Pain Module

Question 1

Nociceptive/somatogenic pain

Answer 1

pain with an identifiable cause

Question 2

hyperalgesia

Answer 2

extreme sensitivity to pain

Question 3

Neuralgia

Answer 3

severe, brief and often repetitive attacks of lightening like or throbbing pain due to damage to peripheral nerves

Question 4

paresthesia

Answer 4

spontaneous unpleasant sensations

Question 5

neuropathic pain

Answer 5

pain resulting from abnormal processing of sensory information by the PNS and CNS due to damage to the nervous system

Question 6

Neuromodulation

Answer 6

inhibition of further pain stimuli by specialized neurotransmitters

Question 7

pain tolerance

Answer 7

the amount of pain intensity a person is willing to endure before showing overt pain responses

Question 8

psychogenic pain

Answer 8

pain for which there is no known physical cause

Question 9

visceral pain

Answer 9

poorly localized pain arising from internal organs and the abdomen

Question 10

nociceptors

Answer 10

sense cellular damage due to heat, chemicals or pressure

Question 11

A-delta fibers

Answer 11

fast pain

Question 12

C fibers

Answer 12

slow pain

Question 13

Periaqueductal gray (PAG)

Answer 13

sends impulses down from midbrain to inhibit pain signals

Question 14

Substance P

Answer 14

increases pain transmission

Question 15

endorphins

Answer 15

inhibit pain transmission

Question 16

perception/interpretation of pain occurs in the?

Answer 16

cerebral cortex