PPN NU 664 Week 1-2 & (NU664- EARS, NOSE, THROAT- EXAM 1) Questions and Answers _ 100% Already Graded A+

PPN NU 664 Week 1-2 & (NU664- EARS, NOSE, THROAT- EXAM 1) Questions and Answers _ 100% Already Graded A+ Agnosia - CORRECT ANSWER-the inability to recognize familiar objects. Apraxia - CORRECT ANSWER-inability to perform particular purposive actions, as a result of brain damage. aphasia - CORRECT ANSWER-inability to speak amnesia - CORRECT ANSWER-partial or total loss of memory frontal lobe - CORRECT ANSWER-The lobe at the front of the brain associated with movement, speech, and impulsive behavior. temporal lobe - CORRECT ANSWER-A region of the cerebral cortex responsible for hearing and language. Wernicke's area - CORRECT ANSWER-language comprehension Broca's area - CORRECT ANSWER-speech production parietal lobe - CORRECT ANSWER-A region of the cerebral cortex whose functions include processing information about touch. occipital lobe - CORRECT ANSWER-A region of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information cerebral cortex - CORRECT ANSWER-the intricate fabric of interconnected neural cells that covers the cerebral hemispheres; the body's ultimate control and information-processing center corpus callosum - CORRECT ANSWER-the large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them raphe nuclei - CORRECT ANSWER-a group of nuclei located in the reticular formation of the medulla, pons, and midbrain, situated along the midline; contain serotonergic neurons nucleus accumbens - CORRECT ANSWER-structure located in the brainstem and part of the dopaminergic reward pathway; releases dopamine in response to many drugs contributing to addictive behavior occipital lobe - CORRECT ANSWER-A region of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information limbic system - CORRECT ANSWER-neural system (including the hippocampus, amygdala, and hypothalamus) located below the cerebral hemispheres; associated with emotions and drives. basal ganglia - CORRECT ANSWER-a set of subcortical structures that directs intentional movements cogwheel rigidity - CORRECT ANSWER-A form of rigidity where resistance to movement has a phasic quality to it; often seen with Parkinson's disease. Echolalia - CORRECT ANSWER-automatic and immediate repetition of what others say Perseveration - CORRECT ANSWER-persistent repetition of the same word or idea in response to different questions Diencephalon - CORRECT ANSWER-thalamus and hypothalamus medulla oblongata - CORRECT ANSWER-Part of the brainstem that controls vital life-sustaining functions such as heartbeat, breathing, blood pressure, and digestion. Pons - CORRECT ANSWER-A brain structure that relays information from the cerebellum to the rest of the brain Midbrain - CORRECT ANSWER-A small part of the brain above the pons that integrates sensory information and relays it upward. Forebrain - CORRECT ANSWER-The largest and most complicated region of the brain, including the thalamus, hypothalamus, limbic system, and cerebrum. Hindbrain - CORRECT ANSWER-An area of the brain that coordinates information coming into and out of the spinal cord reticular information - CORRECT ANSWER-a nerve network in the brainstem that plays an important role in controlling arousal substania nigra - CORRECT ANSWER-An area of the midbrain that is involved in motor control and contains a large concentration of dopamine-producing neurons locus coeruleus - CORRECT ANSWER-a small nucleus in the reticular formation that is involved in directing attention GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) - CORRECT ANSWER-A major inhibitory neurotransmitter. Undersupply linked to seizures, tremors, and insomnia. Glutamate - CORRECT ANSWER-The most common neurotransmitter in the brain. Excitatory. Dopamine - CORRECT ANSWER-A neurotransmitter associated with movement, attention and learning and the brain's pleasure and reward system. Serotonin - CORRECT ANSWER-A neurotransmitter that affects hunger,sleep, arousal, and mood. Acetylcholine - CORRECT ANSWER-A neurotransmitter that enables learning and memory and also triggers muscle contraction dopamine hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER-the idea that schizophrenia involves an excess of dopamine activity Monoamine hypothesis of depression - CORRECT ANSWER-Deficiency of Serotonin, Norepinephrine, or Dopimine. Increasing these should alleviate depression Agonist - CORRECT ANSWER-A chemical that mimics the action of a neurotransmitter. partial agonist - CORRECT ANSWER-Medication that produces a weaker, or less efficacious, response than an agonist. inverse agonist - CORRECT ANSWER-chemical substance that produces effects opposite those of a particular neurotransmitter Catecholamines - CORRECT ANSWER-hormones secreted by the adrenal medulla that affect the sympathetic nervous system in stress response amino acids - CORRECT ANSWER-building blocks of proteins, gaba, glutamate mesolimbic pathway - CORRECT ANSWER-Mary lou is so crazy, positive symptoms pathway mesocortical pathway - CORRECT ANSWER-the mccormick family never comes out, negative symptoms Nigrostriatal pathway - CORRECT ANSWER-EPS tuberofundibular - CORRECT ANSWER-prolactin left hemisphere - CORRECT ANSWER-controls the right side of the body; analytical, language, math right hemisphere - CORRECT ANSWER-controls the left side of the body; creative, intuitive, spacial parietal lobe VAST - CORRECT ANSWER-spacial awareness topographic sense, "please help me with my driving Frontal lobe LIMP - CORRECT ANSWER-Tuukka front paw with limp, language, intellect, motor personality