Peripheral Nervous System 2

Question 1

A type of touch receptor found in the hair root, eyes and located at the epidermis is called

Answer 1

Free nerve ending

Question 2

What kind of hair movements is found at the free nerve ending touch receptor?

Answer 2

itching and tickling movements

Question 3

Which touch receptor form the touch domes?

Answer 3

Merkels receptors

Question 4

Which touch receptor senses texture and steady pressure and located in the epidermis?

Answer 4

Merkels receptors

Question 5

A type of touch receptor touch receptors found in the fingernails and mammary glands is

Answer 5

Merkels receptors.

Question 6

which touch receptor is used for sensing light touch and is found In the epidermis?

Answer 6

Meissner’s corpuscles

Question 7

which touch receptor is abundant in the fingers, lips, and nipples?

Answer 7

Meissner’s corpuscles

Question 8

the touch receptor that has hair movements like fluttering and stroking movements is

Answer 8

Meissner’s corpuscles

Question 9

Which touch receptor measures skin stretch and skin deformation and is found in the deep layers/dermal region of the skin?

Answer 9

Ruffini corpuscles

Question 10

the very large touch receptor in the dermis which senses deep pressure and is sensitive to vibration is called

Answer 10

Pacinian corpuscles

Question 11

touch receptor connected to the afferent neuron and facilitate quick transmission to CNS is known as….

Answer 11

Pacinian corpuscles

Question 12

What is Nociception?

Answer 12

pain

Question 13

Nociceptors means

Answer 13

Pain receptors

Question 14

pain can be ____________ or ___________

Answer 14

fast or slow

Question 15

Sharp, stabbing or acute pain is known as

Answer 15

Fast pain

Question 16

Fast pain is carried by a small _____________ Fibre called _________

Answer 16

Myelinated Fibre called A8

Question 17

Fast pain travels with the speed of

Answer 17

6 - 30m/sec

Question 18

Throbbing, aching and burning pain are what kind of pain?

Answer 18

Slow pain

Question 19

Kind of pain carried by small unmyelinated Fibre called

Answer 19

Slow pain…… Fibre called C fibre

Question 20

Which type of paon travels with the speed of 1 - 2m/per sec

Answer 20

Slow pain

Question 21

Pain felt in muscle, body and soreness is known as

Answer 21

Somatic pain

Question 22

Pain from the internal organs but are sensed in the skin surface is called

Answer 22

Referred/visceral pain

Question 23

Heart pain felt on the left arm ad left shoulder is what kind of pain?

Answer 23

Visceral or referred pain

Question 24

Gallbladder & liver pain felt on the right scapula/shoulder is

Answer 24

Visceral /referred pain

Question 25

Pain felt when a nerve has been damaged, infected or pinched and it's a chronic pain is called

Answer 25

Neuropathic pain

Question 26

Pain in the missing limb is

Answer 26

Phantom pain

Question 27

The nerve forms _______where the limb is cut off

Answer 27

Neuromas

Question 28

What kind of pain is seen in Amputees?

Answer 28

Phantom pain

Question 29

What's is substance P pain pathway?

Answer 29

It's a pain neurotransmitters

Question 30

Where is substance P secreted?

Answer 30

At the junction by the first order Neuron.

Question 31

Is substance P secreted and released by Afferent? Yes or No

Answer 31

Yea

Question 32

What excites the Dorsal horn?

Answer 32

Substance P pain

Question 33

The overall control center of substance P pain pathway is

Answer 33

Higher cortex

Question 34

What's the major excitatory neurotransmitters for pain?

Answer 34

Glutamate

Question 35

How is Glumate different from Substance P pathway?

Answer 35

Type of receptor they use

Question 36

Glutamate has 2 receptors namely

Answer 36

AMPA: Amino Methyl Phosphoric Acid NMDA : N-methyl D-aspartate

Question 37

Which of the Glutamate receptors opens up a sodium-potassium channel and causes an Action potential?

Answer 37

AMPA

Question 38

The Glutamate receptor that is not an ionic receptor is

Answer 38

NMDA

Question 39

NMDA causes the opening and secretion of the what type of messenger and it's name?

Answer 39

Second messenger called Calcuim

Question 40

What is known as Calcuim second messenger system?

Answer 40

NMDA

Question 41

Which type of glutamate receptor has a hypersensitive and excitotoxicity pathway?

Answer 41

NMDA

Question 42

The pathway that amplifies the signal and makes the pain signal much bigger than it is, is called?

Answer 42

NMDA

Question 43

A patient that feels pain much more that they should even by mere touching them or removing their plaster is due to what?

Answer 43

Glutamate as a result of NMDA

Question 44

What sits at the Dorsal horn and serves as a pain blocker?

Answer 44

Opiates

Question 45

Where do the opiates work?

Answer 45

The Dorsal horn

Question 46

Humans have lots of Endogenous opiates namely?

Answer 46

1. Endorphins 2. Enkephalins 3. Dynorphins

Question 47

2 types of pathways for Pain are?

Answer 47

1. Substance P pain pathway 2. Glutamate pain pathway

Question 48

Endorphins, Enkephalins, Dynorphins are usually known as

Answer 48

Endogenous opiates or Natural pain suppressants.

Question 49

Do the endogenous opiates more effective than regular Morphin and do they need to be stimulated to work?

Answer 49

Yes, endogenous opiates are more effective in handling pain and they need to be stimulated

Question 50

What can stimulate endogenous opiates?

Answer 50

Runner's high

Question 51

Another function of Endogenous opiates aside from pain control is

Answer 51

Finishing a challenging task

Question 52

Are mood and emotions controlled by endogenous opiates?

Answer 52

Yes

Question 53

The neuro modulators(peptide) released internally to control pain is called

Answer 53

Endogenous opiates

Question 54

What excites these neuro modulators?

Answer 54

Regular exercises and sometimes.. Volunteering

Question 55

What does heavy alcohol drinkers and heavy eaters have difficulty in releasing?

Answer 55

Endogenous opiates