Test your knowledge of chronic pain!

Match the terms and definitions below to see how well you, your friends, and your family members know chronic pain.

1.	Leads		A.	The area outside the spinal cord but inside the vertebral canal of the spinal column. Leads for neurostimulation are placed here.
2.	Catheter		B.	Pain caused from recent tissue injury such as a burn or broken bone.
3.	Neuropathic Pain		C.	A physician who specializes in the treatment of pain.
4.	Nociceptive Pain		D.	Pain caused by damage to nerve tissue.
5.	Spinal cord		E.	The number of people worldwide who have been treated with the help of a Medtronic Pain Therapy.
6.	Intrathecal space		F.	The long bundle of nerves that carries information between the body and the brain.
7.	Epidural space		G.	When the first neurostimulator was implanted.
8.	Pain Management Specialist		H.	Thin insulated wires that deliver impulses from the device to the spinal cord.
9.	early 1970s		I.	The fluid-filled area surrounding the spinal cord. The catheter for the drug delivery system is placed here.
10.	1980s		J.	A soft, thin tube that carries drug from the pump to the space around the spinal cord.
11.	300,000		K.	When the first intrathecal drug delivery system was implanted.

Answer Key:
1-H, 2-J, 3-D, 4-B, 5-F, 6-I, 7-A, 8-C, 9-G, 10-K, 11-E