Multiple Choice
The "ascending pathway" begins in the:
A) heart and terminates in the medulla.
B) site of injury and terminates in the spinal cord.
C) somatosensory cortex and terminates in the hypothalamus.
D) spinal cord and sends pain information to the thalamus.
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