Pain

Question 1

Allodynia ?

Answer 1

Pain caused by stimulus ; normally not painful.

Question 2

Hyperalgesia?

Answer 2

Increased response to normally painful stimulus

Question 3

Hypoalgesia ?

Answer 3

Decreased sensitivity to normally painful stimulus

Question 4

Hyperpathia ?

Answer 4

Painful syndrome where there is no response to repetitive stimulus until a threshold level is Reached >explosive pain response

Question 5

Anesthesia Dolorosa ?

Answer 5

Pain occurring in an insensate region

Question 6

Hypoesthesia ?

Answer 6

Decrease sensitivity to a stimulation

Question 7

Hyperesthesia ?

Answer 7

Increase sensitivity to stimulation

Question 8

Dysesthesia ?

Answer 8

Unpleasant abnormal sensation

Question 9

Paresthesia ?

Answer 9

Abnormal, but not unpleasant, sensation.

Question 10

Meralgia paresthetica ?

Answer 10

Entrapment of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve&raquo_space; pain at the lateral thigh

Question 11

Cheiralgia paresthetica ?

Answer 11

Entrapment of radial nerve&raquo_space; pain at the back of the hand

Question 12

Nostalgia paresthetica?

Answer 12

Compression of the spinal nerves» pain between upper thoracic spine and scapula

Question 13

A-α and A-γ fibers

Answer 13

Fibers that innervate muscle

Question 14

A-β

Answer 14

Fibers that carry sensory information

Question 15

A-δ fibers

Answer 15

Fibers that respond to temperature pressure and pain

They are thin and myelinated

Question 16

B fibers

Answer 16

Fibers that communicate with the autonomic nervous system

they are myelinated preganglionic fibers

Question 17

C fibers

Answer 17

Respond to pain

Unmyelinated – slow transmission