SLOW PAIN

• OCCURS AFTER A SECOND OR MORE

• OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH TISSUE DESTRUCTION

• SUBJECTIVELY DESCRIBED AS BURNING, ACHING,THROBBING, NAUSEOUS, OR CHRONIC

• C FIBERS WHICH SYNAPSE IN THE SUBSTANTIA GELITANOSA

• FINAL PROJECTION IS THE FRONTAL CORTEX

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