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Test Bank For Biological Psychology,
13Th Edition By James W.Kalat

,Chapter 01

1. Dendrites Contain The Nuclei, Ribosomes, Mitochondria, And Other Structures Found In Most Cells.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer:False

2. Neurons Receive Information And Transmit It To Other Cells.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer:True

3. Santiago Ramón Y Cajal Used Special Staining Techniques To Reveal That The Brain Is Composed Of Individual Cells.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer:True

4. An Efferent Axon Carries Information Away From A Structure.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer:True

5. The Greater The Surface Area Of A Dendrite, The More Information It Can Receive From Other Neurons.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer:True

6. Neurons Are Distinguished From Other Cells By Their Shape.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer:True

7. The Role Of Glial Cells Is To Act Like “Glue” Or Scaffolding To Support The Neurons.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer:False

8. Glial Cells Transmit Information Across Long Distances.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer:False

9. There Are Two Types Of Glial Cells That Produce Myelin Sheath. In The Central Nervous System, Schwann
Cells Fulfill thisrole And, In The Periphery, Oligodendrocytes Produce It.
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a. True
b. False
Correct Answer:False

10. The Blood-Brain Barrier Is Made Up Of Closely Packed Glial Cells.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer:False

11. The Difference In Voltage In A Resting Neuron Is Called The Resting Potential.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer:True

12. Increasing The Electrical Gradient For Potassium Will Reduce The Tendency For Potassium Ions To Exit The
Neuron.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer:True

13. At The Resting Potential, The Potassium Channels Are Completely Closed And The Sodium Channels Are Almost
Closed.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer:False

14. Dr. Skinner Is Working In The Lab Measuring The Voltage Of Neurons, And During One Condition, She Tried
To depolarizethe Neurons From -70 Mv To -80 Mv.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer:False

15. Action Potentials Can Be Produced In The Dendrites Of Some Neurons.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer:False

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
Correct Answer:A

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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
Correct Answer:B

18. Both And Shared The Nobel Prize For Physiology Or Medicine In 1906.
a. Golgi And Cajal
b. Cajal And Sherrington
c. Sherrington And Golgi
d. Cajal And Kalat
Correct Answer:A

19. Dr. Kimi Studies The Plasma Membrane Of Neurons. He Specifically Researches The Specialized That
Allow inimportant Things Like Water, Oxygen, Sodium, And So On.
a. Lipid Channels
b. Protein Channels
c. Lipid Receptors
d. Protein Receptors
Correct Answer:B

20. Neurons Differ Most Strongly From Other Body Cells In Their.
a. Temperature
b. Shape
c. Osmotic Pressure
d. Mitochondria
Correct Answer:B

21. What Do Neurons Have That Other Cells Do Not?
a. A Plasma Membrane
b. Large, Branching Extensions
c. Protein Channels
d. An Endoplasmic Reticulum
Correct Answer:B

22. Dr. Mclaughlin’s Lab Studies How Newly Formed Proteins Are Folded Inside Neurons. They Would Be Most
Interested instudying The .
a. Endoplasmic Reticulum
b. Mitochondria
c. Ribosomes
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