WONDER #2492: Why Do We Feel Pain?

Question 1 of 3

Pain is first noticed by ________________________ in the skin.

1. hair follicles
2. sweat glands
3. spinal cord
4. nerve endings

Question 2 of 3

What condition causes a person to not feel pain?

1. Multiple sclerosis
2. Congenital insensitivity to pain
3. Parkinson’s disease
4. Hyperhidrosis

Question 3 of 3

This Wonder was mostly about...

1. how people feel pain and why pain is important.
2. what each part of the human brain is responsible for.
3. what type of pain is the hardest to deal with.
4. the most common causes of chronic pain.

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