Test Bank - Neuroscience 7th Edition (Augustine), Chapter 1 - 34 > Download as Pdf File Questions And Answers A+GRADED

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Multiple Choice
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1. Which part of DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA?
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a. Exon
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Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Genetics and Genomics
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Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
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2. Genomics is the analysis of mn mn mn mn



a. coding DNA sequences for a species.
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b. regulatory DNA sequences for an individual organism and a species.
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c. coding and regulatory DNA sequences for a species.
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d. coding and regulatory DNA sequences for an individual organism.
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e. coding and regulatory DNA of an individual organism or a
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species. Answer: e
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Textbook Reference: Genetics and Genomics
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Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
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3. Which of Camillo Golgi’s contributions enabled Santiago Ramón y Cajal to
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make observations that suggested that nerve cells are discrete entities?
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a. Articulation of the neuron doctrine mn mn mn mn



b. Identifying the organelle later called the Golgi apparatus
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c. Development of a staining method based on impregnation with silver salts
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d. Improving the understanding of the pathophysiology of malaria
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e. Articulation of the reticular theory of nerve cell
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communication Answer: c
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System
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Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
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4. The major proponent(s) of the neuron doctrine was(were)
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a. Camillo Golgi. mn



b. Santiago Ramón y Cajal.mn mn mn



c. Charles Sherrington.
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d. Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Charles Sherrington.
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, e. Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y
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Cajal. Answer: d
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System
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Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
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5. Which function is a characteristic primarily of neurons only, and not glia?
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a. Transmits action potentials mn mn



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c. Repairs the nervous system
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d. Prevents regeneration of the nervous system
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Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System
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Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
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6. In which part of a neuron would most of the endoplasmic reticulum be concentrated?
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a. Postsynaptic terminal mn



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c. Axon
d. Cell body
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e. Dendrite
Answer:
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d
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System
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Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
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7. Which intracellular component facilitates the processes of endocytosis and
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exocytosis underlying synaptic communication?
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a. Mitochondria
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c. Cytoskeleton
d. Golgi apparatus
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e. Nucleus
Answer:
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c
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous System
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Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
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8. Most neurons have
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a. one axon hillock (initial segment).
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b. multiple axon hillocks (initial segments).
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c. one dendrite.
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d. one axon hillock (initial segment) and one dendrite.
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e. multiple axon hillocks (initial segments) and one
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dendrite. Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Neurons
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Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
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