Chapter 12- Sense Organs

Question 1

Fast pain fibers

Answer 1

Abundant in skin and mucus membrane
Produce sharp, stabbing pain at the time of injury
Stubbed toe or smashed finger

Question 2

Slow pain fibers

Answer 2

Congregated on deep body organs
Dull aching pain
Bowel obstruction, appendicitis

Question 3

Refereed pain

Answer 3

Pain felt in a part of the body other than it’s actual source
Pain in a deep organ that feels like it is on the surface of the skin