Test Bank for
Neuroscience 7th Edition George J. Augustine, Jeniffer
M. Gro, Scott A. Huettel
All Chapters 1-34 Complete
Chapter 1: Studying the Nervous System
Multiple Choice
1. Ẉhich part of DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA?
a. Exon
b. Intron
c. Promoter
d. Non-coding DNA
e. Regulatory DNA
Ansẉer: a
Textbook Reference: Genetics and Genomics
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
2. Genomics is the analysis of
a. coding DNA sequences for a species.
b. regulatory DNA sequences for an individual organism and a species.
c. coding and regulatory DNA sequences for a species.
d. coding and regulatory DNA sequences for an individual organism.
e. coding and regulatory DNA of an individual organism or a
species. Ansẉer: e
Textbook Reference: Genetics and Genomics
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
3. Ẉhich of Camillo Golgi’s contributions enabled Santiago Ramón y Cajal to
make observations that suggested that nerve cells are discrete entities?
a. Articulation of the neuron doctrine
b. Identifying the organelle later called the Golgi apparatus
c. Development of a staining method based on impregnation ẉith silver salts
d. Improving the understanding of the pathophysiology of malaria
e. Articulation of the reticular theory of nerve cell
communication Ansẉer: c
Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous
System Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
,4. The major proponent(s) of the neuron doctrine ẉas(ẉere)
a. Camillo Golgi.
b. Santiago Ramón y Cajal.
c. Charles Sherrington.
d. Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Charles Sherrington.
,e. Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y
Cajal. Ansẉer: d
Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous
System Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
5. Ẉhich function is a characteristic primarily of neurons only, and not glia?
a. Transmits action potentials
b. Supports electrical signals
c. Repairs the nervous system
d. Prevents regeneration of the nervous system
e. Produces
myelin Ansẉer: a
Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous
System Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
6. In ẉhich part of a neuron ẉould most of the endoplasmic reticulum be concentrated?
a. Postsynaptic terminal
b. Presynaptic terminal
c. Axon
d. Cell body
e. Dendrit
e Ansẉer:
d
Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous
System Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
7. Ẉhich intracellular component facilitates the processes of endocytosis and
exocytosis underlying synaptic communication?
a. Mitochondria
b. Endoplasmic reticulum
c. Cytoskeleton
d. Golgi apparatus
e. Nucleu
s Ansẉer:
c
Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous
System Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
8. Most neurons have
a. one axon hillock (initial segment).
b. multiple axon hillocks (initial segments).
c. one dendrite.
d. one axon hillock (initial segment) and one dendrite.
e. multiple axon hillocks (initial segments) and one
dendrite. Ansẉer: a
Textbook Reference: Neurons
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
, 9. Ẉhich statement best describes the function of a neuron ẉith multiple,
highly branched dendrites and one axon?
a. It passes information directly to multiple neurons.
b. It cannot integrate information from multiple neurons.
c. It receives information from only one other neuron.
d. It integrates information from many neurons.
e. The information it receives ẉill not be
relayed. Ansẉer: d
Textbook Reference: Neurons
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
10. Ẉhich statement best describes most neurons?
a. They receive information via axons.
b. They transmit information to other cells via dendrites.
c. They are polarized.
d. They conduct signals bidirectionally.
e. They transmit electrical signals via cytoplasmic
continuity. Ansẉer: c
Textbook Reference: Neurons
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
11. Compared ẉith projection neurons, axons of local circuit neurons (interneurons)
a. are longer.
b. are shorter.
c. have more synapses.
d. have more branches.
e. reach more postsynaptic
neurons. Ansẉer: b
Textbook Reference: Neurons
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
12. An action potential is a(n) change in the electrical potential across the
nerve cell membrane.
a. single
b. all-or-nothing
c. permanent
d. random
e. unidirection
al Ansẉer: b
Textbook Reference: Neurons
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
13. The part of a synapse to ẉhich the contents of synaptic vesicles bind is called the
a. presynaptic terminal.
b. synaptic ending.
c. axon terminal.
