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Chapter1:StudyingtheNervousSystem
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1. WhichpartofDNAistranscribedintomessengerRNA?
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a. Exon
b. Intron
c. Promoter
d. Non-codingDNA nm
e. Regulatory3f
DNAAnswer:a
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GenomicsBloom’sLevel:2.Understanding
2. Genomicsistheanalysisof nm nm
a. codingDNAsequencesforaspecies.
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b. regulatoryDNAsequencesforanindividualorganismandaspecies. nm nm nm
c. codingandregulatoryDNAsequencesforaspecies.
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d. codingandregulatoryDNAsequencesforanindividualorganism.
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e. codingandregulatoryDNAofanindividualorganismoraspe
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3fcies.Answer:e
Textbook3fReference:3fGenetics3fand
GenomicsBloom’sLevel:1.Remembering
3. WhichofCamilloGolgi’scontributionsenabledSantiagoRamónyCajaltomak
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3feobservationsthatsuggestedthatnervecellsarediscreteentities? 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. Articulationofthereticulartheoryofnervecell3fcommuni nm nm
cation A3 f 3f 3f 3 f nswer:c3fTextbookReference:CellularCom
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ponentsoftheNervousSy3fstemBloom’sLevel:2.Understan
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ding
4. Themajorproponent(s)oftheneurondoctrinewas(were) nm nm nm
a. CamilloGolgi.
b. SantiagoRamónyCajal.
c. CharlesSherrington. nm
d. SantiagoRamónyCajalandCharlesSherrington. nm
,e. CamilloGolgiandSantiagoRamónyC nm nm
3fajal.Answer:d
TextbookReference:CellularComponentsoftheNervousSy
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3fstemBloom’sLevel:1.Remembering
5. Whichfunctionisacharacteristicprimarilyofneuronsonly,andnotglia?
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a. Transmitsactionpotentials nm
b. Supportselectricalsignals
c. Repairsthenervoussystem
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d. Preventsregenerationofthenervouss ystem nm nm nm
e. Produces3fmye
linAnswer:a
TextbookReference:CellularComponentsoftheNervousSy
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3fstemBloom’sLevel:1.Remembering
6. Inwhichpartofaneuronwouldmostoftheendoplasmicreticulumbeconcentrated?
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a. Postsynapticterminal
b. Presynapticterminal
c. Axon
d. Cellbody
e. Dendrite nm
3 f Answer:
d
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7. Whichintracellularcomponentfacilitatestheprocessesofendocytosisandexo3
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fcytosisunderlyingsynapticcommunication? nm nm
a. Mitochondria
b. Endoplasmicreticulum
c. Cytoskeleton
d. Golgiapparatus
e. Nucleus nm
3 f Answer:
c
TextbookReference:CellularComponentsoftheNervousSy3
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fstemBloom’sLevel:2.Understanding
8. Mostneuronshave
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a. oneaxonhillock(initialsegment). nm nm
b. multipleaxonhillocks(initialsegments).
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c. onedendrite.
d. oneaxonhillock(initialsegment)andonedendrite.
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e. multipleaxonhillocks(initialsegments)andonede
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3fndrite.Answer:a
Textbook3fReference:3fNeurons3fBloom’sLevel:1.Rememb
ering
, 9. Whichstatementbestdescribesthefunctionofaneuronwithmultiple,high3
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flybrancheddendritesandoneaxon? nm nm
a. Itpassesinformationdirectlytomultipleneurons.
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b. Itcannotintegrateinformationfrommultipleneurons.
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c. Itreceivesinformationfromonlyoneotherneuron.
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d. Itintegratesinformationfrommanyneurons. nm nm
e. Theinformationitreceiveswillnotberel
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3fayed.Answer:d
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NeuronsBloom’sLevel:3.
3fApplying
10. Whichstatementbestdescribesmostneurons?
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a. Theyreceiveinformationviaaxons. nm
b. Theytransmitinformationtoothercellsviadendrites. nm
c. Theyarepolarized.
d. Theyconductsignalsbidirectionally.
e. Theytransmitelectricalsignalsviacytoplasmicc nm nm
3fontinuity.Answer:c
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11. Comparedwithprojectionneurons,axonsoflocalcircuitneurons(interneurons)
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a. arelonger.
b. areshorter.
c. havemoresynapses.
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d. havemorebranches.
e. reachmorepostsynaptic3 f neur nm
ons.Answer:b3fTextbookRefere nm
nce:Neurons3fBloom’sLevel:2.
Understanding
12. Anactionpotentialisa(n)
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changeintheelectricalpotentialacrossthenervecellmembrane. nm
a. single
b. all-or-nothing
c. permanent
d. random
e. unidirectional
3fAnswer:b
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13. Thepartofasynapsetowhichthecontentsofsynapticvesiclesbindiscalledthe
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a. presynapticterminal.
b. synapticending. nm
c. axonterminal. nm