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NURS 611 EXAM REVIEW BY ELLE
2023-2024
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Advanced Pathophysiology (NURS611)
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NURS 611 EXAM REVIEW BY ELLE
2023-2024
1. Review: the parasympathetic system is all about what?
Conserving energy, digesting, metabolism, and rest
2. The sympathetic nervous system primarily serves to protect an individual by doing
whichof the following? (select all that apply)
A. Decreasing mucous production
B. Increasing blood sugar levels
C. Increasing body temperature
D. Decreasing sweat excretion
E. Increasing blood pressure
Increases blood sugar levels, increases body temperature, and increases blood pressure
In general, sympathetic stimulation promotes responses that are concerned with the
protection of the individual, which include increasing glucose, body temp, and BP.
3. Review: the sympathetic system is all about what?
It’s all about mobilizing energy stores, for instance glucose to muscles, decreased
release of insulin, redirects blood supply from the gut to the muscles, heart, and lungs.
4. Which characteristic is the most critical index of nervous system dysfunction?
Level of consciousness
LOC is the most critical clinical index of nervous system function or dysfunction. An
alteration in consciousness indicates either improvement or deterioration of a person’s
condition.
5. Thought and goal-oriented behaviors are functions of which area of the brain?
Prefrontal lobe
The prefrontal area is responsible for goal-oriented behavior such as the ability to
concentrate, short-term or recall memory, and the elaboration of thought and inhibition
on the limbic (emotional) areas of the CNS.
6. Where is the region responsible for the motor aspects?
Broca area in the frontal lobe
Broca speech area is the only region responsible for the motor aspects of speech.
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NURS 611 EXAM REVIEW BY ELLE
2023-2024
7. Parkinson and Huntington diseases are associated with defects in which area of the
brain?
Basal ganglia
8. Maintenance of a constant internal environment and the implementation of
behavioralpatterns are main functions of which area of the brain?
Hypothalamus
Hypothalamic function falls into 2 major areas: 1) maintenance of a constant internal
environment, and 2) implementation of behavioral patterns.
9. What parts of the brain mediate the expression of affect, both emotional and
behavioralstates?
Limbic system and prefrontal cortex
10. Reflex activities concerned with heart rate, blood pressure, respirations, sneezing,
swallowing, and coughing are controlled by which area of the brain?
Medulla oblongata
The medulla oblongata makes up the myelencephalon and is the lowest portion of the
brainstem.
11. Which area of the brain assumes the responsibility for conscious and unconscious
muscle synergy and for maintaining balance and posture?
Cerebellum
12. The brain receives approximately what percentage of the cardiac output?
20% or 800 to 1000 ml of blood flow per minute
13. What evidence does the nurse expect to see when a patient experiences trauma to the
hypothalamus? (select all that apply)
A. Uneven expression of mood
B. Unstable blood glucose levels
C. Poor regulation of body temperature
D. Visual disturbances such as blurred vision
E. N/V and symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease
Uneven expression of mood, unstable blood glucose levels, and poor temp regulation
NURS 611 EXAM REVIEW BY ELLE
2023-2024
Questions with Answers Provided Test Prep
(Maryville University)
Advanced Pathophysiology (NURS611)
, lOMoAR cPSD| 27582573
NURS 611 EXAM REVIEW BY ELLE
2023-2024
1. Review: the parasympathetic system is all about what?
Conserving energy, digesting, metabolism, and rest
2. The sympathetic nervous system primarily serves to protect an individual by doing
whichof the following? (select all that apply)
A. Decreasing mucous production
B. Increasing blood sugar levels
C. Increasing body temperature
D. Decreasing sweat excretion
E. Increasing blood pressure
Increases blood sugar levels, increases body temperature, and increases blood pressure
In general, sympathetic stimulation promotes responses that are concerned with the
protection of the individual, which include increasing glucose, body temp, and BP.
3. Review: the sympathetic system is all about what?
It’s all about mobilizing energy stores, for instance glucose to muscles, decreased
release of insulin, redirects blood supply from the gut to the muscles, heart, and lungs.
4. Which characteristic is the most critical index of nervous system dysfunction?
Level of consciousness
LOC is the most critical clinical index of nervous system function or dysfunction. An
alteration in consciousness indicates either improvement or deterioration of a person’s
condition.
5. Thought and goal-oriented behaviors are functions of which area of the brain?
Prefrontal lobe
The prefrontal area is responsible for goal-oriented behavior such as the ability to
concentrate, short-term or recall memory, and the elaboration of thought and inhibition
on the limbic (emotional) areas of the CNS.
6. Where is the region responsible for the motor aspects?
Broca area in the frontal lobe
Broca speech area is the only region responsible for the motor aspects of speech.
, lOMoAR cPSD| 27582573
NURS 611 EXAM REVIEW BY ELLE
2023-2024
7. Parkinson and Huntington diseases are associated with defects in which area of the
brain?
Basal ganglia
8. Maintenance of a constant internal environment and the implementation of
behavioralpatterns are main functions of which area of the brain?
Hypothalamus
Hypothalamic function falls into 2 major areas: 1) maintenance of a constant internal
environment, and 2) implementation of behavioral patterns.
9. What parts of the brain mediate the expression of affect, both emotional and
behavioralstates?
Limbic system and prefrontal cortex
10. Reflex activities concerned with heart rate, blood pressure, respirations, sneezing,
swallowing, and coughing are controlled by which area of the brain?
Medulla oblongata
The medulla oblongata makes up the myelencephalon and is the lowest portion of the
brainstem.
11. Which area of the brain assumes the responsibility for conscious and unconscious
muscle synergy and for maintaining balance and posture?
Cerebellum
12. The brain receives approximately what percentage of the cardiac output?
20% or 800 to 1000 ml of blood flow per minute
13. What evidence does the nurse expect to see when a patient experiences trauma to the
hypothalamus? (select all that apply)
A. Uneven expression of mood
B. Unstable blood glucose levels
C. Poor regulation of body temperature
D. Visual disturbances such as blurred vision
E. N/V and symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease
Uneven expression of mood, unstable blood glucose levels, and poor temp regulation
