To Determine the Cause of the Patient's Severe Back Pain,the

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Multiple Choice

To determine the cause of the patient's severe back pain,the doctor ordered a diagnostic test to record images of the spinal cord after an injection of a contrast agent into the subarachnoid space.This process is called

• A)positron emission tomography.
• B)magnetic resonance imaging.
• C)CT myelography.
• D)evoked potential studies.

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Definitions:

Sensory Adaptation

Change in the sensitivity of a receptor that usually makes the receptor less sensitive to its stimulus.

Proprioception

The sense of the relative position of one's own parts of the body and strength of effort being employed in movement.

Somatic Sensing

Somatic sensing involves the perception of bodily sensations, including touch, temperature, pain, and proprioception, integral to physical experiences.

Integration

Summing up of excitatory and inhibitory signals by a neuron or by some part of the brain.