Pain impulses are sent to the brain where the central nervous extracts information regarding location, duration and quality of the pain impulse. What is this process?
A. Transduction
B. Transmission
C. Perception
D. Modulation
C
As the pain impulse ascends to the brain, the central nervous system extracts information such as location, duration, and quality of the pain impulse. Thus the patient becomes aware of the expe-rience of pain.
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