The Phenomenon Known as Referred Pain

question 48

Multiple Choice

The phenomenon known as referred pain:

• A)is a perception of a false painful stimulus with no initiating stimulus;it is created in the mind.
• B)is the projected perception of pain as a sensation being experienced at a site other than that of the actual injured or diseased tissue.
• C)involves a descending pathway that blocks the release of substance P in the spinal cord.
• D)is synonymous with the persistence of perceptions of painful stimuli long after the activity responsible for triggering them has ceased.

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Definitions:

Afferent

Conducting toward a central nervous system (CNS) structure.

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