NR 607 Nervous System & Brain Anatomy Questions and
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The junction between two neurons is known as the: - ✔✔✔Synapse
Which of the following receives messages and conducts impulses to the soma? - ✔✔✔Dendrite
Which part of the limbic system has a role in long term memory? - ✔✔✔Hippocampus
What is the fatty layer that prevents interference and increases the speed of impulse transmission along
the axon? - ✔✔✔Myelin sheath
Which type of brain matter contains myelin and allows electrical signals to travel fast? - ✔✔✔White
matter allows electrical signals to travel very fast. This matter appears white due to its myelin content.
Which cerebral lobe houses the receptive area for touch and spatial orientation? - ✔✔✔The Parietal
lobe houses the receptive area for touch and spatial orientation.
A patient appears internally preoccupied and responding to auditory hallucination. This patient may
have a pathology affecting which lobe of the brain? - ✔✔✔Temporal lobe
A patient is diagnosed with major depressive disorder with the most prominent feature of apathy,
anhedonia, and isolation. Which neurotransmitter is associated with the symptoms? - ✔✔✔Dopamine
With respect to nervous system conduction, which of the following statements is true? - ✔✔✔The
afferent nerve fibers carry nerve impulses into the CNS.
The Afferent nerve fibers carry nerve impulses from the sensory into the CNS. Think afferent equals
arrive at the CNS.
Answers |Verified Solutions| 2025 prepare for national
certification
The junction between two neurons is known as the: - ✔✔✔Synapse
Which of the following receives messages and conducts impulses to the soma? - ✔✔✔Dendrite
Which part of the limbic system has a role in long term memory? - ✔✔✔Hippocampus
What is the fatty layer that prevents interference and increases the speed of impulse transmission along
the axon? - ✔✔✔Myelin sheath
Which type of brain matter contains myelin and allows electrical signals to travel fast? - ✔✔✔White
matter allows electrical signals to travel very fast. This matter appears white due to its myelin content.
Which cerebral lobe houses the receptive area for touch and spatial orientation? - ✔✔✔The Parietal
lobe houses the receptive area for touch and spatial orientation.
A patient appears internally preoccupied and responding to auditory hallucination. This patient may
have a pathology affecting which lobe of the brain? - ✔✔✔Temporal lobe
A patient is diagnosed with major depressive disorder with the most prominent feature of apathy,
anhedonia, and isolation. Which neurotransmitter is associated with the symptoms? - ✔✔✔Dopamine
With respect to nervous system conduction, which of the following statements is true? - ✔✔✔The
afferent nerve fibers carry nerve impulses into the CNS.
The Afferent nerve fibers carry nerve impulses from the sensory into the CNS. Think afferent equals
arrive at the CNS.
