Advanced Pathophysiology – Neurology Exam Study Guide.
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Advanced pathophysiology
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Advanced Pathophysiology
Advanced Pathophysiology – Neurology
Exam Study Guide.
Somatic pain - answercomes from the skin or close to the surface of the body
Visceral Pain - answeroccurs in internal organs, the abdomen of the skeleton
Referred Pain - answerpresent in an area removed or distant from its point of origin...
Advanced Pathophysiology – Neurology
Exam Study Guide.
Somatic pain - answer✔comes from the skin or close to the surface of the body
Visceral Pain - answer✔occurs in internal organs, the abdomen of the skeleton
Referred Pain - answer✔present in an area removed or distant from its point of origin
Acute Pain - answer✔is a warning of actual or impending tissue injury responses can include increased
heart rate, respiratory rate, elevated blood pressure, pallor or flushing, dilated pupils, and diaphoresis
Chronic Pain - answer✔is prolonged and may last longer than 6 months, may either persist or be
intermittent
Intermittent Pain - answer✔produces physiologic responses similar to acute pain(migraine)
Persistent Pain - answer✔permits physiologic adaption (low back pain)
Neuralgias - answer✔caused by infection or damaged peripheral nerves
Hyperesthesias - answer✔Increased sensitivity and decreased pain threshold to painful stimuli
Myofascial Pain Syndromes - answer✔injury to muscles and fascia and is the second most cause of
chronic pain
Hemiagnosia - answer✔the inability to diagnose the source of pain on the affected side of the body
Phantom Limb Pain - answer✔Pain felt in the amputated limb after the complete healing of the stump
Receptors - answer✔a lens system for focusing light on the receptors or nerves for conducting impulses
from the receptors to the brain
Sclera - answer✔Thick , white, outermost layer
Choroid - answer✔middle layer that is deeply pigmented and consists of the pupil and the iris
retina - answer✔contains the rods and the cones and is the inner layer of the eye
What surround the auditory canal - answer✔the bones of the cranium
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