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Test Bank
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ton accompany
Neuroscience,n Sixthn Edition
Chapter 1: Studying the Nervous System
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Multiplen Choice
1. n Whichn partn ofn DNAn isn transcribedn inton messengern RNA?
a. Exon
b. Intron
c. Promoter
d. Non-codingn DNA
e. Regulatoryn DNAn
Answer:n a
TextbooknReference:n Geneticsnandn Genomicsn
Bloom’sn Level:n 2.n Understanding
2. Genomicsn isn then analysisn of
a. codingn DNAn sequencesn forn an species.
b. regulatoryn DNAn sequencesn forn ann individualn organismn andn an species.
c. codingn andn regulatoryn DNAn sequencesn forn an species.
d. codingn andn regulatoryn DNAn sequencesn forn ann individualn organism.
e. codingn andn regulatoryn DNAn ofn ann individualn organismn orn an
species.nAnswer:n e
, TextbooknReference:n Geneticsnandn Genomicsn
Bloom’sn Level:n 1.n Remembering
3. Whichn ofn Camillon Golgi’sn contributionsn enabledn Santiagon Ramónn yn Cajaln ton
makenobservationsn thatn suggestedn thatn nerven cellsn aren discreten entities?
a. Articulationn ofn then neuronn doctrine
b. Identifyingn then organellen latern calledn then Golgin apparatus
c. Developmentn ofn an stainingn methodn basedn onn impregnationn withn silvern salts
d. Improvingn then understandingn ofn then pathophysiologyn ofn malaria
e. Articulationn ofn then reticularn theoryn ofn nerven celln
communicationnAnswer:n c
Textbookn Reference:n Cellularn Componentsn ofn then Nervousn
SystemnBloom’sn Level:n 2.n Understanding
4. Then majorn proponent(s)n ofn then neuronn doctrinen was(were)
a. Camillon Golgi.
b. Santiagon Ramónn yn Cajal.
c. Charlesn Sherrington.
d. Santiagon Ramónn yn Cajaln andn Charlesn Sherrington.
Medn C
,e. Camillon Golgin andn Santiagon Ramónn yn
Cajal.nAnswer:n d
Textbookn Reference:n Cellularn Componentsn ofn then Nervousn
SystemnBloom’sn Level:n 1.n Remembering
5. Whichn functionn isn an characteristicn primarilyn ofn neuronsn only,n andn notn glia?
a. Transmitsn actionn potentials
b. Supportsn electricaln signals
c. Repairsn then nervousn system
d. Preventsn regenerationn ofn then nervousn system
e. Producesn myelinn
Answer:n a
Textbookn Reference:n Cellularn Componentsn ofn then Nervousn
SystemnBloom’sn Level:n 1.n Remembering
6. Inn whichn partn ofn an neuronn wouldn mostn ofn then endoplasmicn reticulumn ben concentrated?
a. Postsynapticn terminal
b. Presynapticn terminal
c. Axon
d. Celln body
e. Dendriten
Answer:n d
Textbookn Reference:n Cellularn Componentsn ofn then Nervousn
SystemnBloom’sn Level:n 1.n Remembering
7. Whichn intracellularn componentn facilitatesn then processesn ofn endocytosisn andn
exocytosisnunderlyingn synapticn communication?
a. Mitochondria
b. Endoplasmicn reticulum
c. Cytoskeleton
d. Golgin apparatus
e. Nucleusn
Answer:n c
, Textbookn Reference:n Cellularn Componentsn ofn then Nervousn
SystemnBloom’sn Level:n 2.n Understanding
8. Mostn neuronsn have
a. onen axonn hillockn (initialn segment).
b. multiplen axonn hillocksn (initialn segments).
c. onen dendrite.
d. onen axonn hillockn (initialn segment)n andn onen dendrite.
e. multiplen axonn hillocksn (initialn segments)n andn onen
dendrite.nAnswer:n a
Textbookn Reference:n Neuronsn
Bloom’snLevel:n 1.nRemembering
Medn C