Analgesics-Concept Lab |72 Questions| With Correct Answers.

afferent neurons {Ans: "SENSORY" Nerve cells that carry impulses towards the central nervous system}Wong-Baker FACES scale {Ans: a pain assessment tool that asks patients (often children) to select one of several faces indicating expressions that convey a range from no pain through the worst pain}the sensory cortex {Ans: the part of the brain that determines how hard and where sensory information is perceived}NSAID summary {Ans: *anti-inflammatory *mechanism of action involves inhibiting COX enzymes *there are non-elective, COX-2 selective, and cox-1 preferntial NSAIDs}how many pairs of nerves does the spinal cord have? {Ans: 31 pairs each pair has ascending and descending pathways that sends information}aspirin {Ans: NSAID and non-NSAID it is a non-steriodal drug used to treat pain, its effects and mechanism of action change depending upon the size of the dose adminsitered}