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Chapteru01

1. Dendritesucontainutheunuclei,uribosomes,umitochondria,uanduotherustructuresufounduinumostucells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:u False

2. Neuronsureceiveuinformationuandutransmituitutouotherucells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:u True

3. SantiagouRamónuyuCajaluuseduspecialustainingutechniquesutourevealuthatutheubrainuisucomposeduofuindividualucells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:u True

4. Anuefferentuaxonucarriesuinformationuawayufromuaustructure.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:u True

5. Theugreaterutheusurfaceuareauofuaudendrite,utheumoreuinformationuitucanureceiveufromuotheruneurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:u True

6. Neuronsuareudistinguishedufromuotherucellsubyutheirushape.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:u True

7. Theuroleuofuglialucellsuisutouactulikeu“glue”uoruscaffoldingutousupportutheuneurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:u False

8. Glialucellsutransmituinformationuacrossulongudistances.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:u False

9. Thereuareutwoutypesuofuglialucellsuthatuproduceumyelinusheath.uInutheucentralunervoususystem,uSchwannucellsufulfil
luthisuroleuand,uinutheuperiphery,uoligodendrocytesuproduceuit.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER:u False

10. Theublood-brainubarrieruisumadeuupuofucloselyupackeduglialucells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:u False

11. Theudifferenceuinuvoltageuinuaurestinguneuronuisucalledutheurestingupotential.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:u True

12. Increasingutheuelectricalugradientuforupotassiumuwillureduceutheutendencyuforupotassiumuionsutouexitutheuneuron.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:u True

13. Atutheurestingupotential,utheupotassiumuchannelsuareucompletelyucloseduandutheusodiumuchannelsuareualmostuclosed.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:u False

14. Dr.uSkinneruisuworkinguinutheulabumeasuringutheuvoltageuofuneurons,uanduduringuoneucondition,usheutriedutoudepol
arizeutheuneuronsufromu-70umVutou-80umV.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:u False

15. Actionupotentialsucanubeuproduceduinutheudendritesuofusomeuneurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:u False

16. Theutwoubasicukindsuofucellsuinutheunervoususystemuareu .
a. neuronsuanduglia
b. dendritesuanduaxons
c. ribosomesuandulysosomes
d. neuronsuanduaxons
ANSWER:u a

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17. SantiagouRamonuyuCajaludemonstrateduthatu .
a. aturest,utheuneuronuhasuaunegativeuchargeuinsideuitsumembrane
b. neuronsuareuseparateufromuoneuanother
c. neuronsucommunicateuatuspecializedujunctionsucalledusynapses
d. actionupotentialsufollowutheuall-or-noneulaw
ANSWER:u b

18. Bothu andu sharedutheuNobeluPrizeuforuPhysiologyuoruMedicineuinu1906.
a. GolgiuanduCajal
b. CajaluanduSherrington
c. SherringtonuanduGolgi
d. CajaluanduKalat
ANSWER:u a

19. Dr.uKimiustudiesutheuplasmaumembraneuofuneurons.uHeuspecificallyuresearchesutheuspecializedu
thatuallowuinuimportantuthingsulikeuwater,uoxygen,usodium,uandusouon.
a. lipiduchannels
b. proteinuchannels
c. lipidureceptors
d. proteinureceptors
ANSWER:u b

20. Neuronsudifferumostustronglyufromuotherubodyucellsuinutheiru .
a. temperature
b. shape
c. osmoticupressure
d. mitochondria
ANSWER:u b

21. Whatudouneuronsuhaveuthatuotherucellsudounot?
a. Auplasmaumembrane
b. Large,ubranchinguextensions
c. Proteinuchannels
d. Anuendoplasmicureticulum
ANSWER:u b

22. Dr.uMcLaughlin’sulabustudiesuhowunewlyuformeduproteinsuareufoldeduinsideuneurons.uTheyuwouldubeumostuinterest
eduinustudyingutheu .
a. endoplasmicureticulum
b. mitochondria
c. ribosomes
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