sensation and pain

Question 1

Muscle length is measured and monitored by which of the following:

Answer 1

muscle spindles

Question 2

Pain that creates hyperalgesia and swelling in a stocking-glove pattern is an example of:

Answer 2

sympathetic pain

Question 3

Nerve root pain is the same as which of the following:

Answer 3

radicular pain

Question 4

Deep connective tissue that is innervated by the same spinal segment is known as which of the following?

Answer 4

sclerotome

Question 5

The fastest conducting nerve fibre type is the:

Answer 5

A alpha fibers

Question 6

Which receptor is used to detect pressure?

Answer 6

pacinian corpuscle

Question 7

The gate control theory of pain is established due to which of the following?

Answer 7

mechanoreceptor information travels faster than noxious stimulus information

Question 8

Pain originating from deep visceral structures is which of the following:

Answer 8

referred pain

Question 9

The Substansia Gelatinosa is found where?

Answer 9

the dorsal horn of the spinal cord

Question 10

Which of the following nerve fibers conducts information the slowest?

Answer 10

a delta

Question 11

Nerve fibers fastest to slowest:

Answer 11

A alpha
A Beta
A Delta
C fibers

Question 12

Which cell determines if a noxious stimulus is transmitted to the brain from the spinal cord is the:

Answer 12

2nd neuron/association neuron

Question 13

Receptor selectivity/specificity refers to the concept that:

Answer 13

receptors respond to only one type of stimulus

Question 14

Rapid adaptation of a receptor to a stimulus classifies the receptor as:

Answer 14

phasic receptor

Question 15

Our brain produces which of the following to modify pain perception?

Answer 15

endogenous opiates

Question 16

When an afferent impulse reaches the cortex and we become conscious of a stimulus this is known as:

Answer 16

perception

Question 17

Receptors that signal noxious stimulus are referred to as:

Answer 17

nociceptors

Question 18

Which of the following fibers results in the perception of chronic pain?

Answer 18

C fibers

Question 19

Noxious stimulus can be inhibited at the spinal cord by

Answer 19

the descending pathways from the brain.

Question 20

The length of a muscle is mostly detected by:

Answer 20

flowerspray sensory neuron

Question 21

Central pain perception and modulation of the pain experience involves:

Answer 21

multiple brain centres

Question 22

Nociceptors can be stimulated by:

Answer 22

inflammatory chemicals

Question 23

Motor units that are used exclusively to innervate the muscle spindle are the:

Answer 23

gamma motor units

Question 24

The component of the muscle spindle that is considered to be primarily phasic in nature is the:

Answer 24

nuclear bag fibers

Question 25

Which structure of the muscle spindle mostly monitors rate of change of length?

Answer 25

annulospiral sensory neuron

Question 26

Long term chronic pain has been found to alter the central nervous system similar to the effects of:

Answer 26

depression

Question 27

Acute pain is indicative of which of the following:

Answer 27

tissue damage

Question 28

Continuous propagation of nerve stimulus as long as a stimulus persists refers to which type of receptor?

Answer 28

Tonic

Question 29

Which sense organ is found in the connective tissue around a joint?

Answer 29

pacinian corpuscles

Question 30

Which of the following fibers results in the perception of sharp fast pain?

Answer 30

A delta

Question 31

Muscle/tendon tension is measured and monitored by the:

Answer 31

golgi tendon organs