Reference no: EM133935216

Question

1. Nociceptors can be found all around the tissues of the body EXCEPT for which of the following?

A. Arteries

B. Joints

C. Deep bone tissues

2. You are an EMT at the scene of an 8-year-old female patient who was recently stung by a bee and is having a small allergic reaction. She tells you that everything is more painful than normal, especially at the site of injury. Which of the following is contributing to the girl's intensified pain?

A. Increased K+ in the ECF

B. Increased ATP in the ECF

C. Histamine released by mast cells

3. A patient is experiencing an abnormal amount of itching. In order to block the sensation of itching, which nerve type would you selectively block with a drug?

A. A-Delta fibers

B. C fibers

C. A-Beta fibers

4. Opioids effect____ receptors on pain sensory fibers. These receptors cause _____ on the presynaptic fiber and _____ on the postsynaptic fiber.

A. Mu, increased Ca++ influx, increase K+ efflux

B. Delta, decreased Ca++ influx, decreased K+ influx

C. Mu, decreased Ca++ influx, increased K+ efflux

5. This type of pain usually results from damage to the peripheral or central nervous system nerve fibers by means of disease or injury but may also be idiopathic.

A. Referred pain

B. Phantom pain

C. Neuropathic pain

6. A patient is experiencing deep, cramping pain which they feel might be resonating from their intestines. What kind of pain is this patient MOST LIKELY describing?

A. Neuropathic pain

B. Vascular pain

C. Visceral pain

7. You have a 25-year-old patient (with no past medical history of injuries or illness) who is complaining
that when he takes a shower, the water hits his back and feels like very sharp needles pressing into the skin. What is this an example of?

A. Allodynia

B. Neuralgia

C. Phantom pain

8. Your patient comes to you complaining that they have been having lots of headaches recently, and whenever they have a headache, it comes on quite rapidly and lasts for about an hour. The patient reports the pain is severe and makes it so they can't work or do anything but lie down and suffer. The pain is described as being right behind the eye and surrounding the eye socket. The patient also reports that they had a similar problem with these headaches a year ago but they went away until recently. What's MOST likely going on?

A. The patient is experiencing a cluster headache

B. The patient is experiencing a tension headache

C. The patient is experiencing trigeminal neuralgia

9. What are the 4 main phases of nociception?

A. Transduction, transmission, perception, and modulation

B. Transduction, transmission, perception, margination

C. Neither of the above