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Neuroscience,fSixthfEdition
Purvesf•fAugustinef•fFitzpatrickf•fHallf•fLaMantiaf•fMooneyf•fPlattf•fWhite

Chapter 1: Studying the Nervous System
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MultiplefChoice

1. WhichfpartfoffDNAfisftranscribedfintofmessengerfRNA?
a. Exon
b. Intron
c. Promoter
d. Non-codingfDNA
e. RegulatoryfDNAf
Answer:fa
TextbookfReference:fGeneticsfandfGenomicsfBloom’sf
Level:f2.fUnderstanding

2. Genomicsfisfthefanalysisfof
a. codingfDNAfsequencesfforfafspecies.
b. regulatoryfDNAfsequencesfforfanfindividualforganismfandfafspecies.
c. codingfandfregulatoryfDNAfsequencesfforfafspecies.
d. codingfandfregulatoryfDNAfsequencesfforfanfindividualforganism.
e. codingfandfregulatoryfDNAfoffanfindividualforganismforfafspecies.fA
nswer:fe
TextbookfReference:fGeneticsfandfGenomicsfBloom’sf
Level:f1.fRemembering

3. WhichfoffCamillofGolgi’sfcontributionsfenabledfSantiagofRamónfyfCajalftofmakefob
servationsfthatfsuggestedfthatfnervefcellsfarefdiscretefentities?
a. Articulationfoffthefneuronfdoctrine
b. IdentifyingftheforganelleflaterfcalledfthefGolgifapparatus
c. Developmentfoffafstainingfmethodfbasedfonfimpregnationfwithfsilverfsalts
d. Improvingfthefunderstandingfoffthefpathophysiologyfoffmalaria
e. ArticulationfoffthefreticularftheoryfoffnervefcellfcommunicationfA
nswer:fc
TextbookfReference:fCellularfComponentsfoffthefNervousfSystemfBlo
om’sfLevel:f2.fUnderstanding

4. Thefmajorfproponent(s)foffthefneuronfdoctrinefwas(were)
a. CamillofGolgi.
b. SantiagofRamónfyfCajal.
c. CharlesfSherrington.
d. SantiagofRamónfyfCajalfandfCharlesfSherrington.


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, e. CamillofGolgifandfSantiagofRamónfyfCajal.f
Answer:fd
TextbookfReference:fCellularfComponentsfoffthefNervousfSystemfBlo
om’sfLevel:f1.fRemembering

5. Whichffunctionfisfafcharacteristicfprimarilyfoffneuronsfonly,fandfnotfglia?
a. Transmitsfactionfpotentials
b. Supportsfelectricalfsignals
c. Repairsfthefnervousfsystem
d. Preventsfregenerationfoffthefnervousfsystem
e. Producesfmyelinf
Answer:fa
TextbookfReference:fCellularfComponentsfoffthefNervousfSystemfBlo
om’sfLevel:f1.fRemembering

6. Infwhichfpartfoffafneuronfwouldfmostfoffthefendoplasmicfreticulumfbefconcentrated?
a. Postsynapticfterminal
b. Presynapticfterminal
c. Axon
d. Cellfbody
e. Dendrite
fAnswer:fd

TextbookfReference:fCellularfComponentsfoffthefNervousfSystemfBlo
om’sfLevel:f1.fRemembering

7. Whichfintracellularfcomponentffacilitatesfthefprocessesfoffendocytosisfandfexocytosisfun
derlyingfsynapticfcommunication?
a. Mitochondria
b. Endoplasmicfreticulum
c. Cytoskeleton
d. Golgifapparatus
e. Nucleus
fAnswer:fc

TextbookfReference:fCellularfComponentsfoffthefNervousfSystemfBlo
om’sfLevel:f2.fUnderstanding

8. Mostfneuronsfhave
a. onefaxonfhillockf(initialfsegment).
b. multiplefaxonfhillocksf(initialfsegments).
c. onefdendrite.
d. onefaxonfhillockf(initialfsegment)fandfonefdendrite.
e. multiplefaxonfhillocksf(initialfsegments)fandfonefdendrite.fA
nswer:fa
TextbookfReference:fNeuronsfBloom’
sfLevel:f1.fRemembering




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, 9. Whichfstatementfbestfdescribesftheffunctionfoffafneuronfwithfmultiple,fhighlyfbra
nchedfdendritesfandfonefaxon?
a. Itfpassesfinformationfdirectlyftofmultiplefneurons.
b. Itfcannotfintegratefinformationffromfmultiplefneurons.
c. Itfreceivesfinformationffromfonlyfonefotherfneuron.
d. Itfintegratesfinformationffromfmanyfneurons.
e. Thefinformationfitfreceivesfwillfnotfbefrelayed.fA
nswer:fd
TextbookfReference:fNeuronsfBloom’
sfLevel:f3.fApplying

10. Whichfstatementfbestfdescribesfmostfneurons?
a. Theyfreceivefinformationfviafaxons.
b. Theyftransmitfinformationftofotherfcellsfviafdendrites.
c. Theyfarefpolarized.
d. Theyfconductfsignalsfbidirectionally.
e. Theyftransmitfelectricalfsignalsfviafcytoplasmicfcontinuity.f
Answer:fc
TextbookfReference:fNeuronsfBloom’
sfLevel:f3.fApplying

11. Comparedfwithfprojectionfneurons,faxonsfofflocalfcircuitfneuronsf(interneurons)
a. areflonger.
b. arefshorter.
c. havefmorefsynapses.
d. havefmorefbranches.
e. reachfmorefpostsynapticfneurons.f
Answer:fb
TextbookfReference:fNeurons
Bloom’sfLevel:f2.fUnderstanding

12. Anfactionfpotentialfisfa(n)
changefinfthefelectricalfpotentialfacrossfthefnervefcellfmembrane.
a. single
b. all-or-nothing
c. permanent
d. random
e. unidirectional
fAnswer:fb

TextbookfReference:fNeuronsfBloom’
sfLevel:f1.fRemembering

13. Thefpartfoffafsynapseftofwhichfthefcontentsfoffsynapticfvesiclesfbindfisfcalledfthe
a. presynapticfterminal.
b. synapticfending.
c. axonfterminal.



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