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quiz 5 (exam 2) Flashcards

1
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pacinian Corpuscle

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VIBRATION & PRESSURE

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2
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Meissners Corpuscles

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light touch

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3
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Merkels discs

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light touch

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4
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Ruffini Corpuscles

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stretching of skin

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5
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free nerve endings

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terminates in the skin
detects pain, itch, change in temp

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6
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labeled lines

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how brain tells electrical signals apart

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7
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sensory transduction

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converts energy to electrical potential

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8
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sensory adaptation

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avoid overload
decrease of receptor in response to stimulation

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9
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phasic receptos

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sensory adaptation
AP decrease rapidly

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10
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tonic receptors

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AP decrease slowly
little-no adaptation

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11
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Neuropatic Pain

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persists after injury healed
disagrees w neuroplasticity

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12
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A delta fibers

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myelinated axons (fast)
TRPM3

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13
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C fibers

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unmyelinated axon
slow
TRPV 1

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14
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Proprioception

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position and movement of body

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15
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muscle spindle

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signals CNS when muscle in lengthened
sensitive to stretch

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16
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Golgi Tendon Orgon

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signals CNS when muscle contracts
sensitive to tension

17
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synergist

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muscle acts w another muscle

18
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antagonist

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muscle counteracts
extension / flexion

19
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Pyramidal system

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CNS to Periphery
Cerebral Cortex & brainstem
lesions cause paralysis

20
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Extrapyramidal System

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basal ganglia & cerebellum
lesions Parkinson’s or Huntingtons disease

21
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TRPV 1

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detects heat (capsaicin)
physiological temp

22
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TRPM 3

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noxious heat
doesn’t respond to capsaicin

23
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Extrapyramidal System - Basal Ganglia

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Memory Movements

24
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Extrapyramidal System - Cerebellum

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Skilled Movements

25
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Primary Motor Cortex

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initiates motor control within the pyramidal system

26
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Sensory Discriminative Dimension

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throbbing, gnawing, shooting pain
stubbing toe
McGill Pain Questionnaire

27
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Motivational Affective Dimention

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tiring, sickening, fearful
McGill Pain Questionnaire

28
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Cognitive Evaluative Dimention

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no pain, mild, excruciating (rating pain)
McGill Pain Questionnaire

29
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MAOIs

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Anti-Depressant
inhibits actions of monoamine oxidase
more transmitters in the synapse

30
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Tricyclic Antidepressant

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not specific (superman)
blocks reuptake through transporters

31
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SSRI

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block reuptake of serotonergic receptors
increases serotonin in the synapse
antidepressant

32
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SNRI

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block reuptake of serotonin and NE

33
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sensory process from spinal cord to brain

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spinal cord
brainstem
thalamus
primary sensory cortex
non primary sensory cortex

34
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Touch Receptor to Brain

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Touch Receptor
Dorsal Column
Thalamus
Primary Somatosensory Cortex

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