NUR 112 - Med Surg I ch 5.txt

• SNS or sympathetic nervous system, which
• can:
• inc pulse
• inc BP
• inc resp rate
• dialate pupils
• cause sewating

yes, but it is not sustained.

• The normal processing of pain
• It is either Somatic - arising from the skin or musculoskeltal or visceral - arising from the organs.

• Nociceptive - normal processing of pain
• neuropathis - abnormal processin g of pain, which results from some type of nerve damage.

Myelinated A delta fibers transmit rapit sharp pain and are found in skin and muscles, while unmyelinated or poorly myyelinated C fibers transmit pain slowly and usually produce persistent pain - found in muscle, periosteum and viscera.