COMD: 4500, Final Exam: Cumulative Study Guide Questions and Answers

COMD: 4500, Final Exam: Cumulative Study Guide Which professionals can make a medical diagnosis? - Answer- SLP does not make a medical diagnosis. Nerve impulses: Excitation - Answer- Brings target neuron closer to threshold. Nerve impulses: Inhibition - Answer- Takes target neuron further from threshold. Brain Lobes: Frontal - Answer- Voluntary movement, cognition. "Control panel" for personality and emotions. Involves such functions as problem solving, judgment, memory and language formulation. Brain Lobes: Parietal - Answer- Sense of taste, touch, movement. Responsible for processing sensory information (sense of touch and of taste, and also our sensation of movement and where the body is in space). Brain Lobes: Temporal - Answer- Hearing & memory processes. Responsible for our sense of hearing and processing sensory input (recognize the presence of sound, but of course it helps us understand those sounds). Important for the comprehension of spoken language. Brain Lobes: Occipital - Answer- Vision. Understanding and interpreting the visual world around us. Cranial Nerves - Answer- • 12 pairs. • Some sensory only - e.g., olfactory. • Some sensory and motor - e.g., (facial). • Some motor only - e.g., hypoglossal. Spinal Cord - Answer- • Runs through vertebrae. • Numerous interneurons (Neurons that connect between other neurons within the central nervous system). • Central pattern generators (repetitive actions like walking).