Test Bank for Neuroscience 6th Edition by Dale Purves ISBN 9781605353807 Chapter 1-34 | Complete Guide A+

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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
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.