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1. Which wpart wof wDNA wis wtranscribed winto wmessenger wRNA?
a. Exon
b. Intron
c. Promoter
d. Non-coding wDNA
e. Regulatory
wDNAwAnswer: wa
Textbook wReference: wGenetics wand
wGenomicswBloom’s wLevel: w2.
wUnderstanding
2. Genomics wis wthe wanalysis wof
a. coding wDNA wsequences wfor wa wspecies.
b. regulatory wDNA wsequences wfor wan windividual worganism wand wa wspecies.
c. coding wand wregulatory wDNA wsequences wfor wa wspecies.
d. coding wand wregulatory wDNA wsequences wfor wan windividual worganism.
e. coding wand wregulatory wDNA wof wan windividual worganism wor
wa wspecies.wAnswer: we
Textbook wReference: wGenetics wand
wGenomicswBloom’s wLevel: w1.
wRemembering
3. Which wof wCamillo wGolgi’s wcontributions wenabled wSantiago wRamón wy
wCajal wto wmakewobservations wthat wsuggested wthat wnerve wcells ware wdiscrete
wentities?
a. Articulation wof wthe wneuron wdoctrine
b. Identifying wthe worganelle wlater wcalled wthe wGolgi wapparatus
c. Development wof wa wstaining wmethod wbased won wimpregnation wwith wsilver wsalts
d. Improving wthe wunderstanding wof wthe wpathophysiology wof wmalaria
e. Articulation wof wthe wreticular wtheory wof wnerve wcell
wcommunicationwAnswer: wc
Textbook wReference: wCellular wComponents wof wthe wNervous
wSystemwBloom’s wLevel: w2. wUnderstanding
4. The wmajor wproponent(s) wof wthe wneuron wdoctrine wwas(were)
a. Camillo wGolgi.
b. Santiago wRamón wy wCajal.
c. Charles wSherrington.
d. Santiago wRamón wy wCajal wand wCharles wSherrington.
5. Which wfunction wis wa wcharacteristic wprimarily wof wneurons wonly, wand wnot wglia?
a. Transmits waction wpotentials
b. Supports welectrical wsignals
c. Repairs wthe wnervous wsystem
d. Prevents wregeneration wof wthe wnervous wsystem
e. Produces
wmyelinwAnswer:
wa
Textbook wReference: wCellular wComponents wof wthe wNervous
wSystemwBloom’s wLevel: w1. wRemembering
6. In wwhich wpart wof wa wneuron wwould wmost wof wthe wendoplasmic wreticulum wbe wconcentrated?
a. Postsynaptic wterminal
b. Presynaptic wterminal
c. Axon
d. Cell wbody
e. Dendrite
wAnswer:
wd
Textbook wReference: wCellular wComponents wof wthe wNervous
wSystemwBloom’s wLevel: w1. wRemembering
7. Which wintracellular wcomponent wfacilitates wthe wprocesses wof wendocytosis wand
wexocytosiswunderlying wsynaptic wcommunication?
a. Mitochondria
b. Endoplasmic wreticulum
c. Cytoskeleton
d. Golgi wapparatus
e. Nucleus
wAnswer:
wc
Textbook wReference: wCellular wComponents wof wthe wNervous
wSystemwBloom’s wLevel: w2. wUnderstanding
8. Most wneurons whave
a. one waxon whillock w(initial wsegment).
b. multiple waxon whillocks w(initial wsegments).
c. one wdendrite.
d. one waxon whillock w(initial wsegment) wand wone wdendrite.
e. multiple waxon whillocks w(initial wsegments) wand wone
wdendrite.wAnswer: wa
Textbook wReference: wNeurons
wBloom’s wLevel: w1.
wRemembering
, 9. Which wstatement wbest wdescribes wthe wfunction wof wa wneuron wwith
wmultiple, whighlywbranched wdendrites wand wone waxon?
a. It wpasses winformation wdirectly wto wmultiple wneurons.
b. It wcannot wintegrate winformation wfrom wmultiple wneurons.
c. It wreceives winformation wfrom wonly wone wother wneuron.
d. It wintegrates winformation wfrom wmany wneurons.
e. The winformation wit wreceives wwill wnot wbe
wrelayed.wAnswer: wd
Textbook wReference:
wNeuronswBloom’s wLevel:
w3. wApplying
10. Which wstatement wbest wdescribes wmost wneurons?
a. They wreceive winformation wvia waxons.
b. They wtransmit winformation wto wother wcells wvia wdendrites.
c. They ware wpolarized.
d. They wconduct wsignals wbidirectionally.
e. They wtransmit welectrical wsignals wvia wcytoplasmic
wcontinuity.wAnswer: wc
Textbook wReference:
wNeuronswBloom’s wLevel:
w3. wApplying
11. Compared wwith wprojection wneurons, waxons wof wlocal wcircuit wneurons w(interneurons)
a. are wlonger.
b. are wshorter.
c. have wmore wsynapses.
d. have wmore wbranches.
e. reach wmore wpostsynaptic
wneurons.wAnswer: wb
Textbook wReference: wNeurons
Bloom’s wLevel: w2. wUnderstanding
12. An waction wpotential wis wa(n) change win wthe welectrical wpotential wacross wthe
wnervewcell wmembrane.
a. single
b. all-or-nothing
c. permanent
d. random
e. unidirectional
wAnswer: wb
Textbook wReference: wNeurons
wBloom’s wLevel: w1.
wRemembering
13. The wpart wof wa wsynapse wto wwhich wthe wcontents wof wsynaptic wvesicles wbind wis wcalled wthe
a. presynaptic wterminal.
b. synaptic wending.
c. axon wterminal.
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