36. Tactile sensation is a combination of touch, pressure, stretch and vibration

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36. Tactile sensation is a combination of touch, pressure, stretch and vibration. Which of the following is most likely the receptor type that senses tactile stimulation? a. mechanoreceptors b. thermoreceptors c. nociceptors d. proprioceptors e. muscle spindle 37. Phantom pain a. is more likely to occur in a patient who had an amputation under general anesthesia only b. is more likely to occur in a patient who had an amputation under general anesthesia along with an epidural c. is not a real phenomenon d. is a form of analgesic e. none of the above 38. Pain that arises in one part of the body but is perceived as coming from another part is a. somatic b. referred c. phantom d. visceral e. cerebral

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Answer 36. Option a

These are the sensory receptors present in skin and includes the Ruffini endings, Merkel's discs, Pacinian corpuscles and Meissner's corpuscles.

Answer 37. Option a

There is a research paper by Elsevier namely, RETROSPECTIVE TRIAL COMPARING THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT ANESTHETIC TECHNIQUES ON PHANTOM Pain AFTER LOWER LIMB PAIN, which has shown that general anesthesia is more related to phantom pain.

Answer 38. Option b

In referred pain, the brain gets confused. For Eg, if the liver is enlarged pain happens in the shoulder because swelling has innervates the nerve of shoulder.

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