Somosensory Function, Pain, and Headache

Question 1

First order=

Answer 1

Detect the sensation

Question 2

Second Order=

Answer 2

Spinal cord

Question 3

Third order=

Answer 3

Thalamus

Question 4

Somosensory system relays information through 4 modesalities. What are they?

Answer 4

Touch
temperature
pain
body position

Question 5

Gate control theory

Answer 5

pain is carried by distinct fibers in the spinal cord

Question 6

Cutaneous Pain

Answer 6

more towards the surface…like a paper cut

Will be sharp bright burning may have fast or slow onset.

Question 7

Deep somatic pain

Answer 7

Stems from tendons muscles joints and blood vessels

Question 8

Visceral Pain

Answer 8

originates from the organs and is hard to pinpoint

Question 9

referred pain

Answer 9

pain that appears somewhere else…gall bladder is an example

Question 10

acute pain

Answer 10

impending or actual tissue injury less than 6 months.

pupils dilate, bp rises, fight or flight kicks in

Question 11

Chronic Pain

Answer 11

Pain greater than 6 months and no longer has autonomic responses any more…could be cancer pain or chronic non cancer pain.

Question 12

Pain threshold

Answer 12

Point at which a stimulus is perceived as pain

Question 13

Oral pain meds take how long to kick in

Answer 13

30 min to an hour

Question 14

Iv Pain meds take how long to kick in

Answer 14

15 min

Question 15

What is pain

Answer 15

Physiological response produced by activation of specific types of nerve fibers

pain is always subjective