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1. Dendritestycontaintythetynuclei,tyribosomes,tymitochondria,tyandtyothertystructurestyfoundtyintymosttycells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:t y False

2. Neuronstyreceivetyinformationtyandtytransmittyittytotyothertycells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:t y True

3. SantiagotyRamóntyytyCajaltyusedtyspecialtystainingtytechniquestytotyrevealtythattythetybraintyistycomposedtyoftyindividualtycells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:t y True

4. Antyefferenttyaxontycarriestyinformationtyawaytyfromtyatystructure.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:t y True

5. Thetygreatertythetysurfacetyareatyoftyatydendrite,tythetymoretyinformationtyittycantyreceivetyfromtyothertyneurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:t y True

6. Neuronstyaretydistinguishedtyfromtyothertycellstybytytheirtyshape.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:t y True

7. Thetyroletyoftyglialtycellstyistytotyacttylikety―glue‖tyortyscaffoldingtytotysupporttythetyneurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:t y False

8. Glialtycellstytransmittyinformationtyacrosstylongtydistances.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:t y False

9. Theretyaretytwotytypestyoftyglialtycellstythattyproducetymyelintysheath.tyIntythetycentraltynervoustysystem,tySchwanntycellst
yfulfilltythistyroletyand,tyintythetyperiphery,tyoligodendrocytestyproducetyit.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER:t y False

10. Thetyblood-braintybarriertyistymadetyuptyoftycloselytypackedtyglialtycells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:t y False

11. Thetydifferencetyintyvoltagetyintyatyrestingtyneurontyistycalledtythetyrestingtypotential.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:t y True

12. Increasingtythetyelectricaltygradienttyfortypotassiumtywilltyreducetythetytendencytyfortypotassiumtyionstytotyexittythetyneuron.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:t y True

13. Attythetyrestingtypotential,tythetypotassiumtychannelstyaretycompletelytyclosedtyandtythetysodiumtychannelstyaretyalmosttyclosed
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER:t y False

14. Dr.tySkinnertyistyworkingtyintythetylabtymeasuringtythetyvoltagetyoftyneurons,tyandtyduringtyonetycondition,tyshetytriedtytot
ydepolarizetythetyneuronstyfromty-70tymVtytoty-80tymV.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER:t y False

15. Actiontypotentialstycantybetyproducedtyintythetydendritestyoftysometyneurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:t y False

16. Thetytwotybasictykindstyoftycellstyintythetynervoustysystemtyare .
a. neuronstyandtyglia
b. dendritestyandtyaxons
c. ribosomestyandtylysosomes
d. neuronstyandtyaxons
ANSWER:tya

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17. SantiagotyRamontyytyCajaltydemonstratedtythat .
a. attyrest,tythetyneurontyhastyatynegativetychargetyinsidetyitstymembrane
b. neuronstyaretyseparatetyfromtyonetyanother
c. neuronstycommunicatetyattyspecializedtyjunctionstycalledtysynapses
d. actiontypotentialstyfollowtythetyall-or-nonetylaw
ANSWER:tyb

18. Both and sharedtythetyNobeltyPrizetyfortyPhysiologytyortyMedicinetyinty1906.
a. GolgityandtyCajal
b. CajaltyandtySherrington
c. SherringtontyandtyGolgi
d. CajaltyandtyKalat
ANSWER:tya

19. Dr.tyKimitystudiestythetyplasmatymembranetyoftyneurons.tyHetyspecificallytyresearchestythetyspecialized
thattyallowtyintyimportanttythingstyliketywater,tyoxygen,tysodium,tyandtysotyon.
a. lipidtychannels
b. proteintychannels
c. lipidtyreceptors
d. proteintyreceptors
ANSWER:tyb

20. Neuronstydiffertymosttystronglytyfromtyothertybodytycellstyintytheir .
a. temperature
b. shape
c. osmotictypressure
d. mitochondria
ANSWER:tyb

21. Whattydotyneuronstyhavetythattyothertycellstydotynot?
a. Atyplasmatymembrane
b. Large,tybranchingtyextensions
c. Proteintychannels
d. Antyendoplasmictyreticulum
ANSWER:tyb

22. Dr.tyMcLaughlin’stylabtystudiestyhowtynewlytyformedtyproteinstyaretyfoldedtyinsidetyneurons.tyTheytywouldtybetymosttyint
erestedtyintystudyingtythe .
a. endoplasmictyreticulum
b. mitochondria
c. ribosomes
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