Question 1
Which primary afferent fiber type transmits the rapid, sharp, well-localized 'first pain' sensation following acute tissue injury?
Correct Answer:
Thinly myelinated A-delta fibers
Question 2
A patient with widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and tenderness has no identifiable tissue damage and no nerve injury on workup. Per the 2017 IASP terminology, this pain is best classified as:
Correct Answer:
Nociplastic
Question 3
Pain and temperature signals from a peripheral nociceptor synapse in the dorsal horn and then ascend primarily via which tract to reach the thalamus?
Correct Answer:
Contralateral spinothalamic tract (anterolateral system)
Question 4
The periaqueductal gray (PAG) modulates spinal pain transmission primarily by activating which downstream brainstem region?
Correct Answer:
Rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM) including the nucleus raphe magnus
Question 5
Repetitive C-fiber input to dorsal horn neurons causes progressively larger responses to identical stimuli — the phenomenon known as wind-up. Which receptor is principally responsible?
Correct Answer:
NMDA receptor
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