WorksheetsMSK MSAPT Quiz 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Another name for the pain system is:
(a)
A noxious stimulus will activate which nociceptors?
C fibers and A-alpha fibers
A-beta fibers and C fibers
A-delta fibers and A-alpha fibers
Pain sensations are forwarded from the peripheries to higher centers via:
Ascending tracts
Descending tracts
A higher pain intensity that is felt upon noxious stimulation. This describes:
Hyperalgesia
Allodynia
The occurrence of pain that is elicited by stimuli that are normally below the pain threshold. This describes:
Hyperalgesia
Allodynia
Chronic pain can be accompanied by: (mark all that are correct)
Neuroendocrine dysregulation
Fatigue
Impaired physical and mental performance
Increased pain sensations
Descending inhibition is formed by pathways that originate from _________ and descend in the dorsolateral funiculus of the _______.
(a)
The process by which pain signals are modulated in the spinal cord before reaching the brain is known as:
Central sensitization
Peripheral sensitization
The phenomenon where pain is perceived in a location different from the actual source of the pain is known as:
Visceral pain
Phantom pain
Referred pain
Somatic pain
The type of pain that arises from damage to the nervous system is referred to as:
Neuropathic pain
Somatic pain
Visceral pain
