ANCC Exam Review Module 3

Question 1

Conveys information from the CNS to skeletal muscles; responsible for voluntary movement

Answer 1

Somatic nervous system

Question 2

Comprises the somatic and autonomic nervous system

Answer 2

peripheral nervous system

Question 3

Regulates internal body functions to maintain homeostasis

Answer 3

autonomic nervous system

Question 4

peripheral nervous system is divided into:

Answer 4

somatic and autonomic

Question 5

autonomic is divided into:

Answer 5

sympathetic and parasympathetic

Question 6

the excitatory division; prepares the body for stress (fight or flight)

Answer 6

sympathetic

Question 7

Maintains and restores energy; inhibits or decreases activity of organs

Answer 7

parasympathetic

Question 8

myelinated axons of neurons

Answer 8

white matter

Question 9

composed of nerve cell bodies and dendrites

Answer 9

gray matter

Question 10

working area of the brain and contains synapses

Answer 10

gray matter

Question 11

increases brain surface area

Answer 11

sulci, fissures, gyri

Question 12

small shallow grooves

Answer 12

sulci

Question 13

deeper groves extending into the brain

Answer 13

fissures

Question 14

gyri

Answer 14

raised tissue area of the brain

Question 15

large bundle of white matter in the center of the brain connecting the two hemispheres

Answer 15

corpus collosum

Question 16

Major functions of the frontal lobe

Answer 16

Motor
association
executive function
Expressive speech (Broca)
Personality variables

Question 17

Major functions of the temporal lobe

Answer 17

Receptive speech (Wernicke’s area)
Auditory
Memory
Vision/sensory
emotion

Question 18

problems with temporal lobe

Answer 18

visual and auditory hallucinations
aphasia, amnesia

Question 19

Occipital lobe

Answer 19

Primary visual cortex
Integration area

Question 20

problems in occipital lobe

Answer 20

visual field defects, blindness, visual hallucinations

Question 21

Parietal lobe functions

Answer 21

Primary sensory area
Taste
Reading and writing

Question 22

Problems in parietal area

Answer 22

sensory-perceptual disturbance
agnosia (unable to recognize faces)

Question 23

Limbic system is comprised of:

Answer 23

Hypothalamus
Thalamus
Hippocampus
Amygdala

Question 24

Role of hypothalamus

Answer 24

appetite, hunger and thirst, water balance, circadian rhythms, body temp, libido, hormonal regulation

Question 25

role of thalamus

Answer 25

sensory relay station (except smell), regulates emotion, memory, affect

Question 26

role of hippocampus

Answer 26

memory: short term to long-term memory

Question 27

role of amygdala

Answer 27

mediates mood, fear, emotion, aggression; connects smell with emotion

Question 28

basil ganglia/corpus striatum

Answer 28

Primary motor control problems lead to bradykinesia, hyperkinesia, dystonia

Question 29

Brainstem subparts

Answer 29

midbrain pons medulla cerebellum

Question 30

area of dopamine synthesis

Answer 30

ventral tegmental area (VTA) in Midbrain

Question 31

area of norepinephrine synthesis

Answer 31

Locus ceruleus (Pons area)

Question 32

maintains equilibrium

Answer 32

cerebellum

Question 33

depolarization

Answer 33

sodium and calcium flow into cell; begin action potential; excitatory

Question 34

repolarization

Answer 34

potassium leaves, chloride enters (restoration/inhibitory)

Question 35

major neurotransmitter implicated in mood

Answer 35

serotonin

Question 36

produced in raphe nuclei of brainstem

Answer 36

serotonin

Question 37

Cranial Nerves I-V

Answer 37

1. Olfactory 2. Optic 3. Oculomotor 4. Trochlear 5. Trigeminal

Question 38

Cranial Nerves VI-XII

Answer 38

6. Abducens 7. Facial 8. Acoustic 9. Glossopharyngeal 10. Vagus 11. Accessory spinal (sternocleidomastoid, trapezius) 12. Hypoglossal

Question 39

TSH normal lab values

Answer 39

2-10 mU/l

Question 40

When T4 and T3 are high

Answer 40

TSH is low

Question 41

When T4 and T3 are low

Answer 41

TSH is high

Question 42

Significant alcohol ingestion lab value

Answer 42

increased GGT

Question 43

Normal GGT levels

Answer 43

10-38

Question 44

ages for annual flu vaccine

Answer 44

6 months and older

Question 45

who should NOT receive live vaccinations

Answer 45

younger than 2 older than 49 Immunocompromised pregnant

Question 46

age for shingles vaccine

Answer 46

60 or older if they've had chickenpox

Question 47

Who should NOT have shingles vaccine

Answer 47

weakened immune system, HIV or AIDS with T-cell count below 200, or high-dose steroids

Question 48

Primary prevention

Answer 48

Aimed at decreasing incidences: stress management classes, smoking prevention, drug abuse education, nutrition classes

Question 49

Secondary prevention

Answer 49

aimed at decreasing prevalence of mental disorders: Early case finding Screening Telephone hotlines, crisis intervention

Question 50

Tertiary prevention

Answer 50

Aimed at decreasing severity: rehab services, day treatment programs, social skills training.