To perform a nursing assessment correctly, a nurse must remember that pain perception involves several central nervous system (CNS) processes. Which are examples of CNS processes?
a. Afferent pathways carry messages to the spinal cord.
b. Efferent pathways stimulate the spinal cord to recognize the location of pain.
c. Nociceptors in the brain stimulate the spinal cord.
d. Pain receptors in muscle, skin, and subcu-taneous tissue stimulate efferent path-ways.
B
Pain perception ascends to the brain and back down again to imprint the pain. These are func-tions of the CNS. Efferent pathways carry pain impulses to the body via the spinal cord. Afferent pathways carry messages to the brain for interpretation.
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