Midterm 2 study questions

Question 1

Which is FALSE regarding chronic pain syndromes?
A. Neuralgias involve damage to a peripheral nerve.
B. Causalgia and reflex sympathetic dystrophies are types of neuralgias.
C. In fibromyalgia, MPTPS, and phantom limb pain, the person feels pain in an area in which the tissue is not damaged.
D. Sympathetic arousal is more typical of chronic pain than of acute pain.

Answer 1

D. Sympathetic arousal is more typical of chronic pain than of acute pain.

Question 2

In order for a person to feel pain in an area, the area must be damaged. True or False?

Answer 2

B. False

Pain can be perceived in areas of the body where tissue is not actually damaged, as seen in conditions like fibromyalgia and phantom limb pain.

Question 3

One way the hypothalamus can raise body temperature is by relaying information to the:

Answer 3

B. Medulla oblongata

Question 4

All of the following are possible mechanisms of heat loss EXCEPT:

Answer 4

E. Condensation

Heat loss mechanisms include evaporation, convection, conduction, and radiation, but condensation is not a recognized method of heat loss.

Question 5

Which is the term for the crude, waking state maintained by the reticular activating system when cerebral function has been lost?

Answer 5

D. Vegetative state

Question 6

Which type of phenomenon is LEAST likely to produce an altered level of arousal?

Answer 6

C. Sociologic

Question 7

Contrecoup injuries are much more likely to occur when objects strike the back of the head than when they strike the front. True or False?

Answer 7

A. True

Question 8

Cerebral edema, brain swelling, hemorrhage, increased intracranial pressure, and infection resulting from trauma to the brain are considered:

Answer 8

B. Secondary injury

Question 9

Arteriosclerosis raises the systolic pressure by:

Answer 9

D. Decreasing arterial distensibility and lumen diameter

Question 10

Which of the following statements is true?

Answer 10

A. Atherosclerosis is a form of arteriosclerosis