1090 Nursing Care for Adults EXAM 3
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an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue
damage - correct answer ✔✔pain
originates from tissue damage or sensory nerve stimulation by biological, mechanical, thermal,
electrical, or chemical stimuli - correct answer ✔✔pain sensation
specialized sensory receptors that respond to pain - correct answer ✔✔nociceptors
___________ _____________ ascend the spinal cord to the thalamus, which transmits
information to the higher brain centers that perceive pain. - correct answer ✔✔Pain impulses
send sharp, localized distinct sensations; fast & myelinated - correct answer ✔✔A-delta fibers
send poorly localized, burning, persistent pain; slow, small & unmyelinated - correct answer
✔✔C fibers
A-beta fibers are large and carry ___________, ____________, and kinesthesia. - correct answer
✔✔touch; pressure
absence of pain - correct answer ✔✔kinesthesia
pain medication, patient re-positioning, ice, heat, stabilizing fracture - correct answer ✔✔What
are some examples of stimulators for A-beta nerve fibers?
,the stimulation of nociceptors - correct answer ✔✔What causes the release of
neurotransmitters?
released to surround the pain area and cause an inflammatory response, which promotes pain
to occur - correct answer ✔✔excitatory neurotransmitters
Pain can influence both _____________ and ______________ CNS activities. - correct answer
✔✔conscious; unconscious
Release of ___________ _______________ work to hinder the transmission of pain. - correct
answer ✔✔inhibitory neurotransmitters
What causes muscles to contract reflexively from a source of pain? - correct answer ✔✔motor
impulses
"happy chemical"; regulates mood, social behavior, appetite digestion, sleep, memory, etc. -
correct answer ✔✔serotonin
activates body's opiate receptors - correct answer ✔✔endorphins
In the __________ ___________ there is a gate that regulates transmission of pain signals to
the brain. - correct answer ✔✔spinal cord
If a second mechanical stimulus arrives at the gate at the same time, it can _____________ or
_____________ the gate and inhibit transmission of the pain signals to the brain. - correct
answer ✔✔close; block
The _________ gate allows pain transmission. - correct answer ✔✔open
, The ____________ gate blocks the pain impulses. - correct answer ✔✔closed
Stimulation of __________ ___________ ___________ through touch, massage, heat, cold, or
certain medications, may block or override the noxious pain impulses and close the gate. -
correct answer ✔✔A-beta nerve fibers
______________ and ______________ in the descending tracts from areas such as the
brainstem, thalamus, or cortex may alter pain perception by release of endorphins and close the
gate. - correct answer ✔✔emotions; impulses
results from external stimuli on uninjured, fully functional nervous system; usually throbbing,
aching, and localized; pain generally resolves when injury is treated - correct answer
✔✔nociceptive pain
caused by nerve malfunction or injuries resulting from trauma, disease, chemicals, infections,
and tumors; usually intense, shooting, and burning; longer term type of pain - correct answer
✔✔neuropathic pain
usually sudden onset; temporary, usually self-limiting and resolves with tissue healing;
interventions include treatment of the underlying cause - correct answer ✔✔acute pain
ongoing or recurs frequently; physiological responses are usually altered; may not respond well
to interventions; management aimed at symptomatic relief - correct answer ✔✔chronic pain
somatic, visceral, referred - correct answer ✔✔Categories of acute pain
originates from nociceptors in the skin and musculoskeletal tissue; sharp; accompanied by
swelling, cramping, bleeding; responds well to mild analgesics - correct answer ✔✔somatic pain
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updated
an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue
damage - correct answer ✔✔pain
originates from tissue damage or sensory nerve stimulation by biological, mechanical, thermal,
electrical, or chemical stimuli - correct answer ✔✔pain sensation
specialized sensory receptors that respond to pain - correct answer ✔✔nociceptors
___________ _____________ ascend the spinal cord to the thalamus, which transmits
information to the higher brain centers that perceive pain. - correct answer ✔✔Pain impulses
send sharp, localized distinct sensations; fast & myelinated - correct answer ✔✔A-delta fibers
send poorly localized, burning, persistent pain; slow, small & unmyelinated - correct answer
✔✔C fibers
A-beta fibers are large and carry ___________, ____________, and kinesthesia. - correct answer
✔✔touch; pressure
absence of pain - correct answer ✔✔kinesthesia
pain medication, patient re-positioning, ice, heat, stabilizing fracture - correct answer ✔✔What
are some examples of stimulators for A-beta nerve fibers?
,the stimulation of nociceptors - correct answer ✔✔What causes the release of
neurotransmitters?
released to surround the pain area and cause an inflammatory response, which promotes pain
to occur - correct answer ✔✔excitatory neurotransmitters
Pain can influence both _____________ and ______________ CNS activities. - correct answer
✔✔conscious; unconscious
Release of ___________ _______________ work to hinder the transmission of pain. - correct
answer ✔✔inhibitory neurotransmitters
What causes muscles to contract reflexively from a source of pain? - correct answer ✔✔motor
impulses
"happy chemical"; regulates mood, social behavior, appetite digestion, sleep, memory, etc. -
correct answer ✔✔serotonin
activates body's opiate receptors - correct answer ✔✔endorphins
In the __________ ___________ there is a gate that regulates transmission of pain signals to
the brain. - correct answer ✔✔spinal cord
If a second mechanical stimulus arrives at the gate at the same time, it can _____________ or
_____________ the gate and inhibit transmission of the pain signals to the brain. - correct
answer ✔✔close; block
The _________ gate allows pain transmission. - correct answer ✔✔open
, The ____________ gate blocks the pain impulses. - correct answer ✔✔closed
Stimulation of __________ ___________ ___________ through touch, massage, heat, cold, or
certain medications, may block or override the noxious pain impulses and close the gate. -
correct answer ✔✔A-beta nerve fibers
______________ and ______________ in the descending tracts from areas such as the
brainstem, thalamus, or cortex may alter pain perception by release of endorphins and close the
gate. - correct answer ✔✔emotions; impulses
results from external stimuli on uninjured, fully functional nervous system; usually throbbing,
aching, and localized; pain generally resolves when injury is treated - correct answer
✔✔nociceptive pain
caused by nerve malfunction or injuries resulting from trauma, disease, chemicals, infections,
and tumors; usually intense, shooting, and burning; longer term type of pain - correct answer
✔✔neuropathic pain
usually sudden onset; temporary, usually self-limiting and resolves with tissue healing;
interventions include treatment of the underlying cause - correct answer ✔✔acute pain
ongoing or recurs frequently; physiological responses are usually altered; may not respond well
to interventions; management aimed at symptomatic relief - correct answer ✔✔chronic pain
somatic, visceral, referred - correct answer ✔✔Categories of acute pain
originates from nociceptors in the skin and musculoskeletal tissue; sharp; accompanied by
swelling, cramping, bleeding; responds well to mild analgesics - correct answer ✔✔somatic pain
