Pain Transduction Begins When Which Event Occurs

question 45

Multiple Choice

Pain transduction begins when which event occurs?

• A)Pain travels on the nociceptor to the spinal cord.
• B)The pain impulse reaches the spinal cord to pass messages to neurons.
• C)Local tissue injury causes release of chemical mediators of inflammation.
• D)The pain impulse reaches the brain,to respond with a variety of actions.

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Definitions:

Cloning

The process of creating genetically identical copies of biological material, including genes, cells, or whole organisms.

Introns

Introns are non-coding sequences within a gene that are removed by RNA splicing during maturation of the final mRNA molecule.

Mature mRNA

The final form of messenger RNA (mRNA) after processing, ready for translation into a protein in the cytoplasm.

Reverse Transcriptase

An enzyme that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template, a process central to the replication of retroviruses.