Neuro of Spine Week 5 Chapter 48

Question 1

The neospinothalamic tract receives what?

Answer 1

A fiber input (fast pain)

Question 2

Neurons in the periaqueductal gray and nucleus raphe magnus have

Answer 2

The paleospinothalamic tract

Question 3

Headaches caused by irritations below the tentorium is referred to

Answer 3

the occipital area

Question 4

Migraine headache is due to

Answer 4

brain spasms in the arteries that leads to ischemia

Question 5

the brain is ______ to pain

Answer 5

insensative to pain

Question 6

Electrical stimulation is used to

Answer 6

reduce chronic pain

Question 7

Shingles herpes foster is

Answer 7

a viral infection of the dorsal root ganglion

Question 8

the peak temp for activation of cold receptors is about

Answer 8

24 degrees celsius

Question 9

(A) fibers excite neurons in

Answer 9

lamina (I) or the dorsal horn

Question 10

If the appendix irritates the parietal peritoneum

Answer 10

pain may be felt in the wall of the right lower abdominal quadrant

Question 11

Hyperalgesia are?

Answer 11

heightened sense to pain

Question 12

Fast pain signals are

Answer 12

transmitted to A fibers

Question 13

Thalamic pain syndrome may be caused by

Answer 13

interruption of blood suppl;y or damage to ventrobasal thalamus

Question 14

Referred pain may

Answer 14

localized to dermatomal surface related

Question 15

If the source of headache is above the tentorium cerebelli the pain region is referred to as

Answer 15

the front portion of the head

Question 16

Chemical stiumli give off what kind of pain

Answer 16

slow pain

Question 17

Warmth receptors are active at what

Answer 17

45 degrees celsius

Question 18

Headache when the pain is from deeper structures occurs where

Answer 18

top of the head

Question 19

Complete removal of the SI cortex does not eliminate

Answer 19

sense of pain

Question 20

(analgesia) pain surpession

Answer 20

results in primary afferent deploarization

Question 21

Temp below 7 and above 50

Answer 21

activate pain receptors

Question 22

Pain from the heart wall

Answer 22

to the surface of the left side of the jaw and left arm

Question 23

Pain is

Answer 23

a response

Question 24

Both cold and warm receptors can be stimulated with temperatures in the range of

Answer 24

31 to 43 degrees C

Question 25

Slow chronic pain signals are transferred over

Answer 25

C fibers

Question 26

C fibers synapse in the ?

Answer 26

substantia geltaniosa

Question 27

In Brown sequared syndrome

Answer 27

there is a hemisection of the spinal cord

Question 28

thermal signals are transmitted

Answer 28

parallel with pain signals

Question 29

In hyperpathia

Answer 29

minor skin stimulation can lead to excruciatingly painful sensations

Question 30

Thermal stimuli

Answer 30

lead to fast pain

Question 31

Twofold change in the rate of intracellular chemical reactions for

Answer 31

every 10 degrees

Question 32

Tic Douloureux is aka for

Answer 32

Trigeminal Neuralgia