True / False
1. Dendrites contain the nuclei, ribosomes, mitochondria, and other structures found in most cells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
2. Neurons receive information and transmit it to other cells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
3. An afferent axon brings information into a structure.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
4. An efferent axon carries information away from a structure.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
5. The greater the surface area of a dendrite, the more information it can receive from other neurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
,REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
6. Neurons are distinguished from other cells by their shape.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
7. Glial cells serve many functions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
8. Glial cells transmit information across long distances.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
9. Schwann cells build the myelin sheaths in the periphery of the body.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
10. The blood-brain barrier is made up of closely packed glial cells.
a. True
, b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Blood-Brain Barrier
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.02 - Summarize how the blood–brain barrier relates to protection and
nutrition of neurons.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
11. The difference in voltage in a resting neuron is called the resting potential.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Resting Potential of the Neuron
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.03 - Explain how the sodium–potassium pump and the properties of the
membrane lead to the resting potential of a neuron.
TOPICS: 1.2 The Nerve Impulse
12. Increasing the electrical gradient for potassium will reduce the tendency for potassium ions to exit the neuron.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze
REFERENCES: The Resting Potential of the Neuron
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.03 - Explain how the sodium–potassium pump and the properties of the
membrane lead to the resting potential of a neuron.
TOPICS: 1.2 The Nerve Impulse
13. At the resting potential, the potassium channels are completely closed and the sodium channels are almost closed.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Resting Potential of the Neuron
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.03 - Explain how the sodium–potassium pump and the properties of the
membrane lead to the resting potential of a neuron.
TOPICS: 1.2 The Nerve Impulse
14. A prolonged increase in the permeability of the membrane to sodium ions would interfere with a neuron's ability to
have an action potential.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze
REFERENCES: The Resting Potential of the Neuron
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.03 - Explain how the sodium–potassium pump and the properties of the
membrane lead to the resting potential of a neuron.
, TOPICS: 1.2 The Nerve Impulse
15. Both dendrites and cell bodies are capable of producing action potentials.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Action Potential
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.04 - Discuss how the movement of sodium and potassium ions produces
the action potential and recovery after it.
TOPICS: 1.2 The Nerve Impulse
Multiple Choice
16. The two basic kinds of cells in the nervous system are _____.
a. neurons and glia
b. dendrites and axons
c. ribosomes and lysosomes
d. neurons and axons
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
17. Santiago Ramon y Cajal demonstrated that ____.
a. at rest, the neuron has a negative charge inside its membrane
b. neurons are separate from one another
c. neurons communicate at specialized junctions called synapses
d. action potentials follow the all-or-none law
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Anatomy of Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
18. Which scientific work did Cajal apply to his study of infant brains?
a. Charles Sherrington's study of reflexes
b. Camillo Golgi's cell staining method
c. Perves & Hadley's dye injection method
d. Galileo's invention of the telescope
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Anatomy of Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
1. Dendrites contain the nuclei, ribosomes, mitochondria, and other structures found in most cells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
2. Neurons receive information and transmit it to other cells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
3. An afferent axon brings information into a structure.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
4. An efferent axon carries information away from a structure.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
5. The greater the surface area of a dendrite, the more information it can receive from other neurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
,REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
6. Neurons are distinguished from other cells by their shape.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
7. Glial cells serve many functions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
8. Glial cells transmit information across long distances.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
9. Schwann cells build the myelin sheaths in the periphery of the body.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
10. The blood-brain barrier is made up of closely packed glial cells.
a. True
, b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Blood-Brain Barrier
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.02 - Summarize how the blood–brain barrier relates to protection and
nutrition of neurons.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
11. The difference in voltage in a resting neuron is called the resting potential.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Resting Potential of the Neuron
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.03 - Explain how the sodium–potassium pump and the properties of the
membrane lead to the resting potential of a neuron.
TOPICS: 1.2 The Nerve Impulse
12. Increasing the electrical gradient for potassium will reduce the tendency for potassium ions to exit the neuron.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze
REFERENCES: The Resting Potential of the Neuron
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.03 - Explain how the sodium–potassium pump and the properties of the
membrane lead to the resting potential of a neuron.
TOPICS: 1.2 The Nerve Impulse
13. At the resting potential, the potassium channels are completely closed and the sodium channels are almost closed.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Resting Potential of the Neuron
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.03 - Explain how the sodium–potassium pump and the properties of the
membrane lead to the resting potential of a neuron.
TOPICS: 1.2 The Nerve Impulse
14. A prolonged increase in the permeability of the membrane to sodium ions would interfere with a neuron's ability to
have an action potential.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze
REFERENCES: The Resting Potential of the Neuron
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.03 - Explain how the sodium–potassium pump and the properties of the
membrane lead to the resting potential of a neuron.
, TOPICS: 1.2 The Nerve Impulse
15. Both dendrites and cell bodies are capable of producing action potentials.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Action Potential
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.04 - Discuss how the movement of sodium and potassium ions produces
the action potential and recovery after it.
TOPICS: 1.2 The Nerve Impulse
Multiple Choice
16. The two basic kinds of cells in the nervous system are _____.
a. neurons and glia
b. dendrites and axons
c. ribosomes and lysosomes
d. neurons and axons
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
17. Santiago Ramon y Cajal demonstrated that ____.
a. at rest, the neuron has a negative charge inside its membrane
b. neurons are separate from one another
c. neurons communicate at specialized junctions called synapses
d. action potentials follow the all-or-none law
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Anatomy of Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
18. Which scientific work did Cajal apply to his study of infant brains?
a. Charles Sherrington's study of reflexes
b. Camillo Golgi's cell staining method
c. Perves & Hadley's dye injection method
d. Galileo's invention of the telescope
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Anatomy of Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the nervous
system.
