Test Bank For Neuroscience 7th Edition by Purves, All Chapters 1-34 | Latest Edition 2025

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Neuroscience, Seventh Edition x x




Chapter 1: Studying the Nervous System
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Multiple Choice x




1. Which part of DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA?
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a. Exon
b. Intron
c. Promoter
d. Non-coding DNA x




e. Regulatory DNA x x




Answer: a x




Textbook Reference: Genetics and GenomicsBloom’
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s Level: 2. Understanding
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2. Genomics is the analysis of x x x x




a. coding DNA sequences for a species.
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b. regulatory DNA sequences for an individual organism and a species.
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c. coding and regulatory DNA sequences for a species.
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d. coding and regulatory DNA sequences for an individual organism.
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e. coding and regulatory DNA of an individual organism or a species.A
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nswer: e
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Textbook Reference: Genetics and GenomicsBloom’
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s Level: 1. Remembering
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3. Which of Camillo Golgi’s contributions enabled Santiago Ramón y Cajal to makeo
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bservations that suggested that nerve cells are discrete entities?
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a. Articulation of the neuron doctrine x x x x




b. Identifying the organelle later called the Golgi apparatus
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c. Development of a staining method based on impregnation with silver salts
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d. Improving the understanding of the pathophysiology of malaria
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e. Articulation of the reticular theory of nerve cell communicationA
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, nswer: c
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous SystemB
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loom’s Level: 2. Understanding
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4. The major proponent(s) of the neuron doctrine was(were)
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a. Camillo Golgi. x




b. Santiago Ramón y Cajal.
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c. Charles Sherrington.
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d. Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Charles Sherrington.
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Med C
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, e. Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal.
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Answer: d x




Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous SystemB
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loom’s Level: 1. Remembering
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5. Which function is a characteristic primarily of neurons only, and not glia?
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a. Transmits action potentials x x




b. Supports electrical signals
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c. Repairs the nervous system
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d. Prevents regeneration of the nervous system
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e. Produces myelin x x




Answer: a x




Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous SystemB
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loom’s Level: 1. Remembering
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6. In which part of a neuron would most of the endoplasmic reticulum be concentrated?
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a. Postsynaptic terminal x




b. Presynaptic terminal x




c. Axon
d. Cell body
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e. Dendrite x




Answer: d x




Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous SystemB
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loom’s Level: 1. Remembering
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7. Which intracellular component facilitates the processes of endocytosis and exocytosisu
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nderlying synaptic communication?
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a. Mitochondria
b. Endoplasmic reticulum x




c. Cytoskeleton
d. Golgi apparatus
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e. Nucleus x




Answer: c x




Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous SystemB
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