NSG 527 Final Exam 2026 Questions and
Answers
Acetylcholine - Correct answer-involved in voluntary movement, learning,
memory, and sleep?
acetylcholine - Correct answer-Too much ___?_____is associated with depression,
and too little in the hippocampus has been associated with dementia.
Dopamine - Correct answer-correlated with movement, attention, and learning?
Dopamine - Correct 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 - Correct answer-associated with eating, alertness?
Norepinephrine - Correct answer-Too little _______? has been associated with
depression, while an excess has been associated with schizophrenia.
Epinephrine - Correct answer-involved in energy, and glucose metabolism?
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,Serotonin - Correct answer-plays a role in mood, sleep, appetite, and impulsive and
aggressive behavior?
serotonin - Correct 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 - Correct answer-inhibits excitation and anxiety?
GABA - Correct answer-Too little ______?is associated with anxiety and anxiety
disorders. Some antianxiety medication increases _____?at the receptor sites.
Endorphins - Correct answer-involved in pain relief and feelings of pleasure and
contentedness?
Frontal Lobe - Correct answer-• Executive functioning and personality
• Maintain and focus attention
• Organize thinking, planning, speech, and motor activities
• Weigh consequences
• Set goals
• Modulate emotions
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,• Integrate ideas, emotions, and perceptions
• Shapes personality?
Parietal lobe - Correct 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 - Correct 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 - Correct answer-• Vision
• Visual memory
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, • Reading
• language formation
• reception of vestibular, acoustic, and tactile stimuli
Cerebrum - Correct 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 answer-• 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
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Answers
Acetylcholine - Correct answer-involved in voluntary movement, learning,
memory, and sleep?
acetylcholine - Correct answer-Too much ___?_____is associated with depression,
and too little in the hippocampus has been associated with dementia.
Dopamine - Correct answer-correlated with movement, attention, and learning?
Dopamine - Correct 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 - Correct answer-associated with eating, alertness?
Norepinephrine - Correct answer-Too little _______? has been associated with
depression, while an excess has been associated with schizophrenia.
Epinephrine - Correct answer-involved in energy, and glucose metabolism?
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,Serotonin - Correct answer-plays a role in mood, sleep, appetite, and impulsive and
aggressive behavior?
serotonin - Correct 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 - Correct answer-inhibits excitation and anxiety?
GABA - Correct answer-Too little ______?is associated with anxiety and anxiety
disorders. Some antianxiety medication increases _____?at the receptor sites.
Endorphins - Correct answer-involved in pain relief and feelings of pleasure and
contentedness?
Frontal Lobe - Correct answer-• Executive functioning and personality
• Maintain and focus attention
• Organize thinking, planning, speech, and motor activities
• Weigh consequences
• Set goals
• Modulate emotions
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,• Integrate ideas, emotions, and perceptions
• Shapes personality?
Parietal lobe - Correct 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 - Correct 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 - Correct answer-• Vision
• Visual memory
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, • Reading
• language formation
• reception of vestibular, acoustic, and tactile stimuli
Cerebrum - Correct 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 answer-• 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
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