Pain Sensation (Unit 3) Flashcards
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Analgesia
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General inability to expereience pain
2
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Purposes of Pain
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- Biological warning sytem
- learning mechanism to promote avoidance behavior
- ensures survival of species
3
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Nociceptor Cells
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- specialized paun receptor nerve cells
- specialized type of afferent or sensory neurons
4
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Anatomy and Physiology
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- substance P and somatosensory system
5
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Substance P
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causes pain
6
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Endorphins
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- natural painkillers
7
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Gate Control Theory of Pain
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- blocking the neural pathways from from distributing substance p snd endorphines from body to brain within the spinal cord
8
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Anticipitory Pain
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- fear and anxiety preceding physcial injury
- top down processing or cognative assumptions
9
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Phantom Pain
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- false perceptions of pain typically related to limbs and body parts that have been amputated
- perceining pain that has been experienced by other people or sympathy pain
