Chapter 25

Question 1

Is the conversion of painful stimuli to an electrical impulse through peripheral nerve fibers (nociceptors)

Answer 1

Transduction

Question 2

Occurs as the electrical impulse travels along the nerve fibers, where neurotransmitters regulate it.

Answer 2

Transmission

Question 3

Is the point at which a person feels pain

Answer 3

Pain threshold

Question 4

Is the amount of pain a person is willing to bear

Answer 4

Pain tolerance

Question 5

Occurs in various areas of the brain, with influences from thought and emotional processes

Answer 5

Perception or awareness of pain

Question 6

Occurs in the spinal cord, causing muscles to contract reflexively, moving the body away from painful stimuli

Answer 6

Modulation

Question 7

Substances that increase pain transmission and cause an inflammatory response

Answer 7

Substance P
Prostaglandins
Bradykinin
Histamine

Question 8

Substances that decrease pain transmission and produce analgesia

Answer 8

Serotonin

Endorphins

Question 9

Capable of appreciation or transmission of pain

Answer 9

Nociceptive

Question 10

Relating in any way to neuropathy (any disorder affecting the nervous system)

Answer 10

Neuropathy

Question 11

Is a form of chronic pain without a know cause, or pain that exceeds typical pain levels associated with the clients condition

Answer 11

Idiopathic pain

Question 12

A substance added to a drug product formulation that affects the action of the active ingredient in a predictable way

Answer 12

Adjuvant

Question 13

Poisoning by salicylic acid or any of its compounds

Answer 13

Salicylism

Question 14

By some other means than through the gastrointestinal tract; referring particularly to the introduction of substances into an organism by intravenous, subcutaneous, intramuscular, or intramedullary injection

Answer 14

Parenteral

Question 15

Preventing or arresting vomiting

A remedy that tends to control nausea and vomiting

Answer 15

Antiemetic

Question 16

To analyze volumetrically by a solution ( the titrant) of know strength to an end point

Answer 16

Titrate

Question 17

Types of nociceptive pain

In bones, joints, muscles, skin, or connective tissues

Answer 17

Somatic

Question 18

Types of nociceptive pain

In internal organs such as the stomach or intestines. It can cause referred pain in other body locations separate from the stimulus

Answer 18

Visceral

Question 19

Types of nociceptive pain

In the skin or subcutaneous tissue

Answer 19

Cutaneous

Question 20

Is an inflammatory mediator, released when cells are damaged, that sensitizes nerve that carry information about pain

Answer 20

Prostaglandin

Question 21

Open, expended, inobstructive

Answer 21

Patency