NSG 527 Final exam TEST QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS(REVISED)

Acetylcholine - ANSWER involved in voluntary movement, learning, memory, and sleep? acetylcholine - ANSWER Too much ___?_____is associated with depression, and too little in the hippocampus has been associated with dementia. Dopamine - ANSWER correlated with movement, attention, and learning? 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. Norepinephrine - ANSWER associated with eating, alertness? Norepinephrine - ANSWER Too little _______? has been associated with depression, while an excess has been associated with schizophrenia. Epinephrine - ANSWER involved in energy, and glucose metabolism? Serotonin - ANSWER plays a role in mood, sleep, appetite, and impulsive and aggressive behavior? serotonin - ANSWER Too little_______? is associated with depression and some anxiety disorders, especially obsessive-compulsive disorder. Some antidepressant medications increase the availability of _________? at the receptor sites GABA - ANSWER inhibits excitation and anxiety? GABA - ANSWER Too little ______?is associated with anxiety and anxiety disorders. Some antianxiety medication increases _____?at the receptor sites. Endorphins - ANSWER involved in pain relief and feelings of pleasure and contentedness? Frontal Lobe - ANSWER • 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? Parietal lobe - ANSWER • 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?? 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 Occipital lobe - ANSWER • Vision • Visual memory • Reading • language formation • reception of vestibular, acoustic, and tactile stimuli 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