The Mind's Machine: Foundations Of Brain And Behavior
By Neil Watson, S. Marc Breedlove Test Bank
ISBN-10 0197666086
ISBN-13 978-0197666081
EDITION 5TH
Chapter 1: Structure and Function: Neuroanatomy and Research Methods
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Dendrites are
a. a type of glial cell.
b. the input zone of a nerve cell.
c. the conduction zone of a nerve cell.
d. small interneurons.
Answer: b
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a
neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
2. Which pathway represents the most common sequence of information flow through a neuron?
a. Cell body → axon → dendrite → axon terminal
b. Dendrite → cell body → axon → axon hillock
c. Dendrite → cell body → axon → axon terminal
d. Dendrite → axon terminal → cell body → axon
Answer: c
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b. Multipolar neurons can have many dendrites and many axons.
c. Some interneurons lack a nucleus.
d. Unipolar neurons are especially common in the visual system.
Answer: a
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a
neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
4. Preventing the formation of on dendrites would decrease the space available for synapses.
a. synaptic vesicles
b. dendritic spines
c. the myelin sheath
d. the axon hillock
Answer:b
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a
neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 4. Analyzing
5. Neurons receive information from other neurons at the zone through cellular extensions called
.
a. integration; hillock
b. input; dendrites
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,c. conduction; axon
d. output; terminal
Answer: b
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a
neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
6. Axon terminals typically form synapses on the cell body or dendrites of a(n)
a. postsynaptic neuron.
b. presynaptic neuron.
c. oligodendrocyte.
d. Schwann cell.
Answer: a
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a
neuron.
Bloom’s Level:1. Remembering
7. Axon terminals
a. are found within synaptic vesicles.
b. are protrusions occurring along the length of dendrites.
c. form synapses onto other cells.
d. are specialized synapses occurring on muscles.
Answer: c
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Bloom’s Level:2. Understanding
8. When you reach out for your pen and feel its shape in your hand, which type of neurons are
conveying the sensation in your fingers to your spinal cord?
a. Multipolar
b. Bipolar
c. Unipolar
d. Depolarized
Answer: c
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.2 Classify neurons according to both structure and function.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
9. Bipolar neurons have at one of the cell and at the other end.
a.many dendrites; a single axon
b. a single dendrite; a single axon
c. many dendrites;branching axons
d. a single dendrite;axon terminals
Answer: b
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.2 Classify neurons according to both structure and function.
Bloom’s Level:3. Applying
10. Large nerve cell bodies are about in diameter.
a. 10 μm
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By Neil Watson, S. Marc Breedlove Test Bank
ISBN-10 0197666086
ISBN-13 978-0197666081
EDITION 5TH
Chapter 1: Structure and Function: Neuroanatomy and Research Methods
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Dendrites are
a. a type of glial cell.
b. the input zone of a nerve cell.
c. the conduction zone of a nerve cell.
d. small interneurons.
Answer: b
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a
neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
2. Which pathway represents the most common sequence of information flow through a neuron?
a. Cell body → axon → dendrite → axon terminal
b. Dendrite → cell body → axon → axon hillock
c. Dendrite → cell body → axon → axon terminal
d. Dendrite → axon terminal → cell body → axon
Answer: c
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a
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3. Which statement about neurons is true?
a. All neurons have the same four functional zones.
b. Multipolar neurons can have many dendrites and many axons.
c. Some interneurons lack a nucleus.
d. Unipolar neurons are especially common in the visual system.
Answer: a
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a
neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
4. Preventing the formation of on dendrites would decrease the space available for synapses.
a. synaptic vesicles
b. dendritic spines
c. the myelin sheath
d. the axon hillock
Answer:b
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a
neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 4. Analyzing
5. Neurons receive information from other neurons at the zone through cellular extensions called
.
a. integration; hillock
b. input; dendrites
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,c. conduction; axon
d. output; terminal
Answer: b
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a
neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
6. Axon terminals typically form synapses on the cell body or dendrites of a(n)
a. postsynaptic neuron.
b. presynaptic neuron.
c. oligodendrocyte.
d. Schwann cell.
Answer: a
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a
neuron.
Bloom’s Level:1. Remembering
7. Axon terminals
a. are found within synaptic vesicles.
b. are protrusions occurring along the length of dendrites.
c. form synapses onto other cells.
d. are specialized synapses occurring on muscles.
Answer: c
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
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8. When you reach out for your pen and feel its shape in your hand, which type of neurons are
conveying the sensation in your fingers to your spinal cord?
a. Multipolar
b. Bipolar
c. Unipolar
d. Depolarized
Answer: c
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.2 Classify neurons according to both structure and function.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
9. Bipolar neurons have at one of the cell and at the other end.
a.many dendrites; a single axon
b. a single dendrite; a single axon
c. many dendrites;branching axons
d. a single dendrite;axon terminals
Answer: b
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective: 1.1.2 Classify neurons according to both structure and function.
Bloom’s Level:3. Applying
10. Large nerve cell bodies are about in diameter.
a. 10 μm
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