NSG 527 Final Exam Questions with Verified
Correct Answers
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)
Correct Answers
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)
