Neuroscience 6th Edition Purves Test Bank [2025!!!]

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Neuroscience, Sixth Edition v v


Purves • Augustine • Fitzpatrick • Hall • LaMantia • Mooney • Platt • White
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Chapter 1: Studying the Nervous System v v v v v




Multiple Choice v




1. Which part of DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA?
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a. Exon
b. Intron
c. Promoter
d. Non-coding DNA v


e. Regulatory DNA v


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Textbook Reference: Genetics and Genomics
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vBloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
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2. Genomics is the analysis of v v v v


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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vspecies. Answer: e
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Textbook Reference: Genetics and Genomics
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vBloom’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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vmake observations that suggested that nerve cells are discrete entities?
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a. Articulation of the neuron doctrine v v v v


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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vcommunication Answer: c v v


Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System
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vBloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
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4. The major proponent(s) of the neuron doctrine was(were)
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a. Camillo Golgi. v


b. Santiago Ramón y Cajal. v v v


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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vCajal. 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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a. Transmits action potentials v v


b. Supports electrical signals v v


c. Repairs the nervous system v v v


d. Prevents regeneration of the nervous system
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e. Produces myelin v


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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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a. Postsynaptic terminal v


b. Presynaptic terminal v


c. Axon
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e. Dendrite
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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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vexocytosis underlying synaptic communication?
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a. Mitochondria
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c. Cytoskeleton
d. Golgi apparatus v


e. Nucleus
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System
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8. Most neurons havev v


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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vdendrite. Answer: a v v


Textbook Reference: Neurons v v


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, 9. Which statement best describes the function of a neuron with multiple,
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vhighly 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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vrelayed. Answer: d v v


Textbook Reference: Neurons v v


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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. v v


d. They conduct signals bidirectionally.
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e. They transmit electrical signals via cytoplasmic
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vcontinuity. Answer: c v v


Textbook Reference: Neurons v v


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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. v v


e. reach more postsynaptic neurons.
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Textbook Reference: Neurons v v


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12. An action potential is a(n)
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vnerve cell membrane.
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a. single
b. all-or-nothing
c. permanent
d. random
e. unidirectional
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Textbook Reference: Neurons v v


vBloom’s Level: 1. Remembering v v v




13. The part of a synapse to which the contents of synaptic vesicles bind is called the
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a. presynaptic terminal. v


b. synaptic ending. v


c. axon terminal. v




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