The First Step of the Pain Perception Pathway Involves the Sensation

question 21

Multiple Choice

The first step of the pain perception pathway involves the sensation of a noxious stimulus and the subsequent transmission of the painful signal. This process is known as

• A)depolarization transmission.
• B)pain perception.
• C)stimulus transduction.
• D)wind-up.

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