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Prepare for exams with this official test bank for Biological Psychology, 13th Edition by James W. Kalat. Includes thousands of true/false, multiple-choice, and essay questions with answers covering neurons, synapses, brain anatomy, and sensory systems. neuroscience exam study guide, psychology test bank, college biology practice questions, kalat biological psychology, nursing school study aid, premed exam prep, neuroanatomy quiz, instructor resource, mcat psychology review, digital study notes

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1. n Dendritesn containn then nuclei,n ribosomes,n mitochondria,n andn othern structuresn foundn inn mostn cells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:n False

2. Neuronsn receiven informationn andn transmitn itn ton othern cells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:n True

3. Santiagon Ramónn yn Cajaln usedn specialn stainingn techniquesn ton revealn thatn then brainn isn composedn ofn individualn cells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:n True

4. Ann efferentn axonn carriesn informationn awayn fromn an structure.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:n True

5. Then greatern then surfacen arean ofn an dendrite,n then moren informationn itn cann receiven fromn othern neurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:n True

6. Neuronsn aren distinguishedn fromn othern cellsn byn theirn shape.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:n True

7. Then rolen ofn glialn cellsn isn ton actn liken “glue”n orn scaffoldingn ton supportn then neurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:n False

8. Glialn cellsn transmitn informationn acrossn longn distances.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:n False

9. Theren aren twon typesn ofn glialn cellsn thatn producen myelinn sheath.n Inn then centraln nervousn system,n Schwannn cellsn fulfilln
thisn rolen and,n inn then periphery,n oligodendrocytesn producen it.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER:n False

11. Then differencen inn voltagen inn an restingn neuronn isn calledn then restingn potential.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:n True

12. Increasingn then electricaln gradientn forn potassiumn willn reducen then tendencyn forn potassiumn ionsn ton exitn then neuron.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:n True

13. Atn then restingn potential,n then potassiumn channelsn aren completelyn closedn andn then sodiumn channelsn aren almostn closed.
a. True
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ANSWER:n False

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a. True
b. False
ANSWER:n False

15. Actionn potentialsn cann ben producedn inn then dendritesn ofn somen neurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:n False

16. Then twon basicn kindsn ofn cellsn inn then nervousn systemn aren .
a. neuronsn andn glia
b. dendritesn andn axons
c. ribosomesn andn lysosomes
d. neuronsn andn axons
ANSWER:n a

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b. neuronsn aren separaten fromn onen another
c. neuronsn communicaten atn specializedn junctionsn calledn synapses
d. actionn potentialsn follown then all-or-nonen law
ANSWER:n b

18. Bothn andn sharedn then Nobeln Prizen forn Physiologyn orn Medicinen inn 1906.
a. Golgin andn Cajal
b. Cajaln andn Sherrington
c. Sherringtonn andn Golgi
d. Cajaln andn Kalat
ANSWER:n a

19. Dr.n Kimin studiesn then plasman membranen ofn neurons.n Hen specificallyn researchesn then specializedn thatnallown
inn importantn thingsn liken water,n oxygen,n sodium,n andn son on.
a. lipidn channels
b. proteinn channels
c. lipidn receptors
d. proteinn receptors
ANSWER:n b

20. Neuronsn differn mostn stronglyn fromn othern bodyn cellsn inn theirn .
a. temperature
b. shape
c. osmoticn pressure
d. mitochondria
ANSWER:n b

21. Whatn don neuronsn haven thatn othern cellsn don not?
a. An plasman membrane
b. Large,n branchingn extensions
c. Proteinn channels
d. Ann endoplasmicn reticulum
ANSWER:n b

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