The latest technology for studying neurons is called optogenetics.
a. True
b. False
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Question 2) In many cells, the hormone called ____________________ promotes the insertion of glucose carriers into the plasma membranes.
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Question 3) Throughout the entire CNS, white matter consists mostly of densely packaged neuronal cell bodies and their dendrites, in addition to most glial cells.
a. True
b. False
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Question 4) Surrounding a blood cell with a 0.5 NaCl solution would cause the cell to ____________________, because this NaCl solution is ____________________ to the cell.
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Question 5) The human brain is the consistency of tofu and typically weighs about eleven pounds.
a. True
b. False
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Question 6) Opening a sodium channel during the resting membrane potential will cause the potential to become less ____________________.
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Question 7) Only the brain interstitial fluid (not the blood or CSF) comes into direct contact with the neurons and glial cells.
a. True
b. False
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Question 8) Endocytosis and exocytosis are both examples of ____________________ transport.
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Question 9) Ependymal cells line the internal, fluid filled cavities of the CNS.
a. True
b. False
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Question 10) A transport maximum is associated with carriers that perform ____________________ or ____________________ in the cell membrane.
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