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future617RT

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A patient with arthritis of the left knee reports pain extending from the knee half-way down the lower leg. What type of pain is this patient perceiving?
 
  a. Localized
  b. Referred
  c. Radiating
  d. Phantom

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A patient who is paralyzed from the waist down as a result of an injury that completely severed the spinal cord has an open wound on the right heel. Why is this patient unaware of any pain caused from this wound?
 
  a. The nociceptors in the heel are no longer stimulated when injury occurs.
  b. The patient has become completely desensitized to this type of chronic pain.
  c. The severed spinal cord prevents the sensation of pain from reaching the brain.
  d. The spinal cord injury results in chronic pain that can mask any acute pain sensation.


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amandanbreshears

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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: C

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C


future617RT

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Reply #2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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Reply #3 on: Jul 23, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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