WGU D574 NEUROPSYCHOLOGY EXAM
REVIEW 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ What system conveys messages between the central nervous
system and peripheral muscles or sense organs?
Answer: Somatic nervous system
◉ Which system only controls the digestive system?
Answer: Enteric nervous system
◉ What term describes the nervous system that consists of chains of
ganglia to the left and right of the spinal cord's central regions?
Answer: Sympathetic nervous system
◉ What term describes the nervous system that facilitates
vegetative, nonemergency responses?
Answer: Parasympathetic nervous system
◉ What brain structure is critical for memories of individual events?
Answer: Hippocampus
, ◉ Which part of the cerebral cortex receives sensations from touch
receptors?
Answer: Parietal lobe
◉ Which lobe of the cerebral cortex controls cognition?
Answer: Frontal lobe
◉ Which area of the cerebral cortex is responsible for planning and
decision-making?
Answer: Frontal lobe
◉ Which part of a cell controls which substances flow into the cell?
Answer: Membrane
◉ What structure has a surface lined with synaptic receptors to
receive messages from other neurons?
Answer: Dendrite
◉ What structure contains ribosomes that link together amino
acids?
Answer: Soma
REVIEW 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ What system conveys messages between the central nervous
system and peripheral muscles or sense organs?
Answer: Somatic nervous system
◉ Which system only controls the digestive system?
Answer: Enteric nervous system
◉ What term describes the nervous system that consists of chains of
ganglia to the left and right of the spinal cord's central regions?
Answer: Sympathetic nervous system
◉ What term describes the nervous system that facilitates
vegetative, nonemergency responses?
Answer: Parasympathetic nervous system
◉ What brain structure is critical for memories of individual events?
Answer: Hippocampus
, ◉ Which part of the cerebral cortex receives sensations from touch
receptors?
Answer: Parietal lobe
◉ Which lobe of the cerebral cortex controls cognition?
Answer: Frontal lobe
◉ Which area of the cerebral cortex is responsible for planning and
decision-making?
Answer: Frontal lobe
◉ Which part of a cell controls which substances flow into the cell?
Answer: Membrane
◉ What structure has a surface lined with synaptic receptors to
receive messages from other neurons?
Answer: Dendrite
◉ What structure contains ribosomes that link together amino
acids?
Answer: Soma
