Biological Psychology, 13th Edition Test Bank

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Name: Class: Date:
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.
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
ANSWER: False

Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 01
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.
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
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 _____.

Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 01
17. Santiago Ramon y Cajal demonstrated that ____.
a. at rest, the neuron has a negative charge inside its membrane
b. neurons are separate from one another
c. neurons communicate at specialized junctions called synapses
d. action potentials follow the all-or-none law
ANSWER: b
18. Both ____ and ____ shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1906.
a. Golgi and Cajal
b. Cajal and Sherrington
c. Sherrington and Golgi
d. Cajal and Kalat
ANSWER: a
19. Dr. Kimi studies the plasma membrane of neurons. He specifically researches the specialized _____ that allow in
important things like water, oxygen, sodium, and so on.
a. lipid channels
b. protein channels
c. lipid receptors
d. protein receptors
ANSWER: b
20. Neurons differ most strongly from other body cells in their ____.
a. temperature
b. shape
c. osmotic pressure
d. mitochondria
ANSWER: b
21. What do neurons have that other cells do not?
a. A plasma membrane
b. Large, branching extensions
c. Protein channels
d. An endoplasmic reticulum
ANSWER: b

Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 01
22. Dr. McLaughlin’s lab studies how newly formed proteins are folded inside neurons. They would be most interested in
studying the _____.
a. endoplasmic reticulum
b. mitochondria
c. ribosomes
d. nucleus
ANSWER: c
23. Water, oxygen, and ____ freely flow across a cell membrane.
a. calcium
b. positively charged ions
c. magnesium
d. carbon dioxide
ANSWER: d
24. The structure that contains a cell’s chromosomes is called the ____.
a. endoplasmic reticulum
b. nucleus
c. mitochondrion
d. ribosome
ANSWER: b
25. Small, charged molecules can cross the cell membrane through ____.
a. diffusion
b. ribosomes
c. mitochondria
d. protein channels
ANSWER: d
26. Professor Lopez studies the specialized _________ in the eye that detect light.
a. motor neurons
b. sensory neurons
c. glial cells
d. interneurons
ANSWER: b
27. Ribosomes are the part of a cell that ____.
a. performs metabolic activities
b. breaks down harmful chemicals

Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 01
28. The endoplasmic reticulum is a ____.
a. network of thin tubes that transport newly synthesized proteins
b. site where the cell synthesizes new protein molecules
c. structure that separates the inside of the cell from the outside
d. structure that contains the chromosomes
ANSWER: a
29. Dendrites ____.
a. contain the nucleus, ribosomes, and other structures found in most cells
b. are branching fibers that get narrower near their ends
c. are thin fibers of constant diameter
d. are an insulating material that cover an axon
ANSWER: b
30. The branching fibers that form the information-receiving pole of the nerve cells are called _____.
a. motor neurons
b. dendrites
c. sensory neurons
d. axons
ANSWER: b
31. Professor Xi studies

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Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 01
33. Many dendrites contain short outgrowths called spines that _____.
a. increase the surface area available for synapses
b. increase the speed of transmission
c. eliminate cell waste products
d. increase the symmetry of the soma
ANSWER: a
34. As compared to dendrites, axons usually ____.
a. form the information-receiving pole of the neuron
b. are shorter in length
c. are covered with myelin
d. taper in diameter toward their periphery
ANSWER: c
35. The insulating material that covers many vertebrate axons is called the ____.
a. dendrite
b.

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Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 01
39. An axon has many branches, each of which swells at its tip. These are known as ____.
a. presynaptic terminals
b. efferent axons
c. afferent axons
d. intrinsic neurons
ANSWER: a
40. Professor Case studies how drugs of abuse change the amount of chemical that neurons release from the presynaptic
terminal into the ______.
a. dendritic terminal
b. junction between neurons
c. afferent space
d. nucleus
ANSWER: b
41. Neurons typically have one ____, but many ____.
a. dendrite; axons
b. axon; dendrites

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Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 01
49. What type of glial cells myelinate axons in the brain and spinal cord?
a. oligodendrocytes
b. Schwann cells
c. radial glia
d. astrocytes
ANSWER: a
50. Which type of glia release chemicals that modify the activity of neighboring neurons?
a. Astrocytes
b. Schwann cells
c. Oligodendrocytes
d. Radial glia
ANSWER: a
51. Which type of glia builds myelin sheaths around axons in the periphery of the body?
a. Astrocytes
b. Schwann cells
c. Oligodendrocytes
d. Radial glia
ANSWER: b

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