NSG 527 Final Exam - Questions with Correct
Answers (Verified Update)
100 questions with answers
Topic: NSG 527 Final Exam
1. involved in voluntary movement, learning, memory, and sleep?
Answer: Acetylcholine
2. acetylcholine
Answer: Too much ___?_____is associated with depression, and too little in the hippocampus
has been associated with dementia.
3. correlated with movement, attention, and learning?
Answer: Dopamine
4. Dopamine
Answer: Too much__________?has been associated with schizophrenia, and too
little_________? is associated with some forms of depression as well as the muscular rigidity
and tremors found in Parkinson's disease.
5. associated with eating, alertness?
Answer: Norepinephrine
6. Norepinephrine
Answer: Too little _______? has been associated with depression, while an excess has been
associated with schizophrenia.
7. involved in energy, and glucose metabolism?
Answer: Epinephrine
8. plays a role in mood, sleep, appetite, and impulsive and aggressive behavior?
Answer: Serotonin
9. serotonin
Answer: Too little_______? is associated with depression and some anxiety disorders,
especially obsessivecompulsive disorder. Some antidepressant medications increase the
availability of _________? at the receptor sites
10. inhibits excitation and anxiety?
Answer: GABA
11. GABA
Answer: Too little ______?is associated with anxiety and anxiety disorders. Some antianxiety
medication increases _____?at the receptor sites.
12. involved in pain relief and feelings of pleasure and contentedness?
Answer: Endorphins
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, 13. • Executive functioning and personality
• Maintain and focus attention
• Organize thinking, planning, speech, and motor activities
• Weigh consequences
• Set goals
• Modulate emotions
• Integrate ideas, emotions, and perceptions
• Shapes personality?
Answer: Frontal Lobe
14. • Body sensations
• Motor activities, attention and perception of spatial relations
• Processes sensory impulses from the thalamus
• Maintains focused attention
• Registers acts of aggression
• Wernicke's area located in the left temporoparietal junction is responsible for the
comprehension of speech??
Answer: Parietal lobe
15. Temporal lobe
Answer: • Emotion and memory circuits
• Hearing, learning, memory circuits, sexual identity, and processing of auditory stimuli
• Gives emotional tone to memories
• Is involved in making moral judgments
16. Occipital lobe
Answer: • Vision
• Visual memory
• Reading
• language formation
• reception of vestibular, acoustic, and tactile stimuli
17. Cerebrum
Answer: • Functions as an auxiliary structure for the entire cerebral cortex
• Posture and balance in walking
• Sequential movements required in eating and writing
• Control speed and acceleration of movement
• Involved in smooth eye movement
• Cognition and language
• Memory and impulse control
18. Brainstem (Medulla oblongata, pons, and midbrain)
Answer: • Medulla oblongataregulation of blood pressure, respiration, and digestion. Reflex
center for vomiting coughing, sneezing, swallowing, and hiccupping.
• Pons- Relays information from the cerebral hemisphere to the cerebellum
• Midbraincontrol many sensory and motor functions including eye movement
19. Locus ceruleus
Answer: • Produces norepinephrine
• Activity maintains arousal
• Inactivity allows sleep
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Answers (Verified Update)
100 questions with answers
Topic: NSG 527 Final Exam
1. involved in voluntary movement, learning, memory, and sleep?
Answer: Acetylcholine
2. acetylcholine
Answer: Too much ___?_____is associated with depression, and too little in the hippocampus
has been associated with dementia.
3. correlated with movement, attention, and learning?
Answer: Dopamine
4. Dopamine
Answer: Too much__________?has been associated with schizophrenia, and too
little_________? is associated with some forms of depression as well as the muscular rigidity
and tremors found in Parkinson's disease.
5. associated with eating, alertness?
Answer: Norepinephrine
6. Norepinephrine
Answer: Too little _______? has been associated with depression, while an excess has been
associated with schizophrenia.
7. involved in energy, and glucose metabolism?
Answer: Epinephrine
8. plays a role in mood, sleep, appetite, and impulsive and aggressive behavior?
Answer: Serotonin
9. serotonin
Answer: Too little_______? is associated with depression and some anxiety disorders,
especially obsessivecompulsive disorder. Some antidepressant medications increase the
availability of _________? at the receptor sites
10. inhibits excitation and anxiety?
Answer: GABA
11. GABA
Answer: Too little ______?is associated with anxiety and anxiety disorders. Some antianxiety
medication increases _____?at the receptor sites.
12. involved in pain relief and feelings of pleasure and contentedness?
Answer: Endorphins
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, 13. • Executive functioning and personality
• Maintain and focus attention
• Organize thinking, planning, speech, and motor activities
• Weigh consequences
• Set goals
• Modulate emotions
• Integrate ideas, emotions, and perceptions
• Shapes personality?
Answer: Frontal Lobe
14. • Body sensations
• Motor activities, attention and perception of spatial relations
• Processes sensory impulses from the thalamus
• Maintains focused attention
• Registers acts of aggression
• Wernicke's area located in the left temporoparietal junction is responsible for the
comprehension of speech??
Answer: Parietal lobe
15. Temporal lobe
Answer: • Emotion and memory circuits
• Hearing, learning, memory circuits, sexual identity, and processing of auditory stimuli
• Gives emotional tone to memories
• Is involved in making moral judgments
16. Occipital lobe
Answer: • Vision
• Visual memory
• Reading
• language formation
• reception of vestibular, acoustic, and tactile stimuli
17. Cerebrum
Answer: • Functions as an auxiliary structure for the entire cerebral cortex
• Posture and balance in walking
• Sequential movements required in eating and writing
• Control speed and acceleration of movement
• Involved in smooth eye movement
• Cognition and language
• Memory and impulse control
18. Brainstem (Medulla oblongata, pons, and midbrain)
Answer: • Medulla oblongataregulation of blood pressure, respiration, and digestion. Reflex
center for vomiting coughing, sneezing, swallowing, and hiccupping.
• Pons- Relays information from the cerebral hemisphere to the cerebellum
• Midbraincontrol many sensory and motor functions including eye movement
19. Locus ceruleus
Answer: • Produces norepinephrine
• Activity maintains arousal
• Inactivity allows sleep
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