PMHNP ANCC Exam Prep - Chapter 3 -
Neuro
Also known as soma; made up of the nucleus and cytoplasm within the cell membrane: - ✔✔Cell body
Transmits signals away from the neuron's cell body to connect with other neurons and cells: - ✔✔Stem
or axon
Collect incoming signals from other neurons and send the signal toward the neuron's cell body: - ✔✔
Dentrites
Composed of spinal cord and the brain - ✔✔Central nervous system
Conveys information from the CNS to skeletal muscles; responsible for voluntary movement - ✔✔
Somatic nervous system
Regulates internal body functions to maintain homeostasis; conveys info from the CNS to smooth
muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands; responsible for involuntary movement; divided into the sympathetic
nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system - ✔✔Autonomic nervous system
The excitatory division; prepares the body for stress (fight or flight); stimulates or increases activity of
organs - ✔✔Sympathetic nervous system
Maintains or restores energy; inhibits or decreases activity of organs - ✔✔Parasympathetic nervous
system
Category of brain tissue i that is the myelinated axons of neurons: - ✔✔White matter
, Composed of nerve cell bodies and dendrites; it is the working area of the brain and contains the
synapses or area of neuronal connection - ✔✔Gray matter
Small shallow grooves in the brain - ✔✔Sulci
Deeper grooves extending into the brain - ✔✔Fissures
Raised tissue areas in the brain - ✔✔Gyri
Largest part of the brain, divided into two halves known as the right and left cerebral hemispheres - ✔
✔Cerebrum
Dominant in most people; controls most right-sided body functions: - ✔✔Left hemisphere
Controls most left-sided body functions - ✔✔Right hemisphere
Corpus callosum - ✔✔Connects right and left hemisphere - facilitates exchange of sensorimotor
information between the two hemispheres.
What area of the brain do these parts/activities occur:
Motor function, premotor area, association cortex, seat of executive functions, language, personality
variables? - ✔✔Frontal Lobe
Personality, emotional and intellectual changes are a result of problems in what area of the brain? - ✔
✔Frontal lobe
Neuro
Also known as soma; made up of the nucleus and cytoplasm within the cell membrane: - ✔✔Cell body
Transmits signals away from the neuron's cell body to connect with other neurons and cells: - ✔✔Stem
or axon
Collect incoming signals from other neurons and send the signal toward the neuron's cell body: - ✔✔
Dentrites
Composed of spinal cord and the brain - ✔✔Central nervous system
Conveys information from the CNS to skeletal muscles; responsible for voluntary movement - ✔✔
Somatic nervous system
Regulates internal body functions to maintain homeostasis; conveys info from the CNS to smooth
muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands; responsible for involuntary movement; divided into the sympathetic
nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system - ✔✔Autonomic nervous system
The excitatory division; prepares the body for stress (fight or flight); stimulates or increases activity of
organs - ✔✔Sympathetic nervous system
Maintains or restores energy; inhibits or decreases activity of organs - ✔✔Parasympathetic nervous
system
Category of brain tissue i that is the myelinated axons of neurons: - ✔✔White matter
, Composed of nerve cell bodies and dendrites; it is the working area of the brain and contains the
synapses or area of neuronal connection - ✔✔Gray matter
Small shallow grooves in the brain - ✔✔Sulci
Deeper grooves extending into the brain - ✔✔Fissures
Raised tissue areas in the brain - ✔✔Gyri
Largest part of the brain, divided into two halves known as the right and left cerebral hemispheres - ✔
✔Cerebrum
Dominant in most people; controls most right-sided body functions: - ✔✔Left hemisphere
Controls most left-sided body functions - ✔✔Right hemisphere
Corpus callosum - ✔✔Connects right and left hemisphere - facilitates exchange of sensorimotor
information between the two hemispheres.
What area of the brain do these parts/activities occur:
Motor function, premotor area, association cortex, seat of executive functions, language, personality
variables? - ✔✔Frontal Lobe
Personality, emotional and intellectual changes are a result of problems in what area of the brain? - ✔
✔Frontal lobe
