A patient complains of pain at his incision site. The nurse is aware that four processes are involved in nociception. The proper order of the processes is
a. transmission, perception, modulation, and transduction.
b. perception, modulation, transduction, and transmission.
c. modulation, transduction, transmission, and perception.
d. transduction, transmission, perception, and modulation.
D
Four processes are involved in nociception: transduction, transmission, perception, and modulation.
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