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NR 283 Final ExamReview Chamberlain
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Osetoporosis - Answer: Decreased Bone Mineral Density
Osteoporosis Pathophysiology - Answer: Bone remodeling leads to increased bone reabsorption, leads
to decreased bone formation causing thin fragile bones leading to fractures. Increased osteoclast activity
and decreased osteoblast activity.
Risk factors for Osteoporosis - Answer: 1. Postmenopausal women
2. Aging
3. Sedentary Lifestyle
4. Hyperthyroidism
5. Smoking
Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer: Autoimmune disorder causing chronic systemic inflammation
Pathophysiology Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer: 1. Neutrophils degrade surface layer of cartilage
2. Inflammatory cytokines breakdown cartilage & bone
3. T-Cells cause fibroblasts to turn into a thick abnormal layer of tissue
4. Inflammation is constant & spreads to ALL synovial joints
Difference between Osteoarthritis & Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer: Osteoarthritis is a degenerative
condition due to "wear and tear" cartilage breaks down causing stiff joints and pain.
, Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic autoimmune disorder. Additional symptoms include fever and affects
all synovial joints.
Acute Pain - Answer: Condition last < 3 months. Body's protective mechanism. Can be classified as
somatic, visceral, or referred.
Chronic pain - Answer: Lasts > 6 months. Non-protective, Poorly understood.
Neuropathic pain - Answer: Dysfunction of the nervous system. i.e. Fibromyalgia
Pain management - Answer: What is the treatment that increases or decreases transmission of pain
signals.
Neurotransmitters - Answer: What are the chemicals that the nervous system uses to communicate with
a brain.
Pain Transduction - Answer: Nociceptors receptor at the end of a sensory neuron's axon that responds
to damaging or potentially damaging stimuli by sending possible threat signals to the spinal cord and the
brain
Pain transmission - Answer: What pain pathway signal goes to the central nervous system
Pain perception - Answer: Pain pathway how the brain interprets the pain signal
Pain threshold - Answer: Minimum amount of stimuli that it takes for you to perceive pain. This pathway
is the same for everyone
Pain tolerance - Answer: The amount of pain the body can handle before you involuntarily remove the
stimuli.
Afferent - Answer: The type of pain that transmit from the peripheral nervous system to the central
nervous system
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