NSG 527 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE
●● 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
●● Brainstem (Medulla oblongata, pons, and midbrain)
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE
●● 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
●● Brainstem (Medulla oblongata, pons, and midbrain)
