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This document provides a complete test bank for Neuroscience (6th Edition) by Dale Purves. It contains multiple-choice questions and assessment items covering major neuroscience topics such as neuronal signaling, synaptic transmission, sensory and motor systems, brain development, neural circuits, and higher cognitive functions. The questions follow the structure of the textbook chapters and are designed to help students review core neuroscience concepts, prepare for exams, and strengthen their understanding of neurobiology and brain function.

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TEST BANK
NEUROSCIENCE/6TH EDITION
By: Dale Purves, George J. Augustine, David Fitzpatrick, William C. Hall, Anthony-Samuel LaMantia




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TEST BANK

,Neuroscience / Edition 6 by Dale Purves Test Bank


Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Studying the Nervous System
Chapter 2. Electrical Signals of Nerve Cells
Chapter 3. Voltage-Dependent Membrane Permeability
Chapter 4. Ion Channels and Transporters
Chapter 5. Synaptic Transmission
Chapter 6. Neurotransmitters and Their Receptors
Chapter 7. Molecular Signaling within Neurons
Chapter 8. Synaptic Plasticity
Chapter 9. The Somatosensory System: Touch and Proprioception




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Chapter 10. Pain
Chapter 11. Vision: The Eye
Chapter 12. Central Visual Pathways
Chapter 13. The Auditory System
Chapter 14. The Vestibular System
Chapter 15. The Chemical Senses
Chapter 16. Lower Motor Neuron Circuits and Motor Control
Chapter 17. Upper Motor Neuron Control of the Brainstem and Spinal Cord
Chapter 18. Modulation of Movement by the Basal Ganglia
Chapter 19. Modulation of Movement by the Cerebellum
Chapter 20. Eye Movements and Sensory Motor Integration
Chapter 21. The Visceral Motor System
Chapter 22. Early Brain Development
Chapter 23. Construction of Neural Circuits
Chapter 24. Circuit Differentiation: Intrinsic Factors and Sex Differences
Chapter 25. Experience-Dependent Plasticity in the Developing Brain
Chapter 26. Repair and Regeneration in the Nervous System
Chapter 27. Cognitive Functions and the Organization of the Cerebral Cortex
Chapter 28. Cortical States
Chapter 29. Attention
Chapter 30. Memory
Chapter 31. Emotion
Chapter 32. Thinking, Planning, and Deciding
Chapter 33. Speech and Language
Chapter 34. Development and Evolution of Cognitive Functions

, Test Bank
to accompany
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




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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.

, 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


a. Postsynaptic terminal
b. Presynaptic terminal
c. Axon
d. Cell body
e. Dendrite
Answer: d
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6. In which part of a neuron would most of the endoplasmic reticulum be concentrated?




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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