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Created By: A SolutionTEST BANK FOR BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY, 13TH
EDITION, JAMES W. KALAT A+
Chapter 01
1. Dendrites contain the nuclei, ribosomes, mitochondria, and other structures found in most
cells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
2. Neurons receive information and transmit it to other cells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
3. Santiago Ramón y Cajal used special staining techniques to reveal that the brain is
composed of individual cells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
4. An efferent axon carries information away from a structure.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
5. The greater the surface area of a dendrite, the more information it can receive from other
neurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
6. Neurons are distinguished from other cells by their shape.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
7. The role of glial cells is to act like “glue” or scaffolding to support the neurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
8. Glial cells transmit information across long distances.
a. True
b. False
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ANSWER: False
9. There are two types of glial cells that produce myelin sheath. In the central nervous
system, Schwann cells fulfill this role and, in the periphery, oligodendrocytes produce it.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
10. The blood-brain barrier is made up of closely packed glial cells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
11. The difference in voltage in a resting neuron is called the resting potential.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
12. Increasing the electrical gradient for potassium will reduce the tendency for potassium
ions to exit the neuron.
a. True
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b. False
ANSWER: True
13. At the resting potential, the potassium channels are completely closed and the sodium
channels are almost closed.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
14. Dr. Skinner is working in the lab measuring the voltage of neurons, and during one
condition, she tried to depolarize the neurons from -70 mV to -80 mV.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
15. Action potentials can be produced in the dendrites of some neurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
16. The two basic kinds of cells in the nervous system are .
a. neurons and glia
b. dendrites and axons
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