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Neuroscience, Sixth Edition j j
Purves • Augustine • Fitzpatrick • Hall • LaMantia • Mooney • Platt • White
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Chapter 1: Studying the Nervous System j j j j j
Multiple Choice j
1. Which part of DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA?
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a. Exon
b. Intron
c. Promoter
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e. Regulatory
DNAAnswer: a
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Textbook Reference: Genetics and
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GenomicsBloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
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2. Genomics is the analysis of j j j j
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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species.Answer: e
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Textbook Reference: Genetics and
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GenomicsBloom’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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makeobservations that suggested that nerve cells are discrete entities?
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a. Articulation of the neuron doctrine j j j j
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 j j j j j j j j j j
d. Improving the understanding of the pathophysiology of malaria
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e. Articulation of the reticular theory of nerve cell j j j j j j j
communicationAnswer: c
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous
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SystemBloom’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. j
b. Santiago Ramón y Cajal. j j j
c. Charles Sherrington. j
d. Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Charles Sherrington.
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Cajal.Answer: d
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous
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SystemBloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
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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 j j
b. Supports electrical signals j j
c. Repairs the nervous system j j j
d. Prevents regeneration of the nervous system j j j j j
e. Produces
myelinAnswer: a
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous
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SystemBloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
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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 j
b. Presynaptic terminal j
c. Axon
d. Cell body j
e. Dendrite j
Answer: d j
Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous
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7. Which intracellular component facilitates the processes of endocytosis and
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exocytosisunderlying synaptic communication?
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a. Mitochondria
b. Endoplasmic reticulum j
c. Cytoskeleton
d. Golgi apparatus j
e. Nucleus j
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous
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SystemBloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
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8. Most neurons have j j
a. one axon hillock (initial segment).
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b. multiple axon hillocks (initial segments). j j j j
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 j j j j j j
dendrite.Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Neurons j j
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
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, 9. Which statement best describes the function of a neuron with multiple,
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highlybranched 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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relayed.Answer: d
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NeuronsBloom’s Level: 3.
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10. Which statement best describes most neurons? j j j j j
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. j j
d. They conduct signals bidirectionally.
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e. They transmit electrical signals via cytoplasmic
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continuity.Answer: c
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NeuronsBloom’s Level: 3.
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11. Compared with projection neurons, axons of local circuit neurons (interneurons) j j j j j j j j j
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.
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e. reach more postsynaptic j j
neurons.Answer: b
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12. An action potential is a(n)
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nervecell membrane.
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a. single
b. all-or-nothing
c. permanent
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Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
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13. The part of a synapse to which the contents of synaptic vesicles bind is called the
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a. presynaptic terminal. j
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