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Pain

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

Pain is subjective and can be influenced by… (3)

Back (Answer)

Gender, Ethnicity, Personality

#2
Front (Question)

A physical source of pain with no perception of pain

Back (Answer)

Congenital Analgesia

#3
Front (Question)

What pathways are involved with pain?

Back (Answer)

Ascending & Descending

#4
Front (Question)

Nociceptors are pain receptors that respond to 3 types of pain:

Back (Answer)

Mechanical, Temperature & Chemical

#5
Front (Question)

Mechanical Nociceptors respond to:

Back (Answer)

Potentially damaging pressure or touch

#6
Front (Question)

Temperature Nociceptors respond to:

Back (Answer)

Extremes of heat & cold

#7
Front (Question)

Chemical Nociceptors respond to:

Back (Answer)

Noxious chemicals, including those released by the skin itself during injury

#8
Front (Question)

Nociceptors can also be: (2)

Back (Answer)

Unimodal & Polymodal

#9
Front (Question)

Unimodal Nociceptors respond to:

Back (Answer)

Only one type of pain sensation

#10
Front (Question)

Polymodal Nociceptors respond to:

Back (Answer)

multiple stimuli

#11
Front (Question)

Unimodal Nociceptors have a _____ threshold for stimulation, leading to a _____ response and _____ neural signal

Back (Answer)

Lower, Rapid, Short

#12
Front (Question)

Polymodal Nociceptors have a ____ threshold for activation but a _____ neural response.

Back (Answer)

Higher, Sustained

#13
Front (Question)

A Nociceptor is the (number)? part of the ascending pathway

Back (Answer)

2nd part, after the stimulus.

#14
Front (Question)

What are the two areas involved with the Descending Pathways? (2)

Back (Answer)

Periaqueductal Grey (PAG) & Rostral Ventromedial Medulla (RVM)

#15
Front (Question)

What do descending pathways potentially do?

Back (Answer)

Can influence perception of pain coming into the CNS via the ascending pathway

#16
Front (Question)

What do the two descending pathway areas contain? (2)

Back (Answer)

• High concentrations of opioid receptors • Endogenous opioids

#17
Front (Question)

What does analgesic mean?

Back (Answer)

A medicine that relieves pain.

#18
Front (Question)

Descending pathways are also…

Back (Answer)

Monoaminergic

#19
Front (Question)

What do descending pathways use as neurotransmitters? (2)

Back (Answer)

Serotonin & Noradrenaline

#20
Front (Question)

What is battlefield analgesia (descending pathways)?

Back (Answer)

Where soldiers receive severe injuries with little immediate awareness of pain - meaning there’s increased pain threshold

#21
Front (Question)

Psychological pain (stress/anxiety) can ______ pain

Back (Answer)

Exacerbate / make worse

#22
Front (Question)

Where is Substance P found?

Back (Answer)

In the brain and spinal cord

#23
Front (Question)

What is substance P associated with? (2)

Back (Answer)

Inflammatory processes & pain

#24
Front (Question)

Intense pain is signalled by the release of… (2)

Back (Answer)

Glutamate & the neuromodulator substance P