When the CNS Responds to Tissue Damage by Decreasing the Pain

question 70

Multiple Choice

When the CNS responds to tissue damage by decreasing the pain threshold and increasing its sensitivity to pain, this is called ________.

• A) referred pain
• B) central sensitization
• C) peripheral sensitization
• D) cumulative sensitization
• E) phantom pain

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