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which of the following statements about pain is
true
a) Pain tolerance is relatively constant over time and between
individuals
b) Specific charecteristics of pain are identified in the frontal
lobe of the brain.
c) the brain is more aware of pai impulse when the retucular
activating ststem is depressed.
d) The hypothalamus connects sympathetic nervous ststem as part of
the pain response.
The following statements about pain are true;
c) the brain is more aware of pain impulse when the reticular activating system is depressed. (As nerves in this pathway block the transmission of the pain signals to the brain).