nerves?
Somatic pain
What kind of pain originates in organs and travels via sympathetic fibers?
Visceral pain
What is the term for the Pain receptors that are present in most body
tissues?
nociceptors
What kind of fibers are responsible for reflex response to move body away
from pain?
Efferent fibers
What is the name of the system that functions by blocking conduction of pain
impulses to brain?
Analgesia system
What kind of pain is caused by damage/dysfunction of brain/spinal cord and
can be local or generalized to large area of the body?
Central pain
,What kind of pain is caused by trauma or disease of peripheral nerves? It is a
tingling, burning, or severe shooting pain and can be extremely painful.
Neuropathic pain
What kind of pain is caused by profound, sudden loss of blood flow to an
organ or tissues and results in hypoxia which leads to tissue damage and
release of inflammatory or pain-producing substances?
Ischemic pain
What kind of pain is caused by advance of disease and resultant damage to
the body? It an be associated with treatment of disease and can be result of
coexisting diseases unrelated to cancer.
Cancer-related pain
What kind of pain is characterized by pain that occurs post-amputation? It
can resolve in weeks or months and the brain "understands" limb is still
present when processing incoming stimuli.
Phantom pain
What causes the imbalance between estrogen and testosterone that results
from the hormonal changes associated with aging?
hyperplasia
, What can cause all of the supporting ligaments, fascia, and muscles for the
uterus, bladder, and rectum may become weakened (pelvic relaxation)?
Aging
What is the term given to the change that occurs in women at around age
50, when the ovaries cease to respond to FSH and LH, resulting in lack of
ovulation, cessation of the menstrual cycle, and declining estrogen and
progesterone levels?
Menopause
In males, _______ levels decline gradually, the testes decrease in size, sperm
production is somewhat reduced, and the glandular secretions of the
prostate are decreased, but the older male is capable of fathering a child.
testosterone
When the size and number of cardiac muscle cells decline in aging adults,
what strength reduces?
cardiac contractions
Loss of what due to aging may lead to osteoporosis, osteoarthritis,
degeneration of intervertebral discs, and increased risk for herniation or
rupture?
calcium and bone mass