Regarding the Experience of Pain, Which of the Following Statements

question 363

Multiple Choice

Regarding the experience of pain, which of the following statements is TRUE?

• A)Acupuncture has been shown to cure diseases and produce long-term pain relief in 80 percent of the people tested.
• B)Phantom limb pain occurs because the neuromatrix interprets other sensory experiences as pain from the missing limb.
• C)Acupuncture needles activate the large pain fibers, which close the spinal gate directly.
• D)Phantom limb pain is best explained by the gate control theory.

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