Pain Modulation - 1 Flashcards
type of pain where nociceptors are activated
somatic nociceptive
an upleasant sensory or emotional experience associated with tissue damage
pain
activation of nociceptors found in viscera and can be referred
nociceptive visceral
not all blank are sensitive to pain
viscera
pain that has no mechanical origin
psychogenic
pain that is caused by cancer and is severe
carcinogenic
four types of pain
acute, chronic, referred, radicular
radicular pain is secondary to a blank nerve root
irritated
pain is referred from the diaphragm to the blank
tip of shoulder
four mechanoreceptors
meissners, pacinian, merkle, ruffini
two thermoreceptors
hot, colt
three proprioceptors
golgi tendon organ, pacinian, ruffini
nociceptor example
free nerve ending
the life of a sensor
few days
nociceptors have a high activation blank
threshold