CET Reading Comprehension Questions with Solutions – Page 27

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1. Aanalyzing ways that enzymes and other chemicals influence how the body feels pleasure and pain
2. Bdescribing the presence of endorphins in the brain and discussing ways it is harmful to the body
3. Cdescribing how pain signals are conveyed in the body and discussing ways in which the pain signals can be blocked
4. Ddemonstrating that pleasure can be influenced by acupuncture and electrical stimulation of the central brain stem
5. Edifferentiating the kinds of pain that occur at different points in the body's nervous system

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1. AThe flow of electrical impulses through nerve cells at the site of the injury is broken.
2. BThe production of substance P traveling through nerve cells to the brain increases.
3. CEndorphins begin to speed up the response of nerve cells at the site of the injury.
4. DA flood of prostaglandins sensitizes nerve endings at the site of the injury.
5. ENerve cells connected to the spinal cord become electrically quiescent.

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1. AAfter an injection of novocaine, a patient has no feeling in the area where the injection was given.
2. BAfter taking ibuprofen, a person with a headache gets quick relief.
3. CAfter receiving a local anesthetic, an injured person reports relief in the anesthetized area.
4. DAfter getting influenza vaccine, a child falls sick less often.
5. EAfter acupuncture, a patient with chronic back pain reports that the pain is much less severe.

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1. ASome endorphins will be produced, and some pain signals will be intensified.
2. BSome pain killing substance P is likely to be produced, so some pain signals will reach the brain.
3. CSome sodium ions will be blocked, so some pain signals will not reach the brain.
4. DSome prostaglandins will be produced, but production of substance P will be prevented.
5. ESome peptides in the brain will receive pain signals and begin to regulate incoming pain traffic.

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1. Adormant
2. Bvibrant
3. Cbusy
4. Ddead
5. Eenergetic