Chapter 11 Terms

Question 1

Acute Pain

Answer 1

pain that is short-term and self-limiting, follows a predictable trajectory and dissipates after an injury heals

Question 2

Cutaneous Pain

Answer 2

pain originating from skin surfaces or subcutaneous structures

Question 3

Modulation

Answer 3

last phase of nociception, when pain message is inhibited

Question 4

Neuropathic Pain

Answer 4

abnormal processing of pain message; burning, shooting in nature

Question 5

Nociception

Answer 5

process whereby noxious stimuli are perceived as pain

Question 6

Nociceptors

Answer 6

specialized nerve endings that detect painful sensations

Question 7

Pain

Answer 7

an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage. Pain is always subjective

Question 8

Perception

Answer 8

conscious awareness of a painful sensation

Question 9

Persistent (chronic) Pain

Answer 9

pain that has been present for six months or longer than the time of expected tissue healing

Question 10

Referred Pain

Answer 10

pain felt at a particular site but that originates from another location

Question 11

Somatic Pain

Answer 11

originating from muscle, bone, joints, tendons, or blood vessels

Question 12

Transduction

Answer 12

the first phase of nociception whereby the painful stimulus is changed into an action potential

Question 13

Transmission

Answer 13

the second phase of nociception whereby the pain impulse moves from the spinal cord to the brain

Question 14

Visceral Pain

Answer 14

originating from internal organs such as the gallbladder or stomach

Question 15

Phases of Nociception

Answer 15

1. Transduction - painful stimulus is changed into AP
2. Transmission - AP moves from spinal cord to brain
3. Perception - conscious awareness of the pain
4. Modulation - pain message is inhibited