WorksheetsThe mysterious science of pain
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
For hundreds of years, scientists thought pain was...
an imaginary sensory reaction
a direct response to damage
damage caused by pain
suffering as a response to reaction
Pain and tissue damage don`t always...
differ mucho from each other
react to stimuli
have the same cause
go hand in hand
Humans are capable of experiencing severe pain out of proportion to an actual injury, and even pain...
to an extreme injury
to a small injury
without any injury
when the injury is in a no - pain area
Nociception is a part of the nervous system`s protective response...
to harmful or potentially harmful stimuli
to threats that will definitively cause a reaction
to stimuli potentially harmful for a person
to reactions caused by stimuli
When pain sensors are activated...
they send a reaction to the tissue
they connect with eachother and protect the tissue
they send signals to the brain to weight the situation and produce pain
they act on their own to protect in harmful situations
Pain helps the body...
avoid further injury or damage
damage and disable a tissue
avoid restoring the healing process
damage the suffering
Nociceptive signals are amplified when...
injury is chronically repeated
sensors are added to nerve fibers
the brain don`t reacts to them
nerve fibers are multiplied
Chronic pain is defined as pain lasting more than
3 months
3 weeks
3 years
3 days
Pain is also influenced by a person`s emotional state, memories, beliefs about pain and...
attitude
reaction to feelings
predisposition
expectations about treatment
The approach to treat pain inlcuding therapists, family, doctors, etc. is called...
a diverse approach
a rod approach
a multi - pronged
a stimuly
