KROK 1 2018 – Question 183 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
A person becomes less receptive to pain in physically or emotionally straining situations due to activation of:
- A. Thyroid gland functions
- B. Parasympathetic nervous system
- C. Adrenal glands functions
- D. Antinociceptive system
- E. Nociceptive system
Hint
Think about how the body raises its own pain threshold during stress, and which physiological mechanism carries out that modulation of pain transmission.
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