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PAIN - NURS 115 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE GRADED
A++ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (24)
relays information about
pain, touch, body
somatosensory system positions, temperature
dorsal horn neurons
initial detect noxious stimuli
first order neuron transmit info to second order neuron
information to the thalamus
second order neuron
takes information to the sensory cortex
third order neuron
pain receptors
nocioceptors
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order or neurons
visual
dermatones Areas of the body innervated by a single pair of
dorsal root ganglia
overlap
cutaneous pain sharp, burning
origin in the skin or subcutaneous tissue
deep somatic pain diffuse, throbbing
origin in the skin or subcutaneous tissue
(organ
related)
visceral pain diffuse,
poorly
difined
origin from stretching
distention or ischemia of
body organ ex. appendicitis
referred pain originated at visceral site but perceived as
originating in part of the body wall that is
innervated by neurons entering the same
segment of the nervous system
psychogenic pain originating in the mind not the body,
however, still has physical symptoms
example: phantom pain after
amputation
- Perceived at a site different that it's origin but
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PAIN - NURS 115 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE GRADED
A++ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (24)
relays information about
pain, touch, body
somatosensory system positions, temperature
dorsal horn neurons
initial detect noxious stimuli
first order neuron transmit info to second order neuron
information to the thalamus
second order neuron
takes information to the sensory cortex
third order neuron
pain receptors
nocioceptors
1/
7
, 8/17/25, 9:22
AM
order or neurons
visual
dermatones Areas of the body innervated by a single pair of
dorsal root ganglia
overlap
cutaneous pain sharp, burning
origin in the skin or subcutaneous tissue
deep somatic pain diffuse, throbbing
origin in the skin or subcutaneous tissue
(organ
related)
visceral pain diffuse,
poorly
difined
origin from stretching
distention or ischemia of
body organ ex. appendicitis
referred pain originated at visceral site but perceived as
originating in part of the body wall that is
innervated by neurons entering the same
segment of the nervous system
psychogenic pain originating in the mind not the body,
however, still has physical symptoms
example: phantom pain after
amputation
- Perceived at a site different that it's origin but
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7
