FNP 654 Neuro Exam with accurate detailed ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
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Cerebrum - correct answer✔✔Largest part of the brain; responsible for voluntary muscular
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activity, vision, speech, taste, hearing, thought, and memory.
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Frontal Lobe - correct answer✔✔associated with reasoning, planning, parts of speech,
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movement, emotions, and problem solving ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Parietal Lobe - correct answer✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex whose functions include
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processing information about touch. Also orientation and perception of stimuli. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Occipital Lobe - correct answer✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex that processes visual
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information
Temporal Lobe - correct answer✔✔An area on each hemisphere of the cerebral cortex near
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the temples that is the primary receiving area for auditory information; memory and speech
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Cerebellum - correct answer✔✔the "little brain" at the rear of the brainstem; functions ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
include processing sensory input and coordinating movement and posture
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Limbic System - correct answer✔✔neural system located buried within the Cerebrum;
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associated with emotions and drives. Contains the hypothalamus, amygdala, and
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hippocampus.
Hypothalamus - correct answer✔✔a neural structure lying below the thalamus; directs ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
eating, drinking, body temperature; helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary
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gland, and is linked to emotion
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, Amygdala - correct answer✔✔two lima bean-sized neural clusters in the limbic system; ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
linked to emotion. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Hippocampus - correct answer✔✔A neural center located in the limbic system that helps ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
process explicit memories for storage. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Brain Stem - correct answer✔✔The brains connection to the spinal cord. Filters
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information flow between peripheral nervous system and 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. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Pons - correct answer✔✔sleep and arousal ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Medulla - correct answer✔✔the base of the brainstem; controls heartbeat and breathing ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
The Spinal Cord - correct answer✔✔from Brainstem to L1-l2.
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Segments of the Spinal Cord - correct answer✔✔cervical (C1-C8), thoracic (T1-T12), ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
lumbar (L1-L5), sacral (S1-S5), coccygeal ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Peripheral Nervous System - correct answer✔✔the sensory and motor neurons that connect ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
the central nervous system to the rest of the body
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12 cranial nerves - correct answer✔✔1. Olfactory
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2. Optic ||\\//||
answers
Cerebrum - correct answer✔✔Largest part of the brain; responsible for voluntary muscular
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activity, vision, speech, taste, hearing, thought, and memory.
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Frontal Lobe - correct answer✔✔associated with reasoning, planning, parts of speech,
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movement, emotions, and problem solving ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Parietal Lobe - correct answer✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex whose functions include
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processing information about touch. Also orientation and perception of stimuli. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Occipital Lobe - correct answer✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex that processes visual
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information
Temporal Lobe - correct answer✔✔An area on each hemisphere of the cerebral cortex near
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the temples that is the primary receiving area for auditory information; memory and speech
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Cerebellum - correct answer✔✔the "little brain" at the rear of the brainstem; functions ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
include processing sensory input and coordinating movement and posture
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Limbic System - correct answer✔✔neural system located buried within the Cerebrum;
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associated with emotions and drives. Contains the hypothalamus, amygdala, and
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hippocampus.
Hypothalamus - correct answer✔✔a neural structure lying below the thalamus; directs ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
eating, drinking, body temperature; helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary
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gland, and is linked to emotion
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, Amygdala - correct answer✔✔two lima bean-sized neural clusters in the limbic system; ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
linked to emotion. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Hippocampus - correct answer✔✔A neural center located in the limbic system that helps ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
process explicit memories for storage. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Brain Stem - correct answer✔✔The brains connection to the spinal cord. Filters
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information flow between peripheral nervous system and 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. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Pons - correct answer✔✔sleep and arousal ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Medulla - correct answer✔✔the base of the brainstem; controls heartbeat and breathing ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
The Spinal Cord - correct answer✔✔from Brainstem to L1-l2.
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Segments of the Spinal Cord - correct answer✔✔cervical (C1-C8), thoracic (T1-T12), ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
lumbar (L1-L5), sacral (S1-S5), coccygeal ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Peripheral Nervous System - correct answer✔✔the sensory and motor neurons that connect ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
the central nervous system to the rest of the body
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12 cranial nerves - correct answer✔✔1. Olfactory
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2. Optic ||\\//||
