quiz Flashcards
(30 cards)
What does NOT cause spasms?
Salty foods
Which theory of pain control is used when you attempt to stimulate C fibers (non-pain) to overtake A fiber (pain) signals to the brain?
Gate control
What pain control theory is used when a treatment that is not proven to work physiologically reduces pain for the patient?
Placebo effect
Which theory of pain control has you exercise to release endorphins?
Endorphins
Which type of pain occurs when a patient feels like an amputated limb is painful even though it does not exist?
Phantom
Which type of pain occurs when some branches of nerves make contact with non-involved branches and send pain elsewhere?
Referred
What is step five for how we get pain?
Motor impulse sent to nerves to move in order to stop harm
What is step four of how we get pain?
Determines what action is needed to end stimulus
What is step three for how we get pain?
Brain interprets and evaluates signals
What is step two for how we get pain?
Pain impulse is sent to the brain
Which is not a component of pain?
Objective
What is step one for how we get pain?
Nociceptors (pain receptors) are activated
What do phagocytes do?
Eat up dead cells and debris
What is trauma?
Stress incurred by the body that may lead to a wound, injury or condition
What are the symptoms of inflammation?
- Redness
- Pain
- Warmth
- Effusion/edema
- Lack of function/immobility
What is vasodilation?
Increase in the diameter of a blood vessel that results from relaxation of smooth muscle within the vessel wall
What is hematoma?
Formation caused by pooling of blood and fluid within a tissue space
What is vasoconstriction?
Decrease in the diameter of a blood vessel especially constriction of arterioles leading to a decreased blood flow to a body part
What is effusion?
Swelling within the joint cavity
What is hypoxia?
Lack of an adequate amount of oxygen supply to tissue
What is edema?
Tissue swelling caused by increased levels of intracellular fluid
What is the goal of the proliferation phase?
Dispose of dead tissue, mobilize fibroblasts, and restore circulation
What is the goal of the remodeling phase?
Stabilize and re-establish the area
What do fibroblasts do?
Forms tissues that support and bind
