Ch. 15 Pain, Temperature Regulation, Sleep, and Sensory Function Flashcards
Which of the following is TRUE regarding the specificity theory of pain?
Focuses on the attention of pain
Focuses on previous experience of pain
Relates the amount of pain to the amount of soft tissue injury
Relates to the emotions exhibited toward pain
Relates the amount of pain to the amount of soft tissue injury
Which of the following is NOT a class of second-order neurons found in the dorsal horn? Projection cells Nociceptor cells Excitatory interneurons Inhibitory interneurons
Nociceptor cells
Which two systems regulate the complex emotional responses to pain? Frontal and cerebellar lobes Limbic and reticular system Thalamus and brainstem Midbrain and nuclei of thalamus
Limbic and reticular system
ID: 37618213 There are four classifications of neurotransmitters. Which of the following is NOT one of these? Pain inhibitory Inflammatory Pain excitatory Down-regulatory
Down-regulatory
Which of the following is an excitatory neurotransmitter? Glutamate GABA Glycine Substance P
Glutamate
Which of the following is NOT an endogenous opioid? Enkephalin Endorphin Dynorphins Denkephalins
Denkephalins
Which of the following activities has been documented to increase the levels of circulating endogenous endorphins? Cough Stress Sleep Pain
stress
What is the appropriate definition of perceptual dominance?
The duration of time or intensity of pain before overt pain responses are initiated
Pain at one location that may cause an increase in threshold at another location
Repeated exposure to pain
The point at which pain is perceived
Pain at one location that may cause an increase in threshold at another location
Which of the following is NOT a classification of acute pain? Acute visceral Pleuritic Referred Acute somatic
Pleuritic
Which of the following is the appropriate term for pain that is present in an area distant from its point of origin? Acute pain Chronic pain Referred pain Somatic pain
Referred
Which of the following is classified as a myofascial pain syndrome? Muscle strain Mastectomy Neck dissection Surgical amputation
Muscle strain
Which of the following is pain that results from tumor infiltration of nerve tissue, trauma, or chemical injury to the nerve? Sympathetic Deafferentiation Complex regional Central
Deafferentiation
Which part of the brain is responsible for temperature regulation? Thalamus Medulla Hypothalamus Limbic system
Hypothalamus
Which mechanism of heat loss refers to heat loss through electromagnetic waves? Radiation Conduction Convection Evaporation
Radiation
Which of the following is TRUE regarding fever? Aberrant process involving cytokines Normal adaptive response Maintains core body temperature Caused by decreased body temperature
Normal adaptive response
