Pain Card

Question 1

Acute

Answer 1

Sudden, sharp, localized

Question 2

Afferent Fibers

Answer 2

nerve fibers that conduct impulses toward the brain or spinal cord

Question 3

Analgesic

Answer 3

(of a drug) acting to relieve pain

Question 4

Anesthesia

Answer 4

drug category

state of controlled temporary loss of sensation or awareness for medical purposes

Question 5

Bradykinin

Answer 5

A protein and peptide that promotes inflammatio

Question 6

Chronic

Answer 6

persisting for a long time or constantly recurring

Question 7

Cordotomy

Answer 7

surgical procedure that disables pain-conducting tracts in the spinal cord to achieve loss of pain

Question 8

Dermatone

Answer 8

area of skin innervated by a spinal nerve; corresponds to the source of pain stimuli

Question 9

Diaphoresis

Answer 9

sweating, especially to an unusual degree from disease or side effects of a drugs

Question 10

Efferent

Answer 10

nerve fibers that conduct impulses to the body