Neuroscience 7th Edition George J. Augustine, Jeniffer
M. Gro, Scott A. Huettel
All Chapters 1-34 Complete
Chapter 1: Studying the Nervous System
Multiple Choice
1. Ẉhich part of DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA?
a. Exon
b. Intron
c. Promoter
d. Non-coding DNA
e. Regulatory DNA
Ansẉer: a
Textbook Reference: Genetics and Genomics
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
2. Genomics is the analysis of
a. coding DNA sequences for a species.
b. regulatory DNA sequences for an individual organism and a species.
c. coding and regulatory DNA sequences for a species.
d. coding and regulatory DNA sequences for an individual organism.
e. coding and regulatory DNA of an individual organism or a
species. Ansẉer: e
Textbook Reference: Genetics and Genomics
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
3. Ẉhich of Camillo Golgi’s contributions enabled Santiago Ramón y Cajal to
make observations that suggested that nerve cells are discrete entities?
a. Articulation of the neuron doctrine
b. Identifying the organelle later called the Golgi apparatus
c. Development of a staining method based on impregnation ẉith silver salts
d. Improving the understanding of the pathophysiology of malaria
e. Articulation of the reticular theory of nerve cell
communication Ansẉer: c
Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous
System Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
,4. The major proponent(s) of the neuron doctrine ẉas(ẉere)
a. Camillo Golgi.
b. Santiago Ramón y Cajal.
c. Charles Sherrington.
d. Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Charles Sherrington.
,e. Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y
Cajal. Ansẉer: d
Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous
System Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
5. Ẉhich function is a characteristic primarily of neurons only, and not glia?
a. Transmits action potentials
b. Supports electrical signals
c. Repairs the nervous system
d. Prevents regeneration of the nervous system
e. Produces
myelin Ansẉer: a
Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous
System Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
6. In ẉhich part of a neuron ẉould most of the endoplasmic reticulum be concentrated?
a. Postsynaptic terminal
b. Presynaptic terminal
c. Axon
d. Cell body
e. Dendrit
e Ansẉer:
d
Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous
System Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
7. Ẉhich intracellular component facilitates the processes of endocytosis and
exocytosis underlying synaptic communication?
a. Mitochondria
b. Endoplasmic reticulum
c. Cytoskeleton
d. Golgi apparatus
e. Nucleu
s Ansẉer:
c
Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous
System Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
8. Most neurons have
a. one axon hillock (initial segment).
b. multiple axon hillocks (initial segments).
c. one dendrite.
d. one axon hillock (initial segment) and one dendrite.
e. multiple axon hillocks (initial segments) and one
dendrite. Ansẉer: a
Textbook Reference: Neurons
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
, 9. Ẉhich statement best describes the function of a neuron ẉith multiple,
highly branched dendrites and one axon?
a. It passes information directly to multiple neurons.
b. It cannot integrate information from multiple neurons.
c. It receives information from only one other neuron.
d. It integrates information from many neurons.
e. The information it receives ẉill not be
relayed. Ansẉer: d
Textbook Reference: Neurons
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
10. Ẉhich statement best describes most neurons?
a. They receive information via axons.
b. They transmit information to other cells via dendrites.
c. They are polarized.
d. They conduct signals bidirectionally.
e. They transmit electrical signals via cytoplasmic
continuity. Ansẉer: c
Textbook Reference: Neurons
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
11. Compared ẉith projection neurons, axons of local circuit neurons (interneurons)
a. are longer.
b. are shorter.
c. have more synapses.
d. have more branches.
e. reach more postsynaptic
neurons. Ansẉer: b
Textbook Reference: Neurons
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
12. An action potential is a(n) change in the electrical potential across the
nerve cell membrane.
a. single
b. all-or-nothing
c. permanent
d. random
e. unidirection
al Ansẉer: b
Textbook Reference: Neurons
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
13. The part of a synapse to ẉhich the contents of synaptic vesicles bind is called the
a. presynaptic terminal.
b. synaptic ending.
c. axon terminal.
