, Test Bank
to accompany
The Mind’s Machine, Fourth Edition
Watson • Breedlove
Chapter 1: Structure and Function:
Neuroanatomy and Research Methods
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Dendrites are
a. a type of glial cell.
b. the input zone of a nerve cell.
c. the conduction zone of a nerve cell.
d. small interneurons.
Answer: b
Section: 1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts
of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
2. Which pathway represents the most common sequence of information flow through a
neuron?
a. Cell body → axon → dendrite → axon terminal
b. Dendrite → cell body → axon → axon hillock
c. Dendrite → cell body → axon → axon terminal
d. Dendrite → axon terminal → cell body → axon
Answer: c
Section: 1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts
of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
3. Which statement about neurons is true?
a. All neurons have the same four functional zones.
b. Multipolar neurons can have many dendrites and many axons.
c. Some interneurons lack a nucleus.
d. Unipolar neurons are especially common in the visual system.
Answer: a
Section: 1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts
of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
,4. Preventing the formation of _______ on dendrites would decrease the space available
for synapses.
a. synaptic vesicles
b. dendritic spines
c. the myelin sheath
d. the axon hillock
Answer: b
Section: 1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts
of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 4. Analyzing
5. Neurons receive information from other neurons at the _______ zone through cellular
extensions called _______.
a. integration; hillock
b. input; dendrites
c. conduction; axon
d. output; terminal
Answer: b
Section: 1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts
of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
6. Axon terminals typically form synapses on the cell body or dendrites of a(n)
a. postsynaptic neuron.
b. presynaptic neuron.
c. oligodendrocyte.
d. Schwann cell.
Answer: a
Section: 1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts
of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
7. Axon terminals
a. are found within synaptic vesicles.
b. are protrusions occurring along the length of dendrites.
c. form synapses onto other cells.
d. are specialized synapses occurring on muscles.
Answer: c
Section: 1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts
of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
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, 8. When you reach out for your pen and feel its shape in your hand, which type of
neurons are conveying the sensation in your fingers to your spinal cord?
a. Multipolar
b. Bipolar
c. Unipolar
d. Depolarized
Answer: c
Section: 1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.2 Classify neurons according to both structure and function.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
9. Bipolar neurons have _______ at one of the cell and _______ at the other end.
a. many dendrites; a single axon
b. a single dendrite; a single axon
c. many dendrites; branching axons
d. a single dendrite; axon terminals
Answer: b
Section: 1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.2 Classify neurons according to both structure and function.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
10. Large nerve cell bodies are about _______ in diameter.
a. 10 µm
b. 10 mm
c. 100 µm
d. 1 cm
Answer: c
Section: 1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.2 Classify neurons according to both structure and function.
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
11. The Spanish anatomist Santiago Ramón y Cajal showed that
a. neurons are continuous with one another and are functionally dependent.
b. neurons are continuous with one another but are functionally independent.
c. although neurons come very close together, they are not continuous with one another,
but they are functionally dependent on one another.
d. although neurons come very close together, they are not continuous with one another
and are functionally independent.
Answer: d
Section: 1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.2 Classify neurons according to both structure and function.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
12. Axonal transport is
a. bidirectional, moving materials from the neuronal cell body toward the axon terminals,
and from axon terminals out to other, distant cell bodies.
© 2021 Oxford University Press
to accompany
The Mind’s Machine, Fourth Edition
Watson • Breedlove
Chapter 1: Structure and Function:
Neuroanatomy and Research Methods
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Dendrites are
a. a type of glial cell.
b. the input zone of a nerve cell.
c. the conduction zone of a nerve cell.
d. small interneurons.
Answer: b
Section: 1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts
of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
2. Which pathway represents the most common sequence of information flow through a
neuron?
a. Cell body → axon → dendrite → axon terminal
b. Dendrite → cell body → axon → axon hillock
c. Dendrite → cell body → axon → axon terminal
d. Dendrite → axon terminal → cell body → axon
Answer: c
Section: 1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts
of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
3. Which statement about neurons is true?
a. All neurons have the same four functional zones.
b. Multipolar neurons can have many dendrites and many axons.
c. Some interneurons lack a nucleus.
d. Unipolar neurons are especially common in the visual system.
Answer: a
Section: 1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts
of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
,4. Preventing the formation of _______ on dendrites would decrease the space available
for synapses.
a. synaptic vesicles
b. dendritic spines
c. the myelin sheath
d. the axon hillock
Answer: b
Section: 1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts
of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 4. Analyzing
5. Neurons receive information from other neurons at the _______ zone through cellular
extensions called _______.
a. integration; hillock
b. input; dendrites
c. conduction; axon
d. output; terminal
Answer: b
Section: 1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts
of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
6. Axon terminals typically form synapses on the cell body or dendrites of a(n)
a. postsynaptic neuron.
b. presynaptic neuron.
c. oligodendrocyte.
d. Schwann cell.
Answer: a
Section: 1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts
of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
7. Axon terminals
a. are found within synaptic vesicles.
b. are protrusions occurring along the length of dendrites.
c. form synapses onto other cells.
d. are specialized synapses occurring on muscles.
Answer: c
Section: 1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts
of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
© 2021 Oxford University Press
, 8. When you reach out for your pen and feel its shape in your hand, which type of
neurons are conveying the sensation in your fingers to your spinal cord?
a. Multipolar
b. Bipolar
c. Unipolar
d. Depolarized
Answer: c
Section: 1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.2 Classify neurons according to both structure and function.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
9. Bipolar neurons have _______ at one of the cell and _______ at the other end.
a. many dendrites; a single axon
b. a single dendrite; a single axon
c. many dendrites; branching axons
d. a single dendrite; axon terminals
Answer: b
Section: 1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.2 Classify neurons according to both structure and function.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
10. Large nerve cell bodies are about _______ in diameter.
a. 10 µm
b. 10 mm
c. 100 µm
d. 1 cm
Answer: c
Section: 1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.2 Classify neurons according to both structure and function.
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
11. The Spanish anatomist Santiago Ramón y Cajal showed that
a. neurons are continuous with one another and are functionally dependent.
b. neurons are continuous with one another but are functionally independent.
c. although neurons come very close together, they are not continuous with one another,
but they are functionally dependent on one another.
d. although neurons come very close together, they are not continuous with one another
and are functionally independent.
Answer: d
Section: 1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.2 Classify neurons according to both structure and function.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
12. Axonal transport is
a. bidirectional, moving materials from the neuronal cell body toward the axon terminals,
and from axon terminals out to other, distant cell bodies.
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