13TH EDITION JAMES W KAL
AT TEST BANK
,True c/ cFalse
1. Dendrites ccontain cthe cnuclei, cribosomes, cmitochondria, cand cother cstructures cfound cin cmost ccells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: cUnderstand
REFERENCES: Neurons cand cGlia
LEARNING cOBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 c- cDescribe cneurons cand cglia, cthe ccells cthat
cconstitute cthe cnervous csystem.
TOPICS: 1.1 cThe cCells cof cthe cNervous cSystem
2. Neurons creceive cinformation cand ctransmit cit cto cother ccells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: cUnderstand
REFERENCES: Neurons cand cGlia
LEARNING cOBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 c- cDescribe cneurons cand cglia, cthe ccells cthat
cconstitute cthe cnervous csystem.
TOPICS: 1.1 cThe cCells cof cthe cNervous cSystem
3. An cafferent caxon cbrings cinformation cinto ca cstructure.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: cUnderstand
REFERENCES: Neurons cand cGlia
LEARNING cOBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 c- cDescribe cneurons cand cglia, cthe ccells cthat
cconstitute cthe cnervous csystem.
TOPICS: 1.1 cThe cCells cof cthe cNervous cSystem
4. An cefferent caxon ccarries cinformation caway cfrom ca cstructure.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: cUnderstand
,REFERENCES: Neurons cand cGlia
LEARNING cOBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 c- cDescribe cneurons cand cglia, cthe ccells cthat
cconstitute cthe cnervous csystem.
TOPICS: 1.1 cThe cCells cof cthe cNervous cSystem
5. The cgreater cthe csurface carea cof ca cdendrite, cthe cmore cinformation cit ccan creceive cfrom cother cneurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: cUnderstand
REFERENCES: Neurons cand cGlia
LEARNING cOBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 c- cDescribe cneurons cand cglia, cthe ccells cthat
cconstitute cthe cnervous csystem.
TOPICS: 1.1 cThe cCells cof cthe cNervous cSystem
6. Neurons care cdistinguished cfrom cother ccells cby ctheir cshape.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: cUnderstand
REFERENCES: Neurons cand cGlia
LEARNING cOBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 c- cDescribe cneurons cand cglia, cthe ccells cthat
cconstitute cthe cnervous csystem.
TOPICS: 1.1 cThe cCells cof cthe cNervous cSystem
7. Glial ccells cserve cmany cfunctions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: cUnderstand
REFERENCES: Neurons cand cGlia
LEARNING cOBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 c- cDescribe cneurons cand cglia, cthe ccells cthat
cconstitute cthe cnervous csystem.
TOPICS: 1.1 cThe cCells cof cthe cNervous cSystem
8. Glial ccells ctransmit cinformation cacross clong cdistances.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: cUnderstand
REFERENCES: Neurons cand cGlia
LEARNING cOBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 c- cDescribe cneurons cand cglia, cthe ccells cthat
, cconstitute
the cnervous csystem.
TOPICS: 1.1 cThe cCells cof cthe cNervous
cSystem
9. Schwann ccells cbuild cthe cmyelin csheaths cin cthe cperiphery cof cthe cbody.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: cUnderstand
REFERENCES: Neurons cand cGlia
LEARNING cOBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 c- cDescribe cneurons cand cglia, cthe ccells cthat
cconstitute cthe cnervous csystem.
TOPICS: 1.1 cThe cCells cof cthe cNervous cSystem
10. The cblood-brain cbarrier cis cmade cup cof cclosely cpacked cglial ccells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: cUnderstand
REFERENCES: The cBlood-Brain cBarrier
LEARNING cOBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.02 c- cSummarize chow cthe cblood–brain cbarrier
crelates cto cprotection cand cnutrition cof cneurons.
TOPICS: 1.1 cThe cCells cof cthe cNervous cSystem
11. The cdifference cin cvoltage cin ca cresting cneuron cis ccalled cthe cresting cpotential.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: cUnderstand
REFERENCES: The cResting cPotential cof cthe cNeuron
LEARNING cOBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.03 c- cExplain chow cthe csodium–potassium cpump cand
cthe cproperties cof cthe cmembrane clead cto cthe cresting cpotential cof ca
cneuron.
TOPICS: 1.2 cThe cNerve cImpulse
12. Increasing cthe celectrical cgradient cfor cpotassium cwill creduce cthe ctendency cfor cpotassium cions cto
cexit cthe cneuron.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: cAnalyze
REFERENCES: The cResting cPotential cof cthe cNeuron