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Pregunta 1
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Proliferation is the production of new cells
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- True
- False
Pregunta 2
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Synaptogenesis is a process that begins before birth and continues throughout life.
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- True
- False
Pregunta 3
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Recent evidence suggests that adult vertebrate brains generate new neurons
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- True
- False
Pregunta 4
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The brain requires millions of chemicals to correctly guide the growth of axons to their target locations
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- True
- False
Pregunta 5
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Nerve growth factor is a chemical that promotes the survival and activity of neurons
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- True
- False
Pregunta 6
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Exercise may account for some of the neural benefits that come from rearing rats in an enriched environment
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- True
- False
Pregunta 7
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Diaschisis refers to the decreased activity of surviving neurons after damage to other neurons
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- True
- False
Pregunta 8
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Paralysis caused by spinal cord injury is usually only temporary in humans
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- True
- False
Pregunta 9
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Recent evidence suggests that phantom limb pain is caused by sensations coming from the stump of the amputated limb
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- True
- False
Pregunta 10
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Proliferation is the:
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Formation of dendrites and an axon
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Movement of primitive neurons and glia
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Insulation process that occurs on some axons
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Production of new cells
Pregunta 11
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After the migrating neuron reaches its destination, _____ begin to form
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Nuclei
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Axons
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Ganglions
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Dendrites
Pregunta 12
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In humans, myelination first occurs in the:
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Midbrain
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Hindbrain
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Forebrain
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Spinal cord
Pregunta 13
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When Sperry cut a newt's optic nerve and rotated the eye by 180 degrees, each axon:
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Regenerated to the area where it had originally been
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Regenerated to a random location
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Regenerated, but to the area appropriate to its new location
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Degenerated
Pregunta 14
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Axons sort themselves over the surface of the target area:
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Through necrosis
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Through apoptosis
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Based on their size
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By following a gradient of chemicals
Pregunta 15
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Competition of neurons for postsynaptic sites results in survival of only the most successful axons. The general principle is called:
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Apoptosis
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Evolution
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Neural Darwinism
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Natural selection
Pregunta 16
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_____ steer new axonal branches and synapses in the right direction
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Glia
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Immunoglobulin
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Neurotrophins
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Chemokines
Pregunta 17
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The function of neurotrophins is to:
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Be used as fuel
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Promote survival of axons
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Signal that an axon has been "rejected"
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Inhibit proliferation
Pregunta 18
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In infants, anaesthetic drugs can increase:
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Myelination
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Migration
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Apoptosis
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Proliferation
Pregunta 19
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What brain abnormalities are found in children with fetal alcohol syndrome?
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Lack of dopamine receptors
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Short dendrites with few branches
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Smaller than normal ventricles
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Short axons with few branches
Pregunta 20
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Children of mothers who use cocaine during pregnancy:
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Have slightly lower IQ scores
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Are likely to develop Turner's syndrome
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Are born with severe abnormalities resembling cerebral palsy
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Have a slightly higher birth weight
Pregunta 21
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Which of the following seem to be particularly important for branching neurons during brain development?
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Having good teachers
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Playing logic games
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Having a sterile environment
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Physical activity
Pregunta 22
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Which of the following is the most common cause of stroke?
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Haemorrhage of an artery
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Ischemia from an obstruction of an artery
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Blow to the head
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Lack of glucose
Pregunta 23
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Ischaemia is to _____as haemorrhage is to _____
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Obstruction; rupture
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Proximal; distal
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Barely noticeable; lethal
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Older individuals; younger individuals
Pregunta 24
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Which of the following treatments would be most likely to help a patient starting several days after a stroke?
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Extensive bed rest
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Administering tranquillisers
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Giving stimulant drugs combined with physical therapy
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Injecting a drug to block dopamine
Pregunta 25
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What is the term for the new branches that may form in uninjured axons after damage to surrounding axons?
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Denervation supersensitivity
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Bifurcations
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Diaschisis
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Collateral sprouts
Pregunta 26
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_____ helps compensate for decreased axon input
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Enervation supersensitivity
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Disuse supersensitivity
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Denervation supersensitivity
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Axon supersensitivity
Pregunta 27
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A continuing sensation of an amputated body part is called:
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Neuralgia
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Ghost limb
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Tingling limb
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Phantom limb
Pregunta 28
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Sensations from phantom limbs:
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Do not have a neural basis
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Are a result of brain reorganisation
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Can be diminished if more of the limb is removed surgically
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Come from the stump of the amputated limb
Pregunta 29
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The fluid-filled cavity of the developing neural tube becomes the:
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Forebrain
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Midbrain
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Spinal cord
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Ventricular system
Pregunta 30
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Stem cells are important for which of the following developmental processes?
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Migration
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Proliferation
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Myelination
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Synaptogenesis
Pregunta 31
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What term describes the movement of primitive neurons and glia within the developing nervous system?
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Differentiation
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Migration
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Myelination
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Proliferation
Pregunta 32
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After the migrating neuron reaches its destination, _____ begin to form.
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Dendrites
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Axons
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Nuclei
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Ganglions
Pregunta 33
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The formation of new synapses is called:
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Synaptogenesis
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Differentiation
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Migration
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Fusion
Pregunta 34
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Brain cells that are neither neurons nor glia, but which are capable of dividing and then differentiating into neurons or glia are called:
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Parallel fibres
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Intrinsic cells
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Stem cells
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Glomeruli
Pregunta 35
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Axons sort themselves over the surface of the target area
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By following a gradient of chemicals
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Through apoptosis
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Through necrosis
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Based on their size
Pregunta 36
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Apoptosis:
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Is a programmed mechanism of cell death
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Promotes the survival and growth of the axon
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Promotes the survival and growth of dendrites
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Promotes the activity of neurons
Pregunta 37
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Massive cell death in the brain during prenatal development is:
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An indication of a genetic abnormality
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An indication of restricted blood flow to the foetus
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Usually due to an autoimmune disorder
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Normal
Pregunta 38
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In development, neurotrophins _____. During adulthood, they _____.
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Preserve neurons; produce apoptosis
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Produce apoptosis; increase neural branching
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Facilitate differentiation; facilitate migration
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Preserve neurons; increase neural branching
Pregunta 39
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In what order are the five distinct stages in the development of the brain
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Migration, differentiation, proliferation, synaptogenesis
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Proliferation, differentiation, migration, myelination, synaptogenesis
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Proliferation, migration, differentiation, myelination, synaptogenesis
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Proliferation, myelination, migration, differentiation, synaptogenesis
Pregunta 40
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Certain axons innervating a given neuron are damaged. What compensatory change is possible?
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a. Denervation supersensitivity
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b. Collateral sprouting
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c. Axonal regrowth
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d. All of the above
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