Superficial Pain Is Highly Localized, but Visceral Pain Is Diffuse

question 69

Multiple Choice

Superficial pain is highly localized, but visceral pain is diffuse because

• A) the viscera has fewer pain receptors.
• B) the skin has more sensitive pain receptors.
• C) the viscera has fewer mechanoreceptors which give location information.
• D) visceral pain has less emotional involvement.

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