NSG 527/ NSG527 FINAL EXAM: (NEW 2025/
2026 UPDATE) | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS |
GRADE A | 100% CORRECT (VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS) – CHAMBERLAIN
Acetylcholine - involved in voluntary movement, learning, memory, and sleep?
acetylcholine - Too much ___?_____is associated with depression, and too little in the
hippocampus has been associated with dementia.
Dopamine - correlated with movement, attention, and learning?
Dopamine - 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 - associated with eating, alertness?
Norepinephrine - Too little _______? has been associated with depression, while an excess
has been associated with schizophrenia.
Epinephrine - involved in energy, and glucose metabolism?
Serotonin - plays a role in mood, sleep, appetite, and impulsive and aggressive behavior?
serotonin - 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 - inhibits excitation and anxiety?
GABA - Too little ______?is associated with anxiety and anxiety disorders. Some antianxiety
medication increases _____?at the receptor sites.
Endorphins - involved in pain relief and feelings of pleasure and contentedness?
Frontal Lobe - • 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 - • 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 - • 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 - • Vision
• Visual memory
• Reading
• language formation
• reception of vestibular, acoustic, and tactile stimuli
Cerebrum - • 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) - • Medulla oblongata- regulation of
blood pressure, respiration, and digestion. Reflex center for vomiting coughing, sneezing,
swallowing, and hiccupping.
• Pons- Relays information from the cerebral hemisphere to the cerebellum
• Midbrain- control many sensory and motor functions including eye movement
Locus ceruleus - • Produces norepinephrine
• Activity maintains arousal
• Inactivity allows sleep
Dorsal raphe - • Produces serotonin
• Control sleep wake cycle
Reticular activating system (RAS) - • Involved in arousal and sleep- the "toggle switch"
• Switches the cerebral cortex on when individual is relaxed
• Switches limbic system on when there is a threat
• Regulates thalamus and cortex activities that are involved in emotions
• Involved in processing pain and in regulation of heartrate, breathing, perspiration, swallowing,
coughing, salivation, urination, and sexual arousal
Reticular activating system (RAS) - • Involved in arousal and sleep- the "toggle switch"
• Switches the cerebral cortex on when individual is relaxed
• Switches limbic system on when there is a threat
• Regulates thalamus and cortex activities that are involved in emotions
• Involved in processing pain and in regulation of heartrate, breathing, perspiration, swallowing,
coughing, salivation, urination, and sexual arousal
Hypothalamus - • Bridges internal homeostasis and outside environment
• Involved with raw emotions of pleasure, reward, aversion, and rage
• Regulates the autonomic nervous system and secretion of pituitary hormones
• Involved in hunger, thirst, water balance, regulation of temperature, circadian rhythms, and
stress response
Thalamus - • Gaits information to the neocortex
2026 UPDATE) | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS |
GRADE A | 100% CORRECT (VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS) – CHAMBERLAIN
Acetylcholine - involved in voluntary movement, learning, memory, and sleep?
acetylcholine - Too much ___?_____is associated with depression, and too little in the
hippocampus has been associated with dementia.
Dopamine - correlated with movement, attention, and learning?
Dopamine - 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 - associated with eating, alertness?
Norepinephrine - Too little _______? has been associated with depression, while an excess
has been associated with schizophrenia.
Epinephrine - involved in energy, and glucose metabolism?
Serotonin - plays a role in mood, sleep, appetite, and impulsive and aggressive behavior?
serotonin - 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 - inhibits excitation and anxiety?
GABA - Too little ______?is associated with anxiety and anxiety disorders. Some antianxiety
medication increases _____?at the receptor sites.
Endorphins - involved in pain relief and feelings of pleasure and contentedness?
Frontal Lobe - • 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 - • 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 - • 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 - • Vision
• Visual memory
• Reading
• language formation
• reception of vestibular, acoustic, and tactile stimuli
Cerebrum - • 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) - • Medulla oblongata- regulation of
blood pressure, respiration, and digestion. Reflex center for vomiting coughing, sneezing,
swallowing, and hiccupping.
• Pons- Relays information from the cerebral hemisphere to the cerebellum
• Midbrain- control many sensory and motor functions including eye movement
Locus ceruleus - • Produces norepinephrine
• Activity maintains arousal
• Inactivity allows sleep
Dorsal raphe - • Produces serotonin
• Control sleep wake cycle
Reticular activating system (RAS) - • Involved in arousal and sleep- the "toggle switch"
• Switches the cerebral cortex on when individual is relaxed
• Switches limbic system on when there is a threat
• Regulates thalamus and cortex activities that are involved in emotions
• Involved in processing pain and in regulation of heartrate, breathing, perspiration, swallowing,
coughing, salivation, urination, and sexual arousal
Reticular activating system (RAS) - • Involved in arousal and sleep- the "toggle switch"
• Switches the cerebral cortex on when individual is relaxed
• Switches limbic system on when there is a threat
• Regulates thalamus and cortex activities that are involved in emotions
• Involved in processing pain and in regulation of heartrate, breathing, perspiration, swallowing,
coughing, salivation, urination, and sexual arousal
Hypothalamus - • Bridges internal homeostasis and outside environment
• Involved with raw emotions of pleasure, reward, aversion, and rage
• Regulates the autonomic nervous system and secretion of pituitary hormones
• Involved in hunger, thirst, water balance, regulation of temperature, circadian rhythms, and
stress response
Thalamus - • Gaits information to the neocortex
