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16 Cards in this Set
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What are the characteristics of acute pain?
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Usually temporary & often the result of injury
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What are the characteristics of chronic pain?
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Pain that persists for more than 3-6 months and threatens to disrupt the patient's normal activities
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What is the definition of pain?
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An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with or described in terms of actual or potential tissue damage
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What is a pain receptor?
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A peripheral nerve, organ or mechanism for the perception and transmission of painful or injurious stimuli
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What is a pain receptor's other name?
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Free nerve endings/nociceptors
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What sensory nerve fiber delivers fast pain?
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A Delta
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What sensory nerve fiber delivers slow pain?
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C
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What are the characteristics of slow pain?
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Dull
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What are the characteristics of fast pain?
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Sharp, pricking
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What is the pain tract in the spinal cord?
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Spinothalamic tract
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What is another term for gate control theory?
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Afferent pain inhibition/rub the hurt
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What can an MT do to reduce pain?
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Rub the hurt
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What are endangerment sites?
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Nerves, blood vessels, organs, lymph nodes
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What is hypoalgesia?
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Diminished pain
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What is hyperalgesia?
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Increased pain
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What is analgesia?
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Absence of pain
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