Textbook .Reference: .Cellular .Components .of .the .Nervous .System
.Bloom’s .Level: .1. .Remembering


5. Which .function .is .a .characteristic .primarily .of .neurons .only, .and .not .glia?
a. Transmits .action .potentials
b. Supports .electrical .signals
c. Repairs .the .nervous .system
d. Prevents .regeneration .of .the .nervous .system
e. Produces .myelin
.Answer: .a
Textbook .Reference: .Cellular .Components .of .the .Nervous .System
.Bloom’s .Level: .1. .Remembering


6. In .which .part .of .a .neuron .would .most .of .the .endoplasmic .reticulum .be .concentrated?
a. Postsynaptic .terminal
b. Presynaptic .terminal
c. Axon
d. Cell .body
e. Dendrite
.Answer: .d
Textbook .Reference: .Cellular .Components .of .the .Nervous .System
.Bloom’s .Level: .1. .Remembering


7. Which .intracellular .component .facilitates .the .processes .of .endocytosis .and
.exocytosis .underlying .synaptic .communication?
a. Mitochondria
b. Endoplasmic .reticulum
c. Cytoskeleton
d. Golgi .apparatus
e. Nucleus
.Answer:
.c
Textbook .Reference: .Cellular .Components .of .the .Nervous .System
.Bloom’s .Level: .2. .Understanding


8. Most .neurons .have
a. one .axon .hillock .(initial .segment).
b. multiple .axon .hillocks .(initial .segments).
c. one .dendrite.
d. one .axon .hillock .(initial .segment) .and .one .dendrite.
e. multiple .axon .hillocks .(initial .segments) .and .one
.dendrite. .Answer: .a
Textbook .Reference: .Neurons
.Bloom’s .Level: .1. .Remembering




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, 9. Which .statement .best .describes .the .function .of .a .neuron .with .multiple,
.highly .branched .dendrites .and .one .axon?
a. It .passes .information .directly .to .multiple .neurons.
b. It .cannot .integrate .information .from .multiple .neurons.
c. It .receives .information .from .only .one .other .neuron.
d. It .integrates .information .from .many .neurons.
e. The .information .it .receives .will .not .be
.relayed. .Answer: .d
Textbook .Reference: .Neurons
.Bloom’s .Level: .3. .Applying


10. Which .statement .best .describes .most .neurons?
a. They .receive .information .via .axons.
b. They .transmit .information .to .other .cells .via .dendrites.
c. They .are .polarized.
d. They .conduct .signals .bidirectionally.
e. They .transmit .electrical .signals .via .cytoplasmic
.continuity. .Answer: .c
Textbook .Reference: .Neurons
.Bloom’s .Level: .3. .Applying


11. Compared .with .projection .neurons, .axons .of .local .circuit .neurons .(interneurons)
a. are .longer.
b. are .shorter.
c. have .more .synapses.
d. have .more .branches.
e. reach .more .postsynaptic .neurons.
.Answer: .b
Textbook .Reference: .Neurons
Bloom’s .Level: .2. .Understanding

12. An .action .potential .is .a(n) change .in .the .electrical .potential .across .the
.nerve .cell .membrane.
a. single
b. all-or-nothing
c. permanent
d. random
e. unidirectional
.Answer: .b
Textbook .Reference: .Neurons
.Bloom’s .Level: .1. .Remembering


13. The .part .of .a .synapse .to .which .the .contents .of .synaptic .vesicles .bind .is .called .the
a. presynaptic .terminal.
b. synaptic .ending.
c. axon .terminal.



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