Neuroscience and mental health 7 & 8(only and unordered)

Question 1

Explain the principles behind how chronic pain is increased and decreased(change flashcard if needed, didnt understand so come back to it)

Answer 1

pg 6-9

Question 2

Explain how you can test the integrity of ascending pathways

Answer 2

slide 38,39

Question 3

Define the term stimulus threshold

Answer 3

slide 7

Question 4

Describe positional of cell bodies coming from the body and the face

Answer 4

slide 17

Question 5

Describe the different types of nociceptors and their roles,

Answer 5

slide 16

Question 6

Classify the different types of sensory recptors , describe the speed and diameter for each classification

Answer 6

slide 5

Question 7

Explain what happens in an anterior spinal cord lesion

Answer 7

slide 40

Question 8

Explain the link between descending control and chronic pain

Answer 8

slide 56-60

Question 9

give the detial of the roles and general structures of the the subcategories of mechanorecpetors and thermoreceptors

Answer 9

slide 9 and 10

Question 10

Give the details of the structure of the emotional component of pain, and explain what the pain matrix is

Answer 10

slide 34,35

Question 11

Define the term: sensory receptors

Answer 11

slide 7

Question 12

Explain how acute pain can develop

Answer 12

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Question 13

Define what adaptation is and explain the basis for the different tyoes of adaptation

Answer 13

slide 11-14

Question 14

describe the difference between allodynia and hyperalgesia

Answer 14

slide 53

Question 15

Explain how descending control systems for pain relief can be targetted, and compare effectiveness of different initiatives for pain releif

Answer 15

54,55

Question 16

Explain the difference between central sensitisation and peripheral sensitisation

Answer 16

slide 52

Question 17

Explain what happens during pain, including details of control pathways in your answer

Answer 17

slide 40-49

Question 18

Explain the different types of nerve endings you can get for the different recptors

Answer 18

slide 6

Question 19

Define what a recptive field is and differentiate between the significance of different receptive fields and the link between these and to point discrination and dermatomes

Answer 19

slide 13-15

Question 21

Give the details on how the dorsal horn of the spinal cord is split up into laminae, and explain lateral inhibition

Answer 21

slide 18-19

Question 22

Describe the difference between neuropathic and nociceptive pain, including examples of each

Answer 22

slide 51

Question 23

What is a modality , explain the relationship between a modlaity and receptor and receptors anf give dtails of the diffeent types

Answer 23

slide 4

Question 24

Explai the ascending pathways transmitting sensory information and somatotopic organisation within the pathway, whilst outlining key difference between two main types

Answer 24

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