Exam 14: The Cutaneous Senses

Sensory component of pain : ________ :: emotional component of pain : ________.

The _______ are located near the border of the epidermis and surface of the skin, and are associated with sensing fine details.

The mapping of the body on the somatosensory cortex can be represented as the

The phenomenon of "phantom limb" is difficult to explain using the _______ of pain.

Endorphins

Neuropathic pain : __________ :: Inflammatory pain: _______.

Neurons in the monkey somatosensory cortex have been found that

The receptive fields of cortical S1 neurons are

Pokorny reduced the perceived pain for a burn victim by

Discuss research by Osborn and Derbyshire (2010) and Singer et al. (2004) that demonstrate how social situations can affect pain perception.

Based on the finding that ______________________, it is believed that endorphins are linked to pain relief.

The somatosensory system

The duplex theory of texture perception refers to the importance of

Neurons in the ventral posterior nucleus in the thalamus have

Penfield mapped locations of body parts on area S1 by

The function of the skin is

The nerve fibers in the spinal cord go in

The mechanoreceptors primarily responsible for feeling the vibrations from an electric toothbrush are _________ because these receptors contain an "onion-like" series of layers.

The fibers from the medial lemniscal pathway and the spinothalamic pathway go to the

Describe the basic principles of the gate-control model of pain.