Test Bank for Neuroscience – 6th Edition (Purves) | All Chapters Covered | Complete Exam Resource

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NEUROSCIENCE/6TH EDITION #y #y


By: #yDale #yPurves, #yGeorge #yJ. #yAugustine, #yDavid #yFitzpatrick, #yWilliam #yC. #yHall, #yAnthony-Samuel #yLaMantia




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,Neuroscience #y/ #yEdition #y6 #yby #yDale #yPurves #yTest #yBank


Table #yof #yContents:
Chapter #y1. #yStudying #ythe #yNervous #ySystem
Chapter #y2. #yElectrical #ySignals #yof #yNerve #yCells
Chapter #y3. #yVoltage-Dependent #yMembrane #yPermeability
Chapter # y 4. # y Ion # y Channels # y and # y Transporters
Chapter # y 5. # y Synaptic # y Transmission
Chapter # y 6. # y Neurotransmitters # y and # y Their # y Receptors
Chapter #y7. #yMolecular #ySignaling #ywithin #yNeurons
Chapter # y 8. # y Synaptic # y Plasticity
Chapter # y 9. # y The # y Somatosensory # y System: # y Touch # y and # y Proprioception
Chapter #y10. #yPain
Chapter #y11. #yVision: #yThe #yEye
Chapter #y12. #yCentral #yVisual #yPathways
Chapter #y13. #yThe #yAuditory #ySystem
Chapter # y 14. # y The # y Vestibular # y System
Chapter #y15. #yThe #yChemical #ySenses
Chapter #y16. #yLower #yMotor #yNeuron #yCircuits #yand #yMotor #yControl
Chapter #y17. #yUpper #yMotor #yNeuron #yControl #yof #ythe #yBrainstem #yand #ySpinal #yCord
Chapter #y18. #yModulation #yof #yMovement #yby #ythe #yBasal #yGanglia
Chapter #y19. #yModulation #yof #yMovement #yby #ythe #yCerebellum
Chapter # y 20. # y Eye # y Movements # y and # y Sensory # y Motor # y Integration
Chapter #y21. #yThe #yVisceral #yMotor #ySystem
Chapter #y22. #yEarly #yBrain #yDevelopment
Chapter #y23. #yConstruction #yof #yNeural #yCircuits
Chapter # y 24. # y Circuit # y Differentiation: # y Intrinsic # y Factors # y and # y Sex # y Differences
Chapter # y 25. # y Experience-Dependent # y Plasticity # y in # y the # y Developing # y Brain
Chapter # y 26. # y Repair # y and # y Regeneration # y in # y the # y Nervous # y System
Chapter #y27. #yCognitive #yFunctions #yand #ythe #yOrganization #yof #ythe #yCerebral #yCortex
Chapter # y 28. # y Cortical # y States
Chapter # y 29. # y Attention
Chapter #y30. #yMemory
Chapter #y31. #yEmotion
Chapter #y32. #yThinking, #yPlanning, #yand #yDeciding
Chapter #y33. #ySpeech #yand #yLanguage
Chapter #y34. #yDevelopment #yand #yEvolution #yof #yCognitive #yFunctions

, Test Bank
to accompany
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.
b. Santiago Ramón y Cajal.
c. Charles Sherrington.
d. Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Charles Sherrington.

, e. Camillo #yGolgi #yand #ySantiago #yRamón #yy
#yCajal. #yAnswer: #yd

Textbook #yReference: #yCellular #yComponents #yof #ythe #yNervous
#ySystem #yBloom’s #yLevel: #y1. #yRemembering




5. Which #yfunction #yis #ya #ycharacteristic #yprimarily #yof #yneurons #yonly, #yand #ynot #yglia?
a. Transmits #yaction #ypotentials
b. Supports #yelectrical #ysignals
c. Repairs #ythe #ynervous #ysystem
d. Prevents #yregeneration #yof #ythe #ynervous #ysystem
e. Produces
#ymyelin #yAnswer:

#ya

Textbook #yReference: #yCellular #yComponents #yof #ythe #yNervous
#ySystem #yBloom’s #yLevel: #y1. #yRemembering




6. In #ywhich #ypart #yof #ya #yneuron #ywould #ymost #yof #ythe #yendoplasmic #yreticulum #ybe #yconcentrated?
a. Postsynaptic #yterminal
b. Presynaptic #yterminal
c. Axon
d. Cell #ybody
e. Dendrite
#yAnswer:

#yd

Textbook #yReference: #yCellular #yComponents #yof #ythe #yNervous
#ySystem #yBloom’s #yLevel: #y1. #yRemembering




7. Which #yintracellular #ycomponent #yfacilitates #ythe #yprocesses #yof #yendocytosis #yand
#yexocytosis #yunderlying #ysynaptic #ycommunication?

a. Mitochondria
b. Endoplasmic #yreticulum
c. Cytoskeleton
d. Golgi #yapparatus
e. Nucleus
#yAnswer:

#yc

Textbook #yReference: #yCellular #yComponents #yof #ythe #yNervous
#ySystem #yBloom’s #yLevel: #y2. #yUnderstanding




8. Most #yneurons #yhave
a. one #yaxon #yhillock #y(initial #ysegment).
b. multiple #yaxon #yhillocks #y(initial #ysegments).
c. one #ydendrite.
d. one #yaxon #yhillock #y(initial #ysegment) #yand #yone #ydendrite.
e. multiple #yaxon #yhillocks #y(initial #ysegments) #yand #yone
#ydendrite. #yAnswer: #ya

Textbook #yReference: #yNeurons
#yBloom’s #yLevel: #y1. #yRemembering