Question

Terry stepped on a nail while walking around barefoot in her yard one week ago. The spot where the skin was punctured still hurts, reminding her to take it easy on her foot. The soreness Terry is experiencing is known as ________ pain.

A. pressure
B. visceral
C. somatic
D. gate-control

Answer 1

Answer:

Somatic pain

Explanation:

Somatic pain is a pain that occurs because of the activation of the pain receptor in the body. The pressure, force, temperature and other things that activate the pain receptor in the skin of a person. Somatic pain occurs in a particular area of skin. It occurs due to burning, cutting, etc. A lot of common small injuries happened to us every day that leads to somatic pain in the body. The somatic pain is of two types the superficial pain and deep somatic pain.  

Thus Terry when walking in his lawn put his foot on a snail. He punctured his skin. He reminded that he has to take the step very carefully because of somatic [pain in his skin.