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NEUR531 - Somatosensory Sensations Flashcards

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1
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Describe the different types of mechanoreceptors and the
type of touch information each is tuned to detect.

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Describe the receptive fields and adaptation rates of the
different mechanoreceptors.

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Describe the different mechanical forces that lead to
changes in ionic current in mechanosensitive ion channels.

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Give a detailed account of the process by which peripheral
chemical mediators lead to sensitisation of nociceptors

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Describe the difference between fast (first) and slow (secondary) pain.

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Explain how thermoreceptors adapt in response to hot
and cold stimuli

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7
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Describe the mechanism of how lateral inhibition of the
somatic sensory system leads to contrast enhancement

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8
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What is somatic sensation?

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  • Enables the body to feel, ache, sense pressure and temperature
  • TOuch and pain
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What receptors are touch associated with?

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mechanoreceptors

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What are the predominant receptors within the somatosensory system?

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Mechanoreceptors

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What’s the pacinian corpuscle associated with?

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  • Dermal layer
  • Pressure
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What do ruffinis ending associate with?

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Stretch of the skin

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what are Meissner’s corpuscles associated with?

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  • Finger tips
  • Fine touch receptors
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What are * Merkel’s disks associated with?

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  • Small receptor field
  • Highly sensitive
  • Lips/fingertips
  • Superficial
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Adaptation of pacinian corpuscles

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Do mechanoreceptors have unmyelinated or myelinated axon terminals?

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unmyelinated

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What primary AFFERENT FIBERS/AXONS mediate pain, temperature and itch?

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C axons
Free nerve endings

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18
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What primary afferent axons mediate TOUCH sensations?

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A beta
Fastest
Myelinated

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Learn the primary afferent axons

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20
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wwat are 3 types of receptors that can cause pain?

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  • Chemical
  • Thermal
  • Mechanical
21
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wwat are 3 types of receptors that can cause pain?

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  • Chemical
  • Thermal
  • Mechanical
22
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Is fast/first pain myelinated or unmyelinated?

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Myelinated

23
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What fibers does first pain use?

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A delta

24
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Is second pain using myelinated or unmyelinated fibers?

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Unmyelinated

25
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what fibers do second pain use?

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C fibers

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27
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What pain sensation are associated with fast nociceptor pathway?

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  • Sharp
  • Pricking pain
  • Mechanical and thermal nociceptors
28
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What fibres does fast pain travel ?

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A delta fibers

29
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Where do the fast pain A delta fibers travel to in the spinal cord?

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SUPERFICIAL dorsal horn

30
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What does fast nociceptor pain produce in the brain?

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Well-localised painful stimuli

31
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What neurotransmitter does fast pain use for transmission?

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Glutamate

32
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What types of sensation does the slow nocipceptor pathway produce?

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Dull
Burning
Aching

33
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What fibers does the slow nociceptor of pain travel?

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C fibers

34
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Where does the SLOW nociceptor pathway travel to the spinal cord?

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DEEPER dorsal horn

35
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What type of pain does SLOW pathway produce in the brain?

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  • Poorly localised
  • Distressing
36
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Where in the BRAIN does SLOW nociceptor pathway go?

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  • Reticular formation
  • Increased alertness/arousal
37
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Where in the brain does FAST nociceptor pathway go?

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  • Somatosensory cortex
  • Highly localised sensations
38
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PAIN AFFERENT REGULATION FALLS UNDER WHAT THEORY?

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  • Melzack and wall theory
  • When you first hurt yourself
  • Gate control theory
39
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Pain regulation pathway

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40
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What is the endogenous neurotransmitter to inhibit pain?

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Enkephalins

41
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What interneurons does the higher brain activate to modulate pain?

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Enkephalin-containing interneurons

42
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What neurons STIMULATE enkephalin-containing interneurons?

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5-HT sertonergic neurons

43
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What is the most pain inducing thermoreceptor?

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TRPV2
Hot receptor

44
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DRAW THESE PATHWAYS OUT

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  • Variations in spinal cord injuries
45
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Review the somatosensory areas of the cortex

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47
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The somatosensory system is at least how many senses?

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