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Neural Mechanisms of Cardiac Pain
Author Biography
Currently selected section: Introduction
Anterolateral System
Somatic vs. Visceral Nociceptive Processing
Angina Pectoris
Sympathetic Sensory Innervation
Referred Pain
Vagal Sensory Innervation
Other Ascending Pathways
Central Sensitization
Thalamus and Cerebral Cortex
Neurophysiology of Angina Pectorsis
Nausea and Vomiting

Dyspnea
Summary

 

Chapter 25:Neural Mechanisms of Cardiac Pain: Introduction
        

Question 2.1

While cleaning up the stove after cooking a meal, you inadvertently touch a burner that is still hot. You immediately withdraw your hand from the hot burner, but you receive a mild burn on your little finger. You sense a sharp pain at first, which becomes a dull ache after an hour. Activation of which pathway lead to these sensations?

Selection ASpinocerebellar tract
Selection BSpinothalamic tract
Selection CCuneate fasciculus
Selection DGracile fasciculus

 

 

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