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A 20 year old female pricked her left hand while sewing: which area in her
brain would have received the pain signal s and perceived them as pain? -
ANS ✓right somatosensory cortex
One location in which nociceptors can be found is the - ANS ✓skin
Cutaneous polymodal nociceptors are activated by - ANS ✓mechanical injury,
heat and chemicals
Which CNS tract is responsible for carrying sensory information from the
nociceptors to the brain? - ANS ✓spinothalamic
Inflammation in visceral tissues activates - ANS ✓silent nociceptors
Which one of the following is an excitatory neuromodulator that enhances
pain transmission? - ANS ✓substance P
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