Biological Psychology 14th Edition James W. Kalat Test Bank | Complete Chapter 1-4 Q&A | Neurons, Synapses, Brain Anatomy, Development

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1. Dendriteskcontainthenuclei, ribosomes,kmitochondria,kandkot herstruct uresfk k ou n di n kmost
.A A .A .A cells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

2. Neuronsreceiveinformationk andt ransmitkitkto o therkcells.
.A A
. A.




a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

3. SantiagokRamónk yCajalkusedk specialk k staining k k techniquestokrevealk thatk thekbrainiskcomposedofindividualk cells.
i . .
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

4. Ank efferent axonk carriesinformationk awayfrom k ak structure.
A i



a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

5. Thegreaterktheksurfacekareakofkakdendrite,themorekinformationitkcanr eceivekfromotherkneurons.
A
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

6. Neuronsarekdistinguishedfromotherk cellsk bytheirshape.
A




a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

7. Therolekofk gli al cellsi st okactlikek ―glue‖kork scaffoldingtok supporttheneurons.
A. .A .A




a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

8. Glialkcellstransmitk informationkacrosslongdistances.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

9. Therekarektwoktypeskofkglialkcellsthatkproducekmyelinksheath.kInkthekcentralknervousksystem,kSchwannkcellskfulfillkthiskr
olekand,kinkthekperiphery,koligodendrocyteskproducekit.

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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

10. Theblood-brainkbarrierismadek upkofcloselypackedkglialk cells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

11. Thedifferencein k voltagekinkakrestingneuronkisk calledthekrestingp otential.
.A A
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

12. Increasingtheelectricalk gradientkforpotassiumwillreducethetendencyforkpotassiumionsktoexitthek neuron.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

13. Atk therestingp otential,thek potassiumck k hannels k arecompletelyclosedk and t hesodikumchannels k arkek almostk closed.
.A .A A. .A




a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

14. Dr.kSkinnerkiskworkinginktheklabkmeasuringthekvoltagekofkneurons,kandkduringonekcondition,shektried to k A




depolarizekthekneuronskfromk-70kmVktok-80kmV.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

15. Actionpotentialscan bek producedi nthekdendritesk ofk somek k neurons.
A
. A. A
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

16. Thetwokbasickkindsk ofkcells in t heknervousk systemare
.A A A. .
a. neuronsandk glia
b. dendriteskandk axons
c. ribosomeskandlysosomes
d. neuronsandaxons
ANSWER:a

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17. SantiagoRamonkyCajalkdemonstratedt hat A..
a. atrest,thekneuronkhasaknegativekchargeinsidekitskmembrane
A.




b. neuronsarekseparatekfromonek another
c. neuronscommuni cat ek atk k specializedjunctionscalledsynapses
.A A
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d. actionpotentialsfollowtheall-or-nonelaw
.A




ANSWER:b

18. Both and sharedt hekNobelk PrizeforPhysiologyorkMedicinek in1906.
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a. GolgikandkCajal
b. CajalkandSherrington
c. Sherringtonandk Golgi
d. CajalkandKalat
ANSWER:a

19. Dr.kKimikstudieskthekplasmakmembranekofkneurons.kHekspecificallykresearcheskthekspecialized
thatkallowinkimportantkthingsklikekwater,koxygen,ksodium,kandksokon.
a. lipid channelsA.




b. proteinchannels
c. lipidr eceptors
.
A




d. proteinreceptors
ANSWER:b

20. Neurons kdifferk mostk stronglyfrom kotherkbodycellsinktheir
i A
. .
a. temperature
b. shape
c. osmoticpressure
d. mitochondria
ANSWER:b

21. Whatd okneuronskhavekthatotherkcellskdoknot?
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a. Aplasmak membrane
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b. Large,branchingextensions
c. Proteinchannels
d. An e ndoplasmickreticulum
A.




ANSWER:b

22. Dr.kMcLaughlin’sklabkstudieskhowknewlyformedkproteinskarekfoldedinsidekneurons.kTheywouldkbekmostkinterestedkink
studyingkthe .
a. endoplasmic reticulum A.




b. mitochondria
c. ribosomes