NSG 311 - Exam 1 (Neuro Assessment)
Questions With Correct Answers
What is the function of the nervous system? - answerControls all motor, sensory, autonomic,
cognitive and behavior activities
What do neurotransmitters do? - answerCommunicate messages from one neuron to another
or to a specifi...
What is the function of the nervous system? - answer✔✔Controls all motor, sensory, autonomic,
cognitive and behavior activities
What do neurotransmitters do? - answer✔✔Communicate messages from one neuron to another
or to a specific target tissue
They can potentiate (speed up), terminate, or modulate, a specific action or can excite or inhibit a
target cell
Many neurologic disorders are due to: - answer✔✔Imbalance in neurotransmitters
What is the cerebrum and what does it do? - answer✔✔Largest part
Controls sensory and motor pathways
What are the 3 major areas of the brain? - answer✔✔Cerebrum, brain stem, cerebellum
Where does the cerebellum sit and what does it do? - answer✔✔Under cerebrum
The cerebellum coordinates voluntary movements such as posture, balance, coordination, and
speech, resulting in smooth and balanced muscular activity.
What does the brain stem do? - answer✔✔The brain stem controls the flow of messages between
the brain and the rest of the body, and it also controls basic body functions such as breathing,
swallowing, heart rate, blood pressure, consciousness, and whether one is awake or sleepy.
What are the two hemispheres in the cerebrum? - answer✔✔Two hemispheres, thalamus and
hypothalamus and basal ganglia
What does the midbrain do? - answer✔✔Connects pons to cerebellum
What does the pons do? - answer✔✔Sits infront of cerebellum. Regulates respirations and motor
pathways
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, What does the medulla oblongata do? - answer✔✔Structures import for BP, HR, cough reflex.
Left side control right side motor responses
What is Dura mater? - answer✔✔tough mother
outermost tough, leather-like, in-elastic
What is arachnoid mater? - answer✔✔Spider mother
Middle protective layer, thin, delicate, loosely hugs the brain and spinal cord, avascular
What is Pia mater? - answer✔✔Tender mother
Innermost covers and contours the spinal tissue and brain, vascular
What circulates around the surface of the brain and spinal cord? - answer✔✔CSF
What is the brain blood flow? - answer✔✔Up through the common carotid from the aorta, down
through the IJ back to the heart
Circle of Willis collateral circulation allows blood flow to be redirected as needed
How many pairs of spinal nerves are there? - answer✔✔31 pairs
What does the autonomic nervous system do? - answer✔✔Functions to regulates activities of
internal organs and to maintain and restore internal homeostasis
What is the main neurotransmitter of the Sympathetic nervous system? -
answer✔✔Norepinepherine
What does the Parasympathetic NS do? - answer✔✔Controls mostly visceral functions
Digestion, excretory, urination
What happens when your fight or flight gets stimulated? - answer✔✔Bronchioles dilate
Heart beats stronger and faster
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