Chapter 2: Functional Neuroanatomy: The Nervous System and Behavior
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S. Marc Breedlove and Neil V. Watson
Chapter 2: Functional Neuroanatomy: The Nervous System and Behavior
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1. Synaptic vesicles are found in the
a. cell body.
b. d...
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SELECTED TEST QUESTIONS
Test Bank
to accompany
Behavioral Neuroscience, Eighth Edition
S. Marc Breedlove and Neil V. Watson
Chapter 2: Functional Neuroanatomy: The Nervous System
and Behavior
TEST QUESTIONS
Multiple Choice
1. Synaptic vesicles are found in the
a. cell body.
b. dendritic spines.
c. axon hillock.
d. synaptic boutons.
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: Specialized Cells Make Up the Nervous System
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
2. Which neurons can collect the most information?
a. Bipolar
b. Monopolar
c. Multipolar
d. Unipolar
Answer: c
Textbook Reference: Specialized Cells Make Up the Nervous System
Bloom’s Level: 5. Evaluating
3. The major function of Schwann cells is the
a. transmission of nutrients to neurons.
b. myelination of peripheral nerve fibers.
c. scavenging of cellular debris.
d. myelination of axons in the brain.
Answer: b
Textbook Reference: Specialized Cells Make Up the Nervous System
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
4. During multiple sclerosis, myelin in the brain is lost. Which cells would be most likely
to be trying to replace lost myelin in the brain?
a. Oligodendrocytes
b. Schwann cells
c. Astrocytes
,d. Both a and b
Answer: a
Textbook Reference: Specialized Cells Make Up the Nervous System
Bloom’s Level: 4. Analyzing
5. The size range of most neuronal cell bodies is
a. 1‒10 m.
b. 1‒10 mm.
c. 10‒100 nm.
d. 10‒100 m.
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: Specialized Cells Make Up the Nervous System
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
6. Which histological technique is used for tract tracing?
a. Horseradish peroxidase stain
b. In situ hybridization
c. Golgi stain
d. Nissl stain
Answer: a
Textbook Reference: Specialized Cells Make Up the Nervous System
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
7. The human brain contains
a. 100‒150 billion circuits.
b. 100‒150 billion neurons.
c. 100‒150 million neurons.
d. 100‒150 million glial cells.
Answer: b
Textbook Reference: Specialized Cells Make Up the Nervous System
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
8. The neuron doctrine
a. was confirmed using electron microscopy.
b. proposed the existence of synaptic contacts between neurons.
c. stemmed from the work of the great neuroanatomist Ramón y Cajal.
d. All of the above
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: Specialized Cells Make Up the Nervous System
Bloom’s Level: 4. Analyzing
9. The gaps between segments of myelin are known as
a. synaptic clefts.
b. nodes of Ranvier.
c. terminal boutons.
d. neuromuscular junctions.
Answer: b
Textbook Reference: Specialized Cells Make Up the Nervous System
, Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
10. A collection of cell bodies in the nervous system is known as a
a. nodule.
b. nucleus.
c. fiber.
d. plexus.
Answer: b
Textbook Reference: Specialized Cells Make Up the Nervous System
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
11. The range of diameters of mammalian axons is
a. 1‒10 mm.
b. 0.5‒20 m.
c. 0.05‒2.0 m.
d. 100‒300 m.
Answer: b
Textbook Reference: Specialized Cells Make Up the Nervous System
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
12. The width of the synaptic cleft is about
a. 200 nm.
b. 200 m.
c. 20 m.
d. 20 nm.
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: Specialized Cells Make Up the Nervous System
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
13. In which way(s) are dendrites and axons similar?
a. Both are characterized by branching.
b. They have similar lengths.
c. Both exhibit a tapering of diameter with increasing distance from the cell body.
d. All of the above
Answer: a
Textbook Reference: Specialized Cells Make Up the Nervous System
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
14. The “giant” axons of some invertebrate animals can have diameters as large as
a. 20 m.
b. 1 mm.
c. 500 m.
d. 20 nm.
Answer: c
Textbook Reference: Specialized Cells Make Up the Nervous System
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
15. Dendrites are
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