Week 4: Ch. 4 (Pain Management)

Question 1

Sensory-discriminative dimension (Pain)

Answer 1

• Where/what it feels

Question 2

Motivational-affective dimension (Pain)

Answer 2

• Emotional feel

Question 3

Cognitive-evaluative dimension (Pain)

Answer 3

• What they think intellectually

Question 4

Pain Duration

Answer 4

• Acute
• Chronic
• Referred

Question 5

Nociceptors

Answer 5

triggers chemicals

Question 6

Peripheral sensitization

Answer 6

LESS of a stimuli

Question 7

C fibers

Answer 7

• Transmit Pain (Slow)
• Small unmyelinated
• Can be reduced by opioids
• Response (Dull/Aching)

Question 8

A-delta fibers

Answer 8

• Transmit Pain (Fast)
• Myelinated fibers
• Not blocked by opioids
• Response (Hot/Cold/Sharp,Stabbing)

Question 9

A-beta fibers

Answer 9

• Large Myelinated (Very Fast)
• Transmit (Vibration, stretching of skin, & mechanoreception)

Question 10

Facilitation

Answer 10

amplifies pain

Question 11

Inhibition

Answer 11

reduces pain

Question 12

NociceptionOutputs in the Brain

Answer 12

• Conscious Preception
• Phycial Action
• Activation of all systems

Question 13

Referred Pain

Answer 13

• Sharp/tingling
• Heavy/Aching
• Superficially

Question 14

Neuropathic Pain

Answer 14

Affecting Nerves

Question 15

Dysfunctional Pain

Answer 15

• Depression
• Empower pt.

Question 16

Pshychogenic Pain

Answer 16

Psychological

Question 17

Quality of Pain

Answer 17

• Cutaneous (sharp, tingling)
• Musculoskeletal (Dull/heavy)
• Viceral (superficialy rather than deep)

Question 18

Substance P

Answer 18

increases prostaglandins (involved in inflammatory process)

Question 19

Neurotransmitters what?

Answer 19

bind to receptor sites

Question 20

Opioids

Answer 20

get priority marking over substance P