pg. 1 NUR 316 Midterm Exam Newest Update 2024/ Actual Exam Questions with Correct Verified Answers/ Graded A+
central nervous system - Correct Answer - brain and spinal cord
peripheral nervous system - Correct Answer - the sensory and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body
sensory neurons (afferent) - Correct Answer - neurons that carry incoming information from the sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord
motor neurons (efferent) - Correct Answer - neurons that carry outgoing information from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands
cerebral cortex - Correct Answer - outer layer of the cerebrum, function of memory, reasoning, sensation, voluntary muscle
frontal lobe - Correct Answer - personality, behavior, emotions, intellectual function
Cerebellum - Correct Answer - Balance and coordination
Brainstem - Correct Answer - responsible for automatic survival functions, midbrain/pins/medulla
spinal cord - Correct Answer - a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain 1 / 2
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How the CNS process sensation? - Correct Answer - Left brain controls right side of the body & right brian controls left side of the body
anterolateral tract - Correct Answer - tract that receives pain, pressure, temp info
Posterior dorsal columns - Correct Answer - These fibers conduct the sensations of position, vibration, and finely localized touch.
corticospinal tract - Correct Answer - voluntary movement, very skilled movement
extrapyramidal system - Correct Answer - maintains control of unconscious movements
Cerebellum - Correct Answer - balance, coordination, movement, equilibrium
upper motor neurons - Correct Answer - motor neurons in the central nervous system that control the lower motor neurons in the peripheral nervous system
lower motor neurons - Correct Answer - final common pathway, providing contact with muscle
lower motor neurons diseases - Correct Answer - Lessions, poliomylitis, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
upper motor neurons diseases - Correct Answer – Cerebrovascu A accident, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis
Broca's area - Correct Answer - speech production
parietal lobe - Correct Answer - receives sensory input for touch and body position
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