What distinguishes pain from nociception?
A. Pain involves only sensory processing, while nociception involves emotional responses.
B. Pain is a conscious perception, while nociception is an unconscious reflex.
C. Pain encompasses both sensory and emotional components, while nociception is purely sensory.
D. Pain involves activation of peripheral nociceptors, while nociception involves central processing in the spinal cord.
Select your answer:
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A. Trigeminal
B. Sciatic
C. Facial
D. Accessory
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Which of these connective tissue cells is NOT correctly matched with its function?
A. blast cells – make holes in extracellular matrix
B. clast cells – break down the extracellular matrix
C. cyte cells – maintain the extracellular matrix
D. mast cells – release chemicals promoting inflammation
E. macrophages – move about and ingest foreign substances