Physiology Of pain Flashcards

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What are the stages of pain?

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Stimulus
Transmission
Reception
Perception
Modulation
Action on body
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What happens when a stimuli occurs?

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Will cause brain to be percieved by the brain via electrical impulses of the somatic nervous system
Injury causes release of chemicals that assist with perception, histamine, serotonin, prostaglandins

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