NURS 210 Exam 5: Questions & Answers
What is the temporal lobe responsible for?(Ans- Hearing Taste and smell Associated with language Wernicke's area
What is the frontal lobe responsible for? and what area is located there?(Ans- Higher intellectual function Personality and behavior Emotion Mediates motor speech Broca's area
What is the occipital lobe responsible for?(Ans- vision
What is the parietal lobe responsible for?(Ans- sensation/somatic sensory
What is the hypothalamus known as?(Ans- major respiratory center
controls basic vital functions: temperature, appetite, sex drive, heart rate,
and blood pressure sleep center pituitary gland regulator coordinator of the autonomic nervous system and stress response
What is the cerebellum responsible for?(Ans- motor coordination, posture, equilibrium 1 / 2
coordinates and smooths movement muscle tone
What is the brain stem responsible for?(Ans- respiratory and cardiac regulation, LOC
what are located in the spinal cord?(Ans- ascending and descending fiber tracts
Describe the cerebral cortex (Ans- is cerebrum's outer layer of nerve cells.is center of functions governing thought, memory, reasoning, sensation, and voluntary movement.
what are some common concerns of the central nervous system?(Ans- Headache Head injury Dizziness/vertigo Seizures Dysphagia Dysphasia
What is dysphagia?(Ans- difficulty swallowing
What is dysphasia?(Ans- difficulty speaking
How many cranial nerves are there?(Ans- 12
what are the cranial nerves responsible for?(Ans- for carrying sensory messages to CNS and motor messages from CNS to muscles
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