Test Bank to accompany Neuroscience, Sixth Edition by Dale Purves // 9780878937257 // Complete Guide Chapter 1-34| Latest Test Bank 100% Verified Answers with rationales | LATEST

, TESTBANK
TOACCOMPANY
NEUROSCIENCE,SIXTHNMEDITION
PURVESNM•AUGUSTINENM•FITZPATRI
x


CK•HALLNM•LAMANTIANM•MOONEY
•PLATT•WHITE

CHAPTER1:STUDYINGTHENERVOUSSYSTEM

MultipleChoice nm




1. WhichpartofDNAistranscribedintomessengerRNA?
nm nm




a. Exon
b. Intron
c. Promoter
d. Non-codingDNA nm




e. Regulatory
xDNAAnswe

r:a
TextbookxReference: xGenetics xand
GenomicsBloom’sLevel:2.Understanding

2. Genomicsistheanalysisof nm nm




a. codingDNAsequencesforaspecies.
nm nm




b. regulatoryDNAsequencesforanindividualorganismandaspecies. nm nm nm




c. codingandregulatoryDNAsequencesforaspecies.
nm nm




d. codingandregulatoryDNAsequencesforanindividualorganism.
nm nm nm nm




e. codingandregulatoryDNAofanindividualorganism
nm nm




oraspe xcies.Answer:e
TextbookxReference: xGenetics xand
GenomicsBloom’sLevel:1.Remembering

3. WhichofCamilloGolgi’scontributionsenabledSantiagoRamónyCaja
nm nm nm nm nm




ltomak xeobservationsthatsuggestedthatnervecellsarediscreteentities?
nm nm nm nm nm




a. Articulationoftheneurondoctrine nm nm




b. IdentifyingtheorganellelatercalledtheGolgiapparatus
nm nm nm




c. Developmentofastainingmethodbasedonimpregnationwithsilversalts nm nm nm nm nm nm




d. Improvingtheunderstandingofthepathophysiologyofmalaria
nm nm nm nm




e. Articulationofthereticulartheoryofnervecell nm nm




xcommunication A x x x x nswer:c j n m m nm nm




xTextbookReference:CellularComponentsoftheNerv
nm nm




ousSy xstemBloom’sLevel:2.Understanding nm




4. Themajorproponent(s)oftheneurondoctrinewas(were) nm nm nm




a. CamilloGolgi.

,b. SantiagoRamónyCajal.
c. CharlesSherrington.
nm




d. SantiagoRamónyCajalandCharlesSherrington.
nm

, e. CamilloGolgiandSantiagoRamó nm




nyC xajal.Answer:d
nm




TextbookReference:CellularComponentsoftheNervo
nm nm




usSy xstemBloom’sLevel:1.Remembering

5. Whichfunctionisacharacteristicprimarilyofneuronsonly,andnotglia?
nm nm nm nm




a. Transmitsactionpotentials nm




b. Supportselectricalsignals
c. Repairsthenervoussystem nm




d. Preventsregenerationofthenervoussystem nm nm nm




e. Produces
xmyelinAnswe

r:a
TextbookReference:CellularComponentsoftheNervo
nm nm




usSy xstemBloom’sLevel:1.Remembering

6. Inwhichpartofaneuronwouldmostoftheendoplasmicreticulumbeconcentrated?
nm nm nm nm nm nm




a. Postsynapticterminal
b. Presynapticterminal
c. Axon
d. Cellbody
e. Dendrit
e mn




x Answer:

d
TextbookReference:CellularComponentsoftheNervo
nm




usSy xstemBloom’sLevel:1.Remembering
nm nm




7. Whichintracellularcomponentfacilitatestheprocessesofendocytosis
nm nm nm




andexo xcytosisunderlyings ynapticcommunication?
nm nm nm




a. Mitochondria
b. Endoplasmicreticulum
c. Cytoskeleton
d. Golgiapparatus
e. Nucleu
s
mn




x Answer:

c
TextbookReference:CellularComponentsoftheNervo
nm




usSy xstemBloom’sLevel:2.Understanding
nm




8. Mostneuronshave nm




a. oneaxonhillock(initialsegment). nm nm




b. multipleaxonhillocks(initialsegments). nm nm




c. onedendrite.
d. oneaxonhillock(initialsegment)andonedendrite. nm nm nm




e. multipleaxonhillocks(initialsegments)ando nm nm