NU671 FINAL COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK
2026 COMPLETE ANSWERS ACCURATE
⫸ Cerebrum Answer: Large area of the brain with 4 lobes responsible
for all functions
⫸ Frontal lobe Answer: Involved in ADHD, motivation, decision
making, personality, and problem solving
⫸ Parietal lobe Answer: Responsible for math problems, sensory
processing, and issues related to it
⫸ Temporal lobe Answer: Involved in memory, hearing, and emotion
⫸ Hippocampus Answer: Responsible for long-term memory and
emotion
⫸ Occipital lobe Answer: Responsible for vision
⫸ Corpus callosum Answer: Connects left and right hemispheres for
information exchange
⫸ Hypothalamus Answer: Regulates hunger, thirst, temperature, etc.
, ⫸ Neurotransmitters Answer: Housed in the brainstem
⫸ Serotonin Answer: Located in raphe nucleus; involved in mood,
sleep, pain, temperature, and libido
⫸ Dopamine Answer: Found in VTA and Substantia Nigra; associated
with positive symptoms of schizophrenia
⫸ GABA Answer: Inhibitory neurotransmitter
⫸ Glutamate Answer: Excitatory neurotransmitter; involved in kindling
⫸ Acetylcholine Answer: Involves nicotinic and muscarinic receptors;
decrease leads to memory issues
⫸ Most common form of dementia Answer: Alzheimer's disease
⫸ Basic unit of nervous system Answer: Neuron
⫸ Soma Answer: Command center of the neuron
⫸ Axon Answer: Transmits signals away from the cell body
2026 COMPLETE ANSWERS ACCURATE
⫸ Cerebrum Answer: Large area of the brain with 4 lobes responsible
for all functions
⫸ Frontal lobe Answer: Involved in ADHD, motivation, decision
making, personality, and problem solving
⫸ Parietal lobe Answer: Responsible for math problems, sensory
processing, and issues related to it
⫸ Temporal lobe Answer: Involved in memory, hearing, and emotion
⫸ Hippocampus Answer: Responsible for long-term memory and
emotion
⫸ Occipital lobe Answer: Responsible for vision
⫸ Corpus callosum Answer: Connects left and right hemispheres for
information exchange
⫸ Hypothalamus Answer: Regulates hunger, thirst, temperature, etc.
, ⫸ Neurotransmitters Answer: Housed in the brainstem
⫸ Serotonin Answer: Located in raphe nucleus; involved in mood,
sleep, pain, temperature, and libido
⫸ Dopamine Answer: Found in VTA and Substantia Nigra; associated
with positive symptoms of schizophrenia
⫸ GABA Answer: Inhibitory neurotransmitter
⫸ Glutamate Answer: Excitatory neurotransmitter; involved in kindling
⫸ Acetylcholine Answer: Involves nicotinic and muscarinic receptors;
decrease leads to memory issues
⫸ Most common form of dementia Answer: Alzheimer's disease
⫸ Basic unit of nervous system Answer: Neuron
⫸ Soma Answer: Command center of the neuron
⫸ Axon Answer: Transmits signals away from the cell body
