Test Bank for Neuroscience, 7th Edition by Dale Purves (Sinauer Associates, an imprint of Oxford University Press, 2023) | ISBN: 9780197616246 | Chapters 1-34

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Chapter1:StudyingtheNervousSystem

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1. Whichpart of DNAis transcribed intomessenger RNA?
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a. Exon
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e. RegulatoryDNA
Answer:a
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TextbookReference:GeneticsandGenomicsBloom’s yz tm




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2. Genomics istheanalysisof yz tm




a. codingDNAsequencesforaspecies.
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b. regulatoryDNAsequencesforanindividualorganismandaspecies.
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c. codingandregulatory DNA sequencesforaspecies.
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d. coding andregulatoryDNAsequencesforanindividual organism.
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e. codingandregulatoryDNAofanindividualorganism oraspecies.
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Answer:e
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3. WhichofCamilloGolgi’scontributionsenabledSantiagoRamóny Cajaltomake yz




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b. Identifying the organellelatercalledtheGolgiapparatus
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d. Improvingtheunderstanding ofthepathophysiologyofmalaria
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e. Articulationofthereticulartheoryofnervecellcommunication yz




Answer:c
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TextbookReference:CellularComponentsoftheNervousSystem
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4. Themajorproponent(s)ofthe neuron doctrine was(were) yz tm




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, e. CamilloGolgiandSantiagoRamónyCajal.
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Answer:d
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5. Whichfunction isacharacteristic primarilyof neuronsonly, andnot glia?
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a. Transmitsaction potentials yz




b. Supportselectricalsignals yz




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d. Preventsregenerationofthenervoussystem
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TextbookReference:CellularComponentsoftheNervousSystem yz




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6. Inwhichpartofaneuronwouldmostoftheendoplasmicreticulum beconcentrated? yz




a. Postsynapticterminal
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e. Dendrite
Answer:d
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a. Mitochondria
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e. multipleaxonhillocks(initialsegments)andonedendrite.
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Answer:a
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a. It passesinformation directlytomultipleneurons.
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b. Itcannotintegrateinformationfrommultipleneurons.
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c. Itreceivesinformationfrom onlyoneotherneuron.
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d. It integrates informationfrommanyneurons.
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e. Theinformationitreceiveswillnotberelayed.
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Answer:d
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TextbookReference:Neurons
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10. Whichstatementbestdescribesmostneurons?
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Answer:c
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TextbookReference:Neurons
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Answer:b
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membrane.
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a. single
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Answer:b
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13. Thepart of asynapsetowhichthecontentsofsynapticvesiclesbindiscalledthe
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a. presynapticterminal.
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