Pain quiz

Pain can be described in terms of how it feels - what component of pain is this?

• Sensory

• Affective

• Autonomic

• Motor

Difference between Transient and Acute pain

Groups:

(a) Transient

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(b) Acute

• Usually located to site of tissue damage

• Can be inflicted in experimental pain studies

• Report of pain ceases before healing is complete

• No tissue damage

• Ubiquitous with everyday life

• Rarely results in healthcare seeking

• Substantial injury of body tissue

• Medical intervention can facilitate healing process

Pain which serves no useful purpose, requires medical attention and can be described as an acute pain episode that does not resolve can be described as _______ pain.

True or False the first theory of pain was described by Albert Einstein - The sensation or Intensity Theory

• True

• False

One of the most famous theories on ​ (a)   was proposed by Melzack & Wall called the ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)  

• pain
• gate
• control
• theory
• sensation
• threshold
• perception
• fence

In the gate control theory what is the gate?

• pain receptor cell

• A transmission cell

• An inhibitory neuron

Which of the following critiques has been levelled at the gate control theory?

• Largely physiological model

• Does not account for phantom pain

• Psychological component 'tagged on'

• All of these