Question 1
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Which of the following are NOT a component of the somatosenses?
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Free nerve endings in the skin
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Receptors located within limb joints
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Hair cells within the cochlea
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Encapsulated receptors within the skin
Question 2
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Damage to fibres containing the TRPV1 receptor would be expected to...
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Impair touch sensation
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Increase the emotional response to a painful stimulus
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Alter reactivity to high-temperature stimuli
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Alter reactivity to mechanical stimuli
Question 3
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After damage to her somatosensory association cortex, Patient E.C. experienced...
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Visual agnosia
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A difficulty in differentiating objects by texture cues
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A loss of tactile sensitivity
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Difficulty in recognizing common objects by touch
Question 4
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Our reaction to painful stimulation may be modified by...
Question 5
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Imaging studies suggest that the unpleasant aspect of pain involves the...
Question 6
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The process of vaginal stimulation induces analgesia through...
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The release of naloxone from sensory nerve endings
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Neural inhibition of the spinal cord
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The production of a hypnotic state
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Endogenous opiate release
Question 7
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A person is administered a placebo "pain-relieving" skin cream just before receiving a painful electric shock. Imaging studies suggest that the placebo effect is due to...
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Decreased activity within the prefrontal cortex an periaqueductal gray
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Decreased activity within the somatosensory cortex
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Increased activity within the prefrontal cortex and periaqueductal gray
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Blockade of opiate receptors with the spinal cord
Question 8
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Cutaneous sensory information from below the head is sent to the brain via...
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Cranial nerves
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Spinal nerves
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The blood stream
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the internal organs
Question 9
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Sharp pain is conducted by ____ and dull pain is conducted by ____ axons.
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Thinly myelinated; unmyelinated
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Unmyelinated; thinly myelinated
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Densely myelinated; thinly myelinated
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Thinly myelinated; densely myelinated
Question 10
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If glutamate receptors in the spinal cord were blocked, what would happen to pain sensation?
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Intense pain would feel mild
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There would be no effect on the sensation of pain
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Mild to moderate pain would be eliminated
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Mild to moderate pain would be intensified
Question 11
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Eisenberger, Lieberman & Williams (2003) found that social rejection increased activity in the...
Question 12
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Opiate receptors act by blocking...
Question 13
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Imagine that a person receives a cut that goes halfway through the spinal cord on the RIGHT side only. What would happen to pain sensation and touch sensation?
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Pain sensation lost on right side; touch sensation lost on left side
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Pain sensation lost on left side; touch sensation lost on right side
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Pain and touch sensation lost on left side
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Pain and touch sensation lost on right side
Question 14
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Imagine that you are suffering chronic pain from a medical condition that cannot be treated. In order to minimise the long-term emotional response to your pain, you wold choose a modification to your...
Question 15
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Capsaicin is the active ingredient in which type of topical treatment?
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Psoriasis cream
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Deep freeze gel
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Deep heat gel
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Anti-ageing cream