V5 Syllabus · Nervous System including autonomic and pain

H4.i · Pain Physiology

Official V5 objective
Define and describe pain, including: a. peripheral nociception and sensitization, b. pain sensation conduction and pathways c. receptors and mediators involved in pain sensation and transmission, d. spinal cord modulation, including an outline of the gate-control theory, e. central processing of pain sensation f. role and features of descending pathways.

Mapped canonical questions

Prototype 2 only shows the canonical-question link. The full CW3.0 page will add direct/secondary SAQ history, VIVA history, first/last examined and related formulae.