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Chaptercv1:cvStudyingcvthecvNervouscvSystem

MultiplecvChoice

1. WhichcvpartcvofcvDNAcviscvtranscribedcvintocvmessengercvRNA?
a. Exon
b. Intron
c. Promoter
d. Non-codingcvDNA
e. RegulatorycvDN
AcvAnswer:cva
TextbookcvReference:cvGeneticscvandcvGenomicscvBlo
om’scvLevel:cv2.cvUnderstanding

2. Genomicscviscvthecvanalysiscvof
a. codingcvDNAcvsequencescvforcvacvspecies.
b. regulatorycvDNAcvsequencescvforcvancvindividualcvorganismcvandcvacvspecies.
c. codingcvandcvregulatorycvDNAcvsequencescvforcvacvspecies.
d. codingcvandcvregulatorycvDNAcvsequencescvforcvancvindividualcvorganism.
e. codingcvandcvregulatorycvDNAcvofcvancvindividualcvorganismcvorcvacvs
pecies.cvAnswer:cve
TextbookcvReference:cvGeneticscvandcvGenomicscvBlo
om’scvLevel:cv1.cvRemembering

3. WhichcvofcvCamillocvGolgi’scvcontributionscvenabledcvSantiagocvRamóncvycvCajalcvt
ocvmakecvobservationscvthatcvsuggestedcvthatcvnervecvcellscvarecvdiscretecventities?
a. Articulationcvofcvthecvneuroncvdoctrine
b. IdentifyingcvthecvorganellecvlatercvcalledcvthecvGolgicvapparatus
c. Developmentcvofcvacvstainingcvmethodcvbasedcvoncvimpregnationcvwithcvsilvercvsalts
d. Improvingcvthecvunderstandingcvofcvthecvpathophysiologycvofcvmalaria
e. Articulationcvofcvthecvreticularcvtheorycvofcvnervecvcellcvcommuni
cationcvAnswer:cvc
TextbookcvReference:cvCellularcvComponentscvofcvthecvNervouscvSyst
emcvBloom’scvLevel:cv2.cvUnderstanding

4. Thecvmajorcvproponent(s)cvofcvthecvneuroncvdoctrinecvwas(were)
a. CamillocvGolgi.
b. SantiagocvRamóncvycvCajal.
c. CharlescvSherrington.
d. SantiagocvRamóncvycvCajalcvandcvCharlescvSherrington.

,e. CamillocvGolgicvandcvSantiagocvRamóncvycvC
ajal.cvAnswer:cvd
TextbookcvReference:cvCellularcvComponentscvofcvthecvNervouscvSyst
emcvBloom’scvLevel:cv1.cvRemembering

5. Whichcvfunctioncviscvacvcharacteristiccvprimarilycvofcvneuronscvonly,cvandcvnotcvglia?
a. Transmitscvactioncvpotentials
b. Supportscvelectricalcvsignals
c. Repairscvthecvnervouscvsystem
d. Preventscvregenerationcvofcvthecvnervouscvsystem
e. Producescvmyeli
ncvAnswer:cva
TextbookcvReference:cvCellularcvComponentscvofcvthecvNervouscvSyst
emcvBloom’scvLevel:cv1.cvRemembering

6. Incvwhichcvpartcvofcvacvneuroncvwouldcvmostcvofcvthecvendoplasmiccvreticulumcvbecvconcentrated?
a. Postsynapticcvterminal
b. Presynapticcvterminal
c. Axon
d. Cellcvbody
e. Dendrite
cvAnswer:c
vd
TextbookcvReference:cvCellularcvComponentscvofcvthecvNervouscvSyst
emcvBloom’scvLevel:cv1.cvRemembering

7. Whichcvintracellularcvcomponentcvfacilitatescvthecvprocessescvofcvendocytosiscvandcvexoc
ytosiscvunderlyingcvsynapticcvcommunication?
a. Mitochondria
b. Endoplasmiccvreticulum
c. Cytoskeleton
d. Golgicvapparatus
e. Nucleus
cvAnswer:c
vc
TextbookcvReference:cvCellularcvComponentscvofcvthecvNervouscvSyst
emcvBloom’scvLevel:cv2.cvUnderstanding

8. Mostcvneuronscvhave
a. onecvaxoncvhillockcv(initialcvsegment).
b. multiplecvaxoncvhillockscv(initialcvsegments).
c. onecvdendrite.
d. onecvaxoncvhillockcv(initialcvsegment)cvandcvonecvdendrite.
e. multiplecvaxoncvhillockscv(initialcvsegments)cvandcvonecvden
drite.cvAnswer:cva
TextbookcvReference:cvNeuronscvBlo
om’scvLevel:cv1.cvRemembering

, 9. Whichcvstatementcvbestcvdescribescvthecvfunctioncvofcvacvneuroncvwithcvmultiple,
cvhighlycvbranchedcvdendritescvandcvonecvaxon?
a. Itcvpassescvinformationcvdirectlycvtocvmultiplecvneurons.
b. Itcvcannotcvintegratecvinformationcvfromcvmultiplecvneurons.
c. Itcvreceivescvinformationcvfromcvonlycvonecvothercvneuron.
d. Itcvintegratescvinformationcvfromcvmanycvneurons.
e. Thecvinformationcvitcvreceivescvwillcvnotcvbecvrel
ayed.cvAnswer:cvd
TextbookcvReference:cvNeuronscvBloo
m’scvLevel:cv3.cvApplying

10. Whichcvstatementcvbestcvdescribescvmostcvneurons?
a. Theycvreceivecvinformationcvviacvaxons.
b. Theycvtransmitcvinformationcvtocvothercvcellscvviacvdendrites.
c. Theycvarecvpolarized.
d. Theycvconductcvsignalscvbidirectionally.
e. Theycvtransmitcvelectricalcvsignalscvviacvcytoplasmiccvcontin
uity.cvAnswer:cvc
TextbookcvReference:cvNeuronscvBloo
m’scvLevel:cv3.cvApplying

11. Comparedcvwithcvprojectioncvneurons,cvaxonscvofcvlocalcvcircuitcvneuronscv(interneurons)
a. arecvlonger.
b. arecvshorter.
c. havecvmorecvsynapses.
d. havecvmorecvbranches.
e. reachcvmorecvpostsynapticcvneuron
s.cvAnswer:cvb
TextbookcvReference:cvNeurons
Bloom’scvLevel:cv2.cvUnderstanding

12. Ancvactioncvpotentialcviscva(n)cv
changecvincvthecvelectricalcvpotentialcvacrosscvthecvnervecvcellcvmembrane.
a. single
b. all-or-nothing
c. permanent
d. random
e. unidirectional
cvAnswer:cvb
TextbookcvReference:cvNeuronscvBlo
om’scvLevel:cv1.cvRemembering

13. Thecvpartcvofcvacvsynapsecvtocvwhichcvthecvcontentscvofcvsynapticcvvesiclescvbindcviscvcalledcvthe
a. presynapticcvterminal.
b. synapticcvending.
c. axoncvterminal.