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

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to accompany
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Neuroscience, Seventh Edition xx xx




Chapter 1: Studying the Nervous System
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Multiple Choice
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1. Which part of DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA?
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a. Exon
b. Intron
c. Promoter
d. Non-coding DNA xx




e. Regulatory DN xx




AAnswer: a
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Textbook Reference: Genetics and GenomicsBloo
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m’s Level: 2. Understanding
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2. Genomics is the analysis ofxx xx xx xx




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 speci
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es.Answer: e
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m’s Level: 1. Remembering
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3. Which of Camillo Golgi’s contributions enabled Santiago Ramón y Cajal to ma
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keobservations that suggested that nerve cells are discrete entities?
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a. Articulation of the neuron doctrine xx xx xx xx




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 communicatio
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nAnswer: c
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous Syste
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mBloom’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. xx




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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, e. Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Caja
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l.Answer: d
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous Syste
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mBloom’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 xx xx




b. Supports electrical signals xx xx




c. Repairs the nervous system xx xx xx




d. Prevents regeneration of the nervous system
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e. Produces myeli xx




nAnswer: a
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Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous Syste
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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 xx




b. Presynaptic terminal xx




c. Axon
d. Cell body xx




e. Dendrite x




Answer: d xx




Textbook Reference: Cellular Components of the Nervous Syste
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mBloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
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7. Which intracellular component facilitates the processes of endocytosis and exocyto
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sisunderlying synaptic communication?
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a. Mitochondria
b. Endoplasmic reticulum xx




c. Cytoskeleton
d. Golgi apparatus xx




e. Nucleus x




Answer: c xx