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PATH MIDTERM 2 EXAM
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
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,Pain - ANS "unpleasant sensory & emotional experience associated with actual or potential
tissue damage or described in terms of such damage"
Pain perception - ANS conscious awareness of a painful sensation
Pain tolerance - ANS the duration of time or the intensity of pain an individual will endure
before displaying noticeable pain responses (maximum amount of pain)
Pain threshold - ANS minimum point at which something, such as pressure or heat, causes
you pain.
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Nociceptive pain - ANS caused by tissue injury, well-localized and often described as aching or
throbbing
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Pain tolerance decreased - ANS repeated exposure, also decreased by fatigue, anger,
boredom, apprehension and sleep deprivation
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Pain tolerance increased by - ANS alcohol consumption, persistent use of analgesia, hypnosis,
warmth, distraction and strong beliefs or faith
Neuromodulation - ANS physiologic process to facilitate or suppress pain
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Acute pain - ANS a protective mechanism (its function is to alert the person to a condition or
experience that is harmful)
Chronic pain - ANS pain that has been present for at least 3 months or longer than the time
expected tissue healing
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Acute somatic pain - ANS arises from connective tissue, muscle, bone, & tissue
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Acute Visceral pain - ANS pain arises from the internal organs & lining of body cavities. Pain is
poorly localized as a result of the fewer number of nociceptors
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Depression - ANS common for chronic pain
Specific or nonspecific back pain - ANS many individuals of all ages have chronic back pain
Myofascial pain syndrome - ANS injury to the muscle & fascia & tendons has occurred (ex.
spasm, tenderness, stiffness)
Chronic postoperative pain - ANS changes in the PNS & CNS contribute to allodynia &
hypersensitivity
Cancer pain - ANS pain results from the treatment for cancer or from the cancer itself.
, Phantom limb chronic pain - ANS pain is felt in an amputated limb after the stump has
completely healed
Neuralgia - ANS chronic nerve pain
Peripheral neuropathic pain - ANS injured nerves become hyperexcitable
Central neuropathic pain - ANS is caused by a lesion or dysfunction in the brain or spinal cord
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Temperature regulation - ANS achieved by balancing (heat production, heat conservation, and
heat loss)
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Hypothalamic Control - ANS peripheral thermoreceptors in the skin
Hypothalamus - ANS receives information
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Heat production - ANS chemical reactions of metabolism, skeletal contraction, and chemical
thermogenesis
Mechanisms of Heat loss - ANS radiation, conduction, convection, evaporation, increased
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respiration, vasodilation, decreased muscle tone, voluntary measure, adaptation to warm
environment
Convection - ANS when a stream of air (wind) is cooler than body surface temp
Aging and temp - ANS decreased vasoconstrictor response, decreased or absent sweating,
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dyschronization or circadian rhythm, under nutrition, decreased perception of heat and cold
Fever - ANS "a temporary resetting of the hypothalamic thermostat to a higher level in
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response to endogenous or exogenous pyrogens"
Benefits of fever - ANS helps the response to infectious processes, it helps kill
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microorganisms, adversely affects the growth & replication of other microorganisms, decrease
serum levels or iron, zinc, & copper
Heat cramps - ANS severe spasmodic cramps in the abdomen & extremities that occur after
prolonged sweating resulting in sodium lost (fever, tachycardia & increased bp often occur)
Heat exhaustion - ANS leading to profound vasodilation & sweating --> leads to dehydration
(feel weak, dizzy, nauseated, & faint)
Heat stroke - ANS the potentially lethal, the cardiovascular & thermoregulatory centers
eventually stop functioning properly