Test Bank for Neuroscience 27th Edition by Purves, All Chapters 1-34 Fully Covered 978 0197616246 Complete

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Neuroscience,wSixthwEdition
Purvesw•wAugustinew•wFitzpatrickw•wHallw•wLaMantiaw•wMooneyw•wPlattw•wWhite

Chapter 1: Studying the Nervous System
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MultiplewChoice

1. WhichwpartwofwDNAwiswtranscribedwintowmessengerwRNA?
a. Exon
b. Intron
c. Promoter
d. Non-codingwDNA
e. RegulatorywDNA
wAnswer:wa

TextbookwReference:wGeneticswandwGenomicswBloom
’swLevel:w2.wUnderstanding

2. Genomicswiswthewanalysiswof
a. codingwDNAwsequenceswforwawspecies.
b. regulatorywDNAwsequenceswforwanwindividualworganismwandwawspecies.
c. codingwandwregulatorywDNAwsequenceswforwawspecies.
d. codingwandwregulatorywDNAwsequenceswforwanwindividualworganism.
e. codingwandwregulatorywDNAwofwanwindividualworganismworwawspecie
s.wAnswer:we
TextbookwReference:wGeneticswandwGenomicswBloom
’swLevel:w1.wRemembering

3. WhichwofwCamillowGolgi’swcontributionswenabledwSantiagowRamónwywCajalwtowmak
ewobservationswthatwsuggestedwthatwnervewcellswarewdiscretewentities?
a. Articulationwofwthewneuronwdoctrine
b. IdentifyingwtheworganellewlaterwcalledwthewGolgiwapparatus
c. Developmentwofwawstainingwmethodwbasedwonwimpregnationwwithwsilverwsalts
d. Improvingwthewunderstandingwofwthewpathophysiologywofwmalaria
e. Articulationwofwthewreticularwtheorywofwnervewcellwcommunicatio
nwAnswer:wc
TextbookwReference:wCellularwComponentswofwthewNervouswSystemw
Bloom’swLevel:w2.wUnderstanding

4. Thewmajorwproponent(s)wofwthewneuronwdoctrinewwas(were)
a. CamillowGolgi.
b. SantiagowRamónwywCajal.
c. CharleswSherrington.
d. SantiagowRamónwywCajalwandwCharleswSherrington.

,e. CamillowGolgiwandwSantiagowRamónwywCajal
.wAnswer:wd
TextbookwReference:wCellularwComponentswofwthewNervouswSystemw
Bloom’swLevel:w1.wRemembering

5. Whichwfunctionwiswawcharacteristicwprimarilywofwneuronswonly,wandwnotwglia?
a. Transmitswactionwpotentials
b. Supportswelectricalwsignals
c. Repairswthewnervouswsystem
d. Preventswregenerationwofwthewnervouswsystem
e. Produceswmyelin
wAnswer:wa

TextbookwReference:wCellularwComponentswofwthewNervouswSystemw
Bloom’swLevel:w1.wRemembering

6. Inwwhichwpartwofwawneuronwwouldwmostwofwthewendoplasmicwreticulumwbewconcentrated?
a. Postsynapticwterminal
b. Presynapticwterminal
c. Axon
d. Cellwbody
e. Dendrite
wAnswer:w

d
TextbookwReference:wCellularwComponentswofwthewNervouswSystemw
Bloom’swLevel:w1.wRemembering

7. Whichwintracellularwcomponentwfacilitateswthewprocesseswofwendocytosiswandwexocytosi
swunderlyingwsynapticwcommunication?
a. Mitochondria
b. Endoplasmicwreticulum
c. Cytoskeleton
d. Golgiwapparatus
e. Nucleus
wAnswer:w

c
TextbookwReference:wCellularwComponentswofwthewNervouswSystemw
Bloom’swLevel:w2.wUnderstanding

8. Mostwneuronswhave
a. onewaxonwhillockw(initialwsegment).
b. multiplewaxonwhillocksw(initialwsegments).
c. onewdendrite.
d. onewaxonwhillockw(initialwsegment)wandwonewdendrite.
e. multiplewaxonwhillocksw(initialwsegments)wandwonewdendrite
.wAnswer:wa
TextbookwReference:wNeuronswBloo
m’swLevel:w1.wRemembering

,9. Whichwstatementwbestwdescribeswthewfunctionwofwawneuronwwithwmultiple,whighl
ywbranchedwdendriteswandwonewaxon?
a. Itwpasseswinformationwdirectlywtowmultiplewneurons.
b. Itwcannotwintegratewinformationwfromwmultiplewneurons.
c. Itwreceiveswinformationwfromwonlywonewotherwneuron.
d. Itwintegrateswinformationwfromwmanywneurons.
e. Thewinformationwitwreceiveswwillwnotwbewrelayed
.wAnswer:wd
TextbookwReference:wNeuronswBloom
’swLevel:w3.wApplying

10. Whichwstatementwbestwdescribeswmostwneurons?
a. Theywreceivewinformationwviawaxons.
b. Theywtransmitwinformationwtowotherwcellswviawdendrites.
c. Theywarewpolarized.
d. Theywconductwsignalswbidirectionally.
e. Theywtransmitwelectricalwsignalswviawcytoplasmicwcontinuity
.wAnswer:wc
TextbookwReference:wNeuronswBloom
’swLevel:w3.wApplying

11. Comparedwwithwprojectionwneurons,waxonswofwlocalwcircuitwneuronsw(interneurons)
a. arewlonger.
b. arewshorter.
c. havewmorewsynapses.
d. havewmorewbranches.
e. reachwmorewpostsynapticwneurons.
wAnswer:wb

TextbookwReference:wNeurons
Bloom’swLevel:w2.wUnderstanding

12. Anwactionwpotentialwiswa(n)w
changewinwthewelectricalwpotentialwacrosswthewnervewcellwmembrane.
a. single
b. all-or-nothing
c. permanent
d. random
e. unidirectional
wAnswer:wb

TextbookwReference:wNeuronswBloo
m’swLevel:w1.wRemembering

13. Thewpartwofwawsynapsewtowwhichwthewcontentswofwsynapticwvesicleswbindwiswcalledwthe
a. presynapticwterminal.
b. synapticwending.
c. axonwterminal.

, d. terminalwbouton.
e. receptor.
Answer:we
TextbookwReference:wNeuronswBloo
m’swLevel:w1.wRemembering

14. Whichwcellwproduceswmyelinwinwthewnerveswofwthewperipheralwnervouswsystem?
a. Astrocyte
b. Neuron
c. Schwannwcell
d. Microglia
e. Neuralwprogenitorwcell
wAnswer:wc

TextbookwReference:wGlialwCellswBlo
om’swLevel:w1.wRemembering

15. Whichwglialwcellwtypewserveswaswawresidentwimmunewcellwinwthewcentralwnervouswsystem?
a. Glialwstemwcell
b. Astrocyte
c. Microglia
d. Oligodendrocyte
e. Schwannwcell
wAnswer:wc

TextbookwReference:wGlialwCellswBlo
om’swLevel:w1.wRemembering

16. Inwthewmaturewcentralwnervouswsystem,wglialwstemwcellswwithwthewpropertieswofwastrocyt
eswcanwgivewrisewto
a. astrocytes.
b. neurons.
c. oligodendrocytes.
d. astrocyteswandwoligodendrocytes.
e. astrocytes,woligodendrocytes,wandwneurons.
wAnswer:we

TextbookwReference:wGlialwCellswBlo
om’swLevel:w1.wRemembering

17. Referwtowthewfigure.