Neuroscience 6th Edition Purves Test Bank 100% Correct Answers 34 Chapters

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Neuroscience, gSixth gEdition
Purves g• gAugustine g• gFitzpatrick g• gHall g• gLaMantia g• gMooney g• gPlatt g• gWhite

Chapter g1: gStudying gthe gNervous gSystem

Multiple gChoice

1. Which gpart gof gDNA gis gtranscribed ginto gmessenger gRNA?
a. Exon
b. Intron
c. Promoter
d. Non-coding gDNA
e. Regulatory
gDNA gAnswer:
ga
Textbook gReference: gGenetics gand gGenomics
gBloom’s gLevel: g2. gUnderstanding

2. Genomics gis gthe ganalysis gof
a. coding gDNA gsequences gfor ga gspecies.
b. regulatory gDNA gsequences gfor gan gindividual gorganism gand ga gspecies.
c. coding gand gregulatory gDNA gsequences gfor ga gspecies.
d. coding gand gregulatory gDNA gsequences gfor gan gindividual gorganism.
e. coding gand gregulatory gDNA gof gan gindividual gorganism gor
ga gspecies. gAnswer: ge
Textbook gReference: gGenetics gand gGenomics
gBloom’s gLevel: g1. gRemembering

3. Which gof gCamillo gGolgi’s gcontributions genabled gSantiago gRamón gy
gCajal gto gmake gobservations gthat gsuggested gthat gnerve gcells gare gdiscrete
gentities?
a. Articulation gof gthe gneuron gdoctrine
b. Identifying gthe gorganelle glater gcalled gthe gGolgi gapparatus
c. Development gof ga gstaining gmethod gbased gon gimpregnation gwith gsilver gsalts
d. Improving gthe gunderstanding gof gthe gpathophysiology gof gmalaria
e. Articulation gof gthe greticular gtheory gof gnerve gcell
gcommunication gAnswer: gc
Textbook gReference: gCellular gComponents gof gthe gNervous
gSystem gBloom’s gLevel: g2. gUnderstanding

4. The gmajor gproponent(s) gof gthe gneuron gdoctrine gwas(were)
a. Camillo gGolgi.
b. Santiago gRamón gy gCajal.
c. Charles gSherrington.
d. Santiago gRamón gy gCajal gand gCharles gSherrington.
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, e. Camillo gGolgi gand gSantiago gRamón gy
gCajal. gAnswer: gd
Textbook gReference: gCellular gComponents gof gthe gNervous
gSystem gBloom’s gLevel: g1. gRemembering

5. Which gfunction gis ga gcharacteristic gprimarily gof gneurons gonly, gand gnot gglia?
a. Transmits gaction gpotentials
b. Supports gelectrical gsignals
c. Repairs gthe gnervous gsystem
d. Prevents gregeneration gof gthe gnervous gsystem
e. Produces
gmyelin gAnswer:
ga
Textbook gReference: gCellular gComponents gof gthe gNervous
gSystem gBloom’s gLevel: g1. gRemembering

6. In gwhich gpart gof ga gneuron gwould gmost gof gthe gendoplasmic greticulum gbe
gconcentrated?
a. Postsynaptic gterminal
b. Presynaptic gterminal
c. Axon
d. Cell gbody
e. Dendrite
gAnswer:
gd
Textbook gReference: gCellular gComponents gof gthe gNervous
gSystem gBloom’s gLevel: g1. gRemembering

7. Which gintracellular gcomponent gfacilitates gthe gprocesses gof gendocytosis gand
gexocytosis gunderlying gsynaptic gcommunication?
a. Mitochondria
b. Endoplasmic greticulum
c. Cytoskeleton
d. Golgi gapparatus
e. Nucleus
gAnswer:
gc
Textbook gReference: gCellular gComponents gof gthe gNervous
gSystem gBloom’s gLevel: g2. gUnderstanding

8. Most gneurons ghave
a. one gaxon ghillock g(initial gsegment).
b. multiple gaxon ghillocks g(initial gsegments).
c. one gdendrite.
d. one gaxon ghillock g(initial gsegment) gand gone gdendrite.
e. multiple gaxon ghillocks g(initial gsegments) gand gone
gdendrite. gAnswer: ga
Textbook gReference: gNeurons
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