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NSG 527 Final Exam |Study Questions
with Correct Answer| Graded A+ 2026
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
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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
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• 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
NSG 527
NSG 527 Final Exam |Study Questions
with Correct Answer| Graded A+ 2026
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
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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
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• 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
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