NURS 5315: Exam 4 With Verified Answers 2024
1. What are the major components of the cranial vault?: Cranium
Meninges
Parenchyma
Neurologic cells
2. What is included in the cranium?: Frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal
lobes
3. What is included in the meninges?: Three layers of tissue that cover and protect
the brain and spinal cord
4. What is included in the parchenchyma?: Functional tissue of the brain (neuron
and glial cells)
5. What is included in neurologic cells?: Astrocytes, microglia, oligodendrocytes-
CNS; Schwann (neurilemma) and satellite cells in the PNS
6. What does acetylcholine control and is it excitatory or inhibitory?: Acetyl-
choline is a cholinergic neurotransmitter.
Controls the Parasympathetic nervous system.
Both inhibits and excites.
7. What does Norepinephrine control and is it excitatory or inhibitory?: Norep-
inephrine is a monoamine neurotransmitter.
Controls the sympathetic nervous system.
Both excites and inhibits.
8. What does Dopamine control and is it excitatory or inhibitory?: Dopamine is
a monoamine neurotransmitter.
Control the sympathetic nervous system.
Excitatory.
9. What does Serotonin control and is it excitatory or inhibitory?: Serotonin is
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a monoamine neurotranmitter.
Controls the central nervous system.
Inhibitory.
10. What does glutamate control and is it excitatory or inhibitory?: Glutamate
is an amino acid.
Controls the CNS and PNS.
Excitatory.
11. What does glycine control and is it excitatory or inhibitory?: Glycine is an
amino acid.
Controls the CNS
Inhibitory.
12. What does GABA control and is it excitatory or inhibitory?: GABA is an
amino acid.
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Controls the CNS.
Inhibitory.
13. Explain the location and function of the frontal lobe.: Location: Anterior
(front): forehead to pre-central gyrus
Supra/intfratentorial: Supratentorial
Function: Voluntary movement; expressive language; executive function
14. Explain the location and function of the Temporal lobe: Location: Behind the
ears
Supra/infratentorial: Supratentorial
Function: Auditory processing/encoding information for memory.
15. Explain the location and function of the parietal lobe.: Location: Near the
back and top of head.
Supra/infratentorial: Supratentorial.
Function: Memory and recall; attention/visuospatial perception (proprioception)
16. Explain the location and function of the occipital lobe: Location: Back of the
head
Supra/infratentorial: Supratentorial
Function: Visual perception
17. Explain the location and function of Wernicke area: Location: Left temporal
lobe
Supra/infratentorial: Supratentorial
Function: Language (aphasia)
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18. Explain the location and function of the Broca's area.: Location: Posterior
temporal lobe
Supra/infratentorial: Supratentorial
Function: Speech
1. What are the major components of the cranial vault?: Cranium
Meninges
Parenchyma
Neurologic cells
2. What is included in the cranium?: Frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal
lobes
3. What is included in the meninges?: Three layers of tissue that cover and protect
the brain and spinal cord
4. What is included in the parchenchyma?: Functional tissue of the brain (neuron
and glial cells)
5. What is included in neurologic cells?: Astrocytes, microglia, oligodendrocytes-
CNS; Schwann (neurilemma) and satellite cells in the PNS
6. What does acetylcholine control and is it excitatory or inhibitory?: Acetyl-
choline is a cholinergic neurotransmitter.
Controls the Parasympathetic nervous system.
Both inhibits and excites.
7. What does Norepinephrine control and is it excitatory or inhibitory?: Norep-
inephrine is a monoamine neurotransmitter.
Controls the sympathetic nervous system.
Both excites and inhibits.
8. What does Dopamine control and is it excitatory or inhibitory?: Dopamine is
a monoamine neurotransmitter.
Control the sympathetic nervous system.
Excitatory.
9. What does Serotonin control and is it excitatory or inhibitory?: Serotonin is
, NURS 5315: Exam 4 With Verified Answers 2024
a monoamine neurotranmitter.
Controls the central nervous system.
Inhibitory.
10. What does glutamate control and is it excitatory or inhibitory?: Glutamate
is an amino acid.
Controls the CNS and PNS.
Excitatory.
11. What does glycine control and is it excitatory or inhibitory?: Glycine is an
amino acid.
Controls the CNS
Inhibitory.
12. What does GABA control and is it excitatory or inhibitory?: GABA is an
amino acid.
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Controls the CNS.
Inhibitory.
13. Explain the location and function of the frontal lobe.: Location: Anterior
(front): forehead to pre-central gyrus
Supra/intfratentorial: Supratentorial
Function: Voluntary movement; expressive language; executive function
14. Explain the location and function of the Temporal lobe: Location: Behind the
ears
Supra/infratentorial: Supratentorial
Function: Auditory processing/encoding information for memory.
15. Explain the location and function of the parietal lobe.: Location: Near the
back and top of head.
Supra/infratentorial: Supratentorial.
Function: Memory and recall; attention/visuospatial perception (proprioception)
16. Explain the location and function of the occipital lobe: Location: Back of the
head
Supra/infratentorial: Supratentorial
Function: Visual perception
17. Explain the location and function of Wernicke area: Location: Left temporal
lobe
Supra/infratentorial: Supratentorial
Function: Language (aphasia)
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18. Explain the location and function of the Broca's area.: Location: Posterior
temporal lobe
Supra/infratentorial: Supratentorial
Function: Speech
