Fundamentals II: EXAM 4-Perioperative nursing/Pain
Physical - cause can be identified psychogenic - cause of pain cannot be identified transmission - conduction along pathways (a-delta fibers, c-fibers) transduction - activation of pain receptors perception of pain - awareness of the characteristics of pain modulation - inhibition or modification of pain bradykinin - a powerful vasodilator that increases capillary permeability and constricts smooth muscle prostaglandins - important hormone-like substances that send additional pain stimuli to the CNS
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physical cause can be identified psychogenic cause of pain cannot be identified transmission conduction along pathways a delta fibers
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c fibers transduction activation of pain receptors perc