DIRTY COMLEX QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
A-Delta Fiber - ANSWER Fast
myelinated
larger diameter
C Fiber - ANSWER Slow
unmyelinated
smaller diameter
Meissner Corpuscle
Type:
Location:
Function: - ANSWER T: large, myelinated, adapt quickly
L: hairless skin
F: fine/light touch, position
Pacinian Corpuscle "PACI-fic"
Type:
Location:
Function: - ANSWER T: large, myelinated, adapt quickly
L: deep skin, joints, ligaments
F: vibration, pressure
Merkel Disc "DISC"
Type:
Location:
Function: - ANSWER T: large, myelinated, adapt slowly
,L: fingertips, superficial skin
F: deep static touch, position, shapes
Ruffini Corpuscle "ROUGH-ini"
Type:
Location:
Function: - ANSWER T: dendritic ending, adapt slowly
L: fingertips, joints
F: surface slippage, joint angle changes
facilitation - ANSWER 1. less afferent stimulation required
2. higher resting membrane potential
3. hyperexcitable neural state
hyperpathia - ANSWER greater stimulus is required to get neural response, but once evoked, response
goes to maximum intensity
referred pain - ANSWER visceral afferent sensory fibers arrive at same spinal segments that give rise to
pre-ganglionic, sympathetic somatic nerves
Autonomic Level for:
Head and Neck
Heart and Lungs - ANSWER T1-T4
Autonomic Level for:
Foregut (5) - ANSWER T5-T9
foregut: stomach, liver, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas
Autonomic Level for:
, Midgut (5)
Kidney
Upper Ureter and Gonads - ANSWER T10-T11
midgut: distal 1/2 duodenum, small intestine, ascending colon, hepatic flexure, 2/3 transverse colon
Autonomic Level for:
Hindgut (5)
Lower ureter and all else GU - ANSWER T12-L2
hindgut: distal 1/3 transverse colon, splenic flexure, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum
Autonomic Level for:
Appendix - ANSWER T12
Autonomic Level for:
Upper Extremity - ANSWER T2-T8
Autonomic Level for:
Lower Extremity - ANSWER T11-L2
Foregut
Sympathetic Ganglion:
Parasympathetic Ganglion: - ANSWER S: celiac
P: vagus
Midgut
Sympathetic Ganglion:
Parasympathetic Ganglion: - ANSWER S: superior mesenteric
P: vagus
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
A-Delta Fiber - ANSWER Fast
myelinated
larger diameter
C Fiber - ANSWER Slow
unmyelinated
smaller diameter
Meissner Corpuscle
Type:
Location:
Function: - ANSWER T: large, myelinated, adapt quickly
L: hairless skin
F: fine/light touch, position
Pacinian Corpuscle "PACI-fic"
Type:
Location:
Function: - ANSWER T: large, myelinated, adapt quickly
L: deep skin, joints, ligaments
F: vibration, pressure
Merkel Disc "DISC"
Type:
Location:
Function: - ANSWER T: large, myelinated, adapt slowly
,L: fingertips, superficial skin
F: deep static touch, position, shapes
Ruffini Corpuscle "ROUGH-ini"
Type:
Location:
Function: - ANSWER T: dendritic ending, adapt slowly
L: fingertips, joints
F: surface slippage, joint angle changes
facilitation - ANSWER 1. less afferent stimulation required
2. higher resting membrane potential
3. hyperexcitable neural state
hyperpathia - ANSWER greater stimulus is required to get neural response, but once evoked, response
goes to maximum intensity
referred pain - ANSWER visceral afferent sensory fibers arrive at same spinal segments that give rise to
pre-ganglionic, sympathetic somatic nerves
Autonomic Level for:
Head and Neck
Heart and Lungs - ANSWER T1-T4
Autonomic Level for:
Foregut (5) - ANSWER T5-T9
foregut: stomach, liver, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas
Autonomic Level for:
, Midgut (5)
Kidney
Upper Ureter and Gonads - ANSWER T10-T11
midgut: distal 1/2 duodenum, small intestine, ascending colon, hepatic flexure, 2/3 transverse colon
Autonomic Level for:
Hindgut (5)
Lower ureter and all else GU - ANSWER T12-L2
hindgut: distal 1/3 transverse colon, splenic flexure, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum
Autonomic Level for:
Appendix - ANSWER T12
Autonomic Level for:
Upper Extremity - ANSWER T2-T8
Autonomic Level for:
Lower Extremity - ANSWER T11-L2
Foregut
Sympathetic Ganglion:
Parasympathetic Ganglion: - ANSWER S: celiac
P: vagus
Midgut
Sympathetic Ganglion:
Parasympathetic Ganglion: - ANSWER S: superior mesenteric
P: vagus
