NEUROSCIENCE 6TH EDITION TEST
BANK BY PURVES ALL CHAPTERS
(1-24)
,Test Bank
to accompany
Neuroscience, Sixth Edition
Purves • Augustine • Fitzpatrick • Hall • LaMantia • Mooney • Platt • White
Chapter 1: Studying the Nervous System
Multiple Choice
Which part of DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA?
Exon
Intron
Promoter
Non-coding DNA
Regulatory DNA Answer: a
Textbook Reference: Genetics and Genomics Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
Genomics is the analysis of
coding DNA sequences for a species.
regulatory DNA sequences for an individual organism and a species.
coding and regulatory DNA sequences for a species.
coding and regulatory DNA sequences for an individual organism.
coding and regulatory DNA of an individual organism or a species. Answer: e
Textbook Reference: Genetics and Genomics Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
Which of Camillo Golgi’s contributions enabled Santiago Ramón y Cajal to make observations
that suggested that nerve cells are discrete entities?
Articulation of the neuron doctrine
Identifying the organelle later called the Golgi apparatus
Development of a staining method based on impregnation with silver salts
Improving the understanding of the pathophysiology of malaria
Articulation of the reticular theory of nerve cell communication Answer: c
Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System Bloom’s Level: 2.
Understanding
The major proponent(s) of the neuron doctrine was(were)
Camillo Golgi.
Santiago Ramón y Cajal.
Charles Sherrington.
Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Charles Sherrington.
Med C
,Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal. Answer: d
Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System Bloom’s Level: 1.
Remembering
Which function is a characteristic primarily of neurons only, and not glia?
Transmits action potentials
Supports electrical signals
Repairs the nervous system
Prevents regeneration of the nervous system
Produces myelin Answer: a
Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System Bloom’s Level: 1.
Remembering
In which part of a neuron would most of the endoplasmic reticulum be concentrated?
Postsynaptic terminal
Presynaptic terminal
Axon
Cell body
Dendrite Answer: d
Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System Bloom’s Level: 1.
Remembering
Which intracellular component facilitates the processes of endocytosis and exocytosis
underlying synaptic communication?
Mitochondria
Endoplasmic reticulum
Cytoskeleton
Golgi apparatus
Nucleus Answer: c
Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System Bloom’s Level: 2.
Understanding
Most neurons have
one axon hillock (initial segment).
multiple axon hillocks (initial segments).
one dendrite.
one axon hillock (initial segment) and one dendrite.
multiple axon hillocks (initial segments) and one dendrite. Answer: a
Textbook Reference: Neurons Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
, Which statement best describes the function of a neuron with multiple, highly branched
dendrites and one axon?
It passes information directly to multiple neurons.
It cannot integrate information from multiple neurons.
It receives information from only one other neuron.
It integrates information from many neurons.
The information it receives will not be relayed. Answer: d
Textbook Reference: Neurons Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
Which statement best describes most neurons?
They receive information via axons.
They transmit information to other cells via dendrites.
They are polarized.
They conduct signals bidirectionally.
They transmit electrical signals via cytoplasmic continuity. Answer: c
Textbook Reference: Neurons Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
Compared with projection neurons, axons of local circuit neurons (interneurons)
are longer.
are shorter.
have more synapses.
have more branches.
reach more postsynaptic neurons. Answer: b
Textbook Reference: Neurons
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
An action potential is a(n) change in the electrical potential across the nerve cell
membrane.
single
all-or-nothing
permanent
random
unidirectional Answer: b
Textbook Reference: Neurons Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
The part of a synapse to which the contents of synaptic vesicles bind is called the
presynaptic terminal.
synaptic ending.
axon terminal.
BANK BY PURVES ALL CHAPTERS
(1-24)
,Test Bank
to accompany
Neuroscience, Sixth Edition
Purves • Augustine • Fitzpatrick • Hall • LaMantia • Mooney • Platt • White
Chapter 1: Studying the Nervous System
Multiple Choice
Which part of DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA?
Exon
Intron
Promoter
Non-coding DNA
Regulatory DNA Answer: a
Textbook Reference: Genetics and Genomics Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
Genomics is the analysis of
coding DNA sequences for a species.
regulatory DNA sequences for an individual organism and a species.
coding and regulatory DNA sequences for a species.
coding and regulatory DNA sequences for an individual organism.
coding and regulatory DNA of an individual organism or a species. Answer: e
Textbook Reference: Genetics and Genomics Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
Which of Camillo Golgi’s contributions enabled Santiago Ramón y Cajal to make observations
that suggested that nerve cells are discrete entities?
Articulation of the neuron doctrine
Identifying the organelle later called the Golgi apparatus
Development of a staining method based on impregnation with silver salts
Improving the understanding of the pathophysiology of malaria
Articulation of the reticular theory of nerve cell communication Answer: c
Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System Bloom’s Level: 2.
Understanding
The major proponent(s) of the neuron doctrine was(were)
Camillo Golgi.
Santiago Ramón y Cajal.
Charles Sherrington.
Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Charles Sherrington.
Med C
,Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal. Answer: d
Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System Bloom’s Level: 1.
Remembering
Which function is a characteristic primarily of neurons only, and not glia?
Transmits action potentials
Supports electrical signals
Repairs the nervous system
Prevents regeneration of the nervous system
Produces myelin Answer: a
Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System Bloom’s Level: 1.
Remembering
In which part of a neuron would most of the endoplasmic reticulum be concentrated?
Postsynaptic terminal
Presynaptic terminal
Axon
Cell body
Dendrite Answer: d
Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System Bloom’s Level: 1.
Remembering
Which intracellular component facilitates the processes of endocytosis and exocytosis
underlying synaptic communication?
Mitochondria
Endoplasmic reticulum
Cytoskeleton
Golgi apparatus
Nucleus Answer: c
Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System Bloom’s Level: 2.
Understanding
Most neurons have
one axon hillock (initial segment).
multiple axon hillocks (initial segments).
one dendrite.
one axon hillock (initial segment) and one dendrite.
multiple axon hillocks (initial segments) and one dendrite. Answer: a
Textbook Reference: Neurons Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
, Which statement best describes the function of a neuron with multiple, highly branched
dendrites and one axon?
It passes information directly to multiple neurons.
It cannot integrate information from multiple neurons.
It receives information from only one other neuron.
It integrates information from many neurons.
The information it receives will not be relayed. Answer: d
Textbook Reference: Neurons Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
Which statement best describes most neurons?
They receive information via axons.
They transmit information to other cells via dendrites.
They are polarized.
They conduct signals bidirectionally.
They transmit electrical signals via cytoplasmic continuity. Answer: c
Textbook Reference: Neurons Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
Compared with projection neurons, axons of local circuit neurons (interneurons)
are longer.
are shorter.
have more synapses.
have more branches.
reach more postsynaptic neurons. Answer: b
Textbook Reference: Neurons
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
An action potential is a(n) change in the electrical potential across the nerve cell
membrane.
single
all-or-nothing
permanent
random
unidirectional Answer: b
Textbook Reference: Neurons Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
The part of a synapse to which the contents of synaptic vesicles bind is called the
presynaptic terminal.
synaptic ending.
axon terminal.
