Understanding Pain

What is pain according to the provided definition?

• A physical injury

• A mental state

• The way your brain interprets information about unpleasant stimuli

• A type of disease

Which of the following is an example of acute pain?

• Diabetic neuropathy

• Arthritis

• Trauma

• Cancer

What type of pain is associated with diabetic neuropathy?

• Acute pain

• Noncancer pain

• Cancer pain

• Chronic pain

What is the function of afferent pathways in the physiology of pain?

• Carry messages away from the brain via spinal cord

• Nerves that carry messages to the brain for interpretation

• Receptors that activate the efferent pathways

• Found in soma (body tissue) and viscera (organs)

What do efferent (or descending) pathways do in the physiology of pain?

• Carry messages to the brain for interpretation

• Receptors that activate the afferent pathways

• Carry messages away from the brain via spinal cord

• Found in soma (body tissue) and viscera (organs)

Where are nociceptors found in the body?

• Only in the brain

• In the spinal cord

• In soma (body tissue) and viscera (organs)

• Only in the skin

Which of the following are pain receptors sensitive to?

• Light changes

• Chemical changes

• Sound waves

• Magnetic fields

What happens when pain receptors are stimulated?

• Impulses are transmitted to the brain

• Impulses are transmitted to the spinal cord

• Impulses are transmitted to the heart

• Impulses are transmitted to the lungs

Pain receptors are unable to adapt to which of the following?

• New environments

• Repeated stimuli

• Different temperatures

• Various sounds

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What response does the Autonomic Nervous System activate?

• Rest-and-digest response

• Fight-or-flight response

• Sleep response

• Digestive response