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1. The two parts of the ANS: B
nervous system are the: The nervous system can be divided into two parts—
a. central and peripheral. The central nervous system
Motor and sensory. includes the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral
b. nervous system includes the 12 pairs of cranial nerves
Central and peripheral. (CNs), the 31 pairs of spinal nerves, and all of their
c. branches.
Peripheral and autonomic.
d.
Hypothalamus and
cerebral.
,2. The wife of a 65-year- ANS: A
old man tells the nurse The frontal lobe has areas responsible for personality,
that she is concerned behavior, emotions, and intellectual function. The
because she has noticed a parietal lobe has areas responsible for sensation; the
change in her husband's occipital lobe is responsible for visual reception; and
personality and ability to the temporal lobe is responsible for hearing, taste,
understand. He also cries and smell.
very easily and becomes
angry. The nurse recalls
that the cerebral lobe
responsible for these
behaviors is the __________
lobe.
a.
Frontal
b.
Parietal
c.
Occipital
d.
Temporal
,3. Which statement ANS: B
concerning the areas of The hypothalamus is a vital area with many important
the brain is true? functions: body temperature controller, sleep center,
a. anterior and posterior pituitary gland regulator, and
The cerebellum is the coordinator of autonomic nervous system activity and
center for speech and emotional status. The cerebellum controls motor
emotions. coordination, equilibrium, and balance. The basal
b. ganglia control autonomic movements of the body.
The hypothalamus The motor pathways of the spinal cord synapse in
controls body various areas of the spinal cord, not in the thalamus.
temperature and regulates
sleep.
c.
The basal ganglia are
responsible for controlling
voluntary movements.
d.
Motor pathways of the
spinal cord and brainstem
synapse in the thalamus.
4. The area of the nervous ANS: C
system that is responsible The spinal cord is the main highway for ascending and
for mediating reflexes is descending fiber tracts that connect the brain to the
the: spinal nerves; it is responsible for mediating reflexes.
a.
Medulla.
b.
Cerebellum.
c.
Spinal cord.
d.
Cerebral cortex.
, 5. While gathering ANS: C
equipment after an The spinothalamic tract contains sensory fibers that
injection, a nurse transmit the sensations of pain, temperature, and
accidentally received a crude or light touch. Fibers carrying pain and
prick from an improperly temperature sensations ascend the lateral
capped needle. To spinothalamic tract, whereas the sensations of crude
interpret this sensation, touch form the anterior spinothalamic tract. At the
which of these areas must thalamus, the fibers synapse with another sensory
be intact? neuron, which carries the message to the sensory
a. cortex for full interpretation. The other options are not
Corticospinal tract, correct.
medulla, and basal
ganglia
b.
Pyramidal tract,
hypothalamus, and
sensory cortex
c.
Lateral spinothalamic
tract, thalamus, and
sensory cortex
d.
Anterior spinothalamic
tract, basal ganglia, and
sensory cortex
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Terms in this set (56)
1. The two parts of the ANS: B
nervous system are the: The nervous system can be divided into two parts—
a. central and peripheral. The central nervous system
Motor and sensory. includes the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral
b. nervous system includes the 12 pairs of cranial nerves
Central and peripheral. (CNs), the 31 pairs of spinal nerves, and all of their
c. branches.
Peripheral and autonomic.
d.
Hypothalamus and
cerebral.
,2. The wife of a 65-year- ANS: A
old man tells the nurse The frontal lobe has areas responsible for personality,
that she is concerned behavior, emotions, and intellectual function. The
because she has noticed a parietal lobe has areas responsible for sensation; the
change in her husband's occipital lobe is responsible for visual reception; and
personality and ability to the temporal lobe is responsible for hearing, taste,
understand. He also cries and smell.
very easily and becomes
angry. The nurse recalls
that the cerebral lobe
responsible for these
behaviors is the __________
lobe.
a.
Frontal
b.
Parietal
c.
Occipital
d.
Temporal
,3. Which statement ANS: B
concerning the areas of The hypothalamus is a vital area with many important
the brain is true? functions: body temperature controller, sleep center,
a. anterior and posterior pituitary gland regulator, and
The cerebellum is the coordinator of autonomic nervous system activity and
center for speech and emotional status. The cerebellum controls motor
emotions. coordination, equilibrium, and balance. The basal
b. ganglia control autonomic movements of the body.
The hypothalamus The motor pathways of the spinal cord synapse in
controls body various areas of the spinal cord, not in the thalamus.
temperature and regulates
sleep.
c.
The basal ganglia are
responsible for controlling
voluntary movements.
d.
Motor pathways of the
spinal cord and brainstem
synapse in the thalamus.
4. The area of the nervous ANS: C
system that is responsible The spinal cord is the main highway for ascending and
for mediating reflexes is descending fiber tracts that connect the brain to the
the: spinal nerves; it is responsible for mediating reflexes.
a.
Medulla.
b.
Cerebellum.
c.
Spinal cord.
d.
Cerebral cortex.
, 5. While gathering ANS: C
equipment after an The spinothalamic tract contains sensory fibers that
injection, a nurse transmit the sensations of pain, temperature, and
accidentally received a crude or light touch. Fibers carrying pain and
prick from an improperly temperature sensations ascend the lateral
capped needle. To spinothalamic tract, whereas the sensations of crude
interpret this sensation, touch form the anterior spinothalamic tract. At the
which of these areas must thalamus, the fibers synapse with another sensory
be intact? neuron, which carries the message to the sensory
a. cortex for full interpretation. The other options are not
Corticospinal tract, correct.
medulla, and basal
ganglia
b.
Pyramidal tract,
hypothalamus, and
sensory cortex
c.
Lateral spinothalamic
tract, thalamus, and
sensory cortex
d.
Anterior spinothalamic
tract, basal ganglia, and
sensory cortex
