Physio 5

What type of pain is transmitted through small type C pain fibers and can transmit only chronic, aching, suffering type of pain?

• Parietal pain

• Referred pain

• Visceral pain

• Surface pain

Which type of pain is difficult to localize due to less dense nociceptors compared to cutaneous pain?

• Visceral pain

• Referred pain

• Surface pain

• Parietal pain

What type of stimulus causes diffuse stimulation of pain nerve endings throughout a viscus?

• Localized stimulus

• Chemical stimulus

• Thermal stimulus

• Mechanical stimulus

Which of the following is an example of a stimulus that can induce visceral pain?

• Decreased blood supply

• Decreased muscle spasm

• Decreased distention

• Decreased stretching

Which areas are almost completely insensitive to pain of any type?

• Parenchyma of the liver and the alveoli of the lungs

• Liver capsule and bile ducts

• Bronchi and parietal pleura

• Parietal peritoneum and liver capsule

True visceral pain is transmitted via pain sensory fibers in which nerve bundles?

• Autonomic nerve bundles

• Parasympathetic nerve bundles

• Sympathetic nerve bundles

• Somatic nerve bundles

What is the term used for pain that is referred to the surface of the body from a visceral organ?

• Referred pain

• Radiating pain

• Localized pain

• Central pain

Which area of the brain cortex integrates different types of information together?

• Primary motor area

• Prefrontal cortex

• Association areas

• Primary somatosensory area

What type of sensory judgment is lost when somatosensory area I is bilaterally excised?

• Judging shapes or forms of objects

• Localization of sensation

• Judging weights of objects

• Critical degrees of pressure

What happens when the somatosensory association area is removed on one side of the brain?

• Loss of tactile sensibilities

• Loss of pain sensation

• Loss of recognizing complex objects

• Loss of proprioception