Test Bank For Neuroscience, 11th - 2023 All Chapters - 9780323792677.pdf

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Neuroscience,pSixthpEdition
Purvesp•pAugustinep•pFitzpatrickp•pHallp•pLaMantiap•pMooneyp•pPlattp•pWhite

Chapter 1: Studying the Nervous System
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MultiplepChoice

1. WhichppartpofpDNApisptranscribedpintopmessengerpRNA?
a. Exon
b. Intron
c. Promoter
d. Non-codingpDNA
e. RegulatorypDNA
pAnswer:pa

TextbookpReference:pGeneticspandpGenomicspBloom’
spLevel:p2.pUnderstanding

2. Genomicspispthepanalysispof
a. codingpDNApsequencespforpapspecies.
b. regulatorypDNApsequencespforpanpindividualporganismpandpapspecies.
c. codingpandpregulatorypDNApsequencespforpapspecies.
d. codingpandpregulatorypDNApsequencespforpanpindividualporganism.
e. codingpandpregulatorypDNApofpanpindividualporganismporpapspecies.p
Answer:pe
TextbookpReference:pGeneticspandpGenomicspBloom’
spLevel:p1.pRemembering

3. WhichpofpCamillopGolgi’spcontributionspenabledpSantiagopRamónpypCajalptopmakep
observationspthatpsuggestedpthatpnervepcellsparepdiscretepentities?
a. Articulationpofpthepneuronpdoctrine
b. IdentifyingptheporganelleplaterpcalledpthepGolgipapparatus
c. Developmentpofpapstainingpmethodpbasedponpimpregnationpwithpsilverpsalts
d. Improvingpthepunderstandingpofptheppathophysiologypofpmalaria
e. Articulationpofpthepreticularptheorypofpnervepcellpcommunicationp
Answer:pc
TextbookpReference:pCellularpComponentspofpthepNervouspSystempB
loom’spLevel:p2.pUnderstanding

4. Thepmajorpproponent(s)pofpthepneuronpdoctrinepwas(were)
a. CamillopGolgi.
b. SantiagopRamónpypCajal.
c. CharlespSherrington.
d. SantiagopRamónpypCajalpandpCharlespSherrington.

,e. CamillopGolgipandpSantiagopRamónpypCajal.p
Answer:pd
TextbookpReference:pCellularpComponentspofpthepNervouspSystempB
loom’spLevel:p1.pRemembering

5. Whichpfunctionpispapcharacteristicpprimarilypofpneuronsponly,pandpnotpglia?
a. Transmitspactionppotentials
b. Supportspelectricalpsignals
c. Repairspthepnervouspsystem
d. Preventspregenerationpofpthepnervouspsystem
e. Producespmyelin
pAnswer:pa

TextbookpReference:pCellularpComponentspofpthepNervouspSystempB
loom’spLevel:p1.pRemembering

6. Inpwhichppartpofpapneuronpwouldpmostpofpthependoplasmicpreticulumpbepconcentrated?
a. Postsynapticpterminal
b. Presynapticpterminal
c. Axon
d. Cellpbody
e. Dendrite
pAnswer:pd

TextbookpReference:pCellularpComponentspofpthepNervouspSystempB
loom’spLevel:p1.pRemembering

7. Whichpintracellularpcomponentpfacilitatespthepprocessespofpendocytosispandpexocytosisp
underlyingpsynapticpcommunication?
a. Mitochondria
b. Endoplasmicpreticulum
c. Cytoskeleton
d. Golgipapparatus
e. Nucleus
pAnswer:pc

TextbookpReference:pCellularpComponentspofpthepNervouspSystempB
loom’spLevel:p2.pUnderstanding

8. Mostpneuronsphave
a. onepaxonphillockp(initialpsegment).
b. multiplepaxonphillocksp(initialpsegments).
c. onepdendrite.
d. onepaxonphillockp(initialpsegment)pandponepdendrite.
e. multiplepaxonphillocksp(initialpsegments)pandponepdendrite.p
Answer:pa
TextbookpReference:pNeuronspBloom
’spLevel:p1.pRemembering

, 9. Whichpstatementpbestpdescribespthepfunctionpofpapneuronpwithpmultiple,phighlyp
branchedpdendritespandponepaxon?
a. Itppassespinformationpdirectlyptopmultiplepneurons.
b. Itpcannotpintegratepinformationpfrompmultiplepneurons.
c. Itpreceivespinformationpfromponlyponepotherpneuron.
d. Itpintegratespinformationpfrompmanypneurons.
e. Thepinformationpitpreceivespwillpnotpbeprelayed.p
Answer:pd
TextbookpReference:pNeuronspBloom
’spLevel:p3.pApplying

10. Whichpstatementpbestpdescribespmostpneurons?
a. Theypreceivepinformationpviapaxons.
b. Theyptransmitpinformationptopotherpcellspviapdendrites.
c. Theypareppolarized.
d. Theypconductpsignalspbidirectionally.
e. Theyptransmitpelectricalpsignalspviapcytoplasmicpcontinuity.p
Answer:pc
TextbookpReference:pNeuronspBloom
’spLevel:p3.pApplying

11. Comparedpwithpprojectionpneurons,paxonspofplocalpcircuitpneuronsp(interneurons)
a. areplonger.
b. arepshorter.
c. havepmorepsynapses.
d. havepmorepbranches.
e. reachpmoreppostsynapticpneurons.p
Answer:pb
TextbookpReference:pNeurons
Bloom’spLevel:p2.pUnderstanding

12. Anpactionppotentialpispa(n)p
changepinpthepelectricalppotentialpacrosspthepnervepcellpmembrane.
a. single
b. all-or-nothing
c. permanent
d. random
e. unidirectional
pAnswer:pb

TextbookpReference:pNeuronspBloom
’spLevel:p1.pRemembering

13. Theppartpofpapsynapseptopwhichpthepcontentspofpsynapticpvesiclespbindpispcalledpthe
a. presynapticpterminal.
b. synapticpending.
c. axonpterminal.