The Nursing Instructor Teaches the Student Nurses About the Nervous

question 29

Multiple Choice

The nursing instructor teaches the student nurses about the nervous system. The instructor determines that learning has occurred when the students make which statement(s) ?

• A) "The central nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord."
• B) "The peripheral nervous system has mainly sensory functions."
• C) "The somatic nervous system gives us voluntary control over our gastrointestinal (GI) tract."
• D) "The nervous system helps us react to environmental changes."
• E) "The somatic nervous system gives us voluntary control over moving."

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Definitions:

Language

A system of communication used by a particular community or country, involving the use of words in a structured and conventional way.

Taste Perception

The sensory process by which the flavor of substances is recognized and interpreted by the brain, starting from taste bud stimulation.

Insula

A region of the brain located deep within the cerebral cortex that plays roles in processing emotion, perception, and autonomic functions.

Lateralization

Localization of function primarily on one side of the brain.