NURS 751 Finals Questions and Answers | 2026
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Serotonin is produced at the?
raphe nuclei of the brainstem
Serotonin's function
Affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal (mood and anxiety disorders)
reduces pain
improves satiety
Serotonin precursor
Tryptophan, not a catecholamine
Dopamine is produced in the
substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area
Dopamine's function
influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion
Dopamine precursor
Tyrosine
Frontal Lobe Functional Areas
involved in motor function: problem solving, memory, judgment, impulse control, decision
making
,frontal lobe executive functions
-Personality
-working memeory
-reasoning
-planning
-behavior cueing
-cognitive flexibility
-goal setting
-information processing
-fluid reasoning
-abstraction
Frontal lobe Boca
expressive language
expressive language
the written or spoken language that we use to convey our thoughts, emotions, or needs
expressive language disorder
a disorder involving a limited vocabulary and difficulty using tense correctly, recalling words, or
producing sentences of the length and complexity that would be expected of a child of that age
Frontal Lobe Problems
personality changes, emotional and intellectual changes
Temporal lobe problems
, Visual or auditory hallucinations, aphasia and amnesia.
Temporal lobe
Primary auditory, Wernicke's receptive speech language,
receptive language disorder
difficulty receiving or understanding information
Difficulty following directions, understanding verbal information, and answering Qs
occipital lobe
Primary visual cortex and visual association
Occipital lobe problems
blindness, visual deficits, visual hallucinations
Parietal lobe
Taste, reading and writing, spatial balance
Problems in the parietal lobe can lead
Sensory-perceptual disturbances and agnosia(inability to perceive objects)
R-L confusion
Difficulty writing (agraphia)
Aphasia (difficulty of language)
cerebral cortex function
Update | 100% Correct.
Serotonin is produced at the?
raphe nuclei of the brainstem
Serotonin's function
Affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal (mood and anxiety disorders)
reduces pain
improves satiety
Serotonin precursor
Tryptophan, not a catecholamine
Dopamine is produced in the
substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area
Dopamine's function
influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion
Dopamine precursor
Tyrosine
Frontal Lobe Functional Areas
involved in motor function: problem solving, memory, judgment, impulse control, decision
making
,frontal lobe executive functions
-Personality
-working memeory
-reasoning
-planning
-behavior cueing
-cognitive flexibility
-goal setting
-information processing
-fluid reasoning
-abstraction
Frontal lobe Boca
expressive language
expressive language
the written or spoken language that we use to convey our thoughts, emotions, or needs
expressive language disorder
a disorder involving a limited vocabulary and difficulty using tense correctly, recalling words, or
producing sentences of the length and complexity that would be expected of a child of that age
Frontal Lobe Problems
personality changes, emotional and intellectual changes
Temporal lobe problems
, Visual or auditory hallucinations, aphasia and amnesia.
Temporal lobe
Primary auditory, Wernicke's receptive speech language,
receptive language disorder
difficulty receiving or understanding information
Difficulty following directions, understanding verbal information, and answering Qs
occipital lobe
Primary visual cortex and visual association
Occipital lobe problems
blindness, visual deficits, visual hallucinations
Parietal lobe
Taste, reading and writing, spatial balance
Problems in the parietal lobe can lead
Sensory-perceptual disturbances and agnosia(inability to perceive objects)
R-L confusion
Difficulty writing (agraphia)
Aphasia (difficulty of language)
cerebral cortex function