While gathering equipment for an intravenous injection,a nurse accidentally received a prick from an improperly capped needle.To interpret this sensation,which of the following areas must be intact?
A)Corticospinal tract,medulla,and basal ganglia
B)Pyramidal tract,hypothalamus,and sensory cortex
C)Lateral spinothalamic tract,thalamus,and sensory cortex
D)Anterior spinothalamic tract,basal ganglia,and sensory cortex

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The spinothalamic tract contains sensory fibers that transmit the sensations of pain,temperature,and crude or light touch.Fibers carrying pain and temperature sensations ascend the lateral spinothalamic tract,whereas those of crude touch form the anterior spinothalamic tract.At the thalamus,the fibers synapse with another sensory neuron,which carries the message to the sensory cortex for full interpretation.

While Gathering Equipment for an Intravenous Injection,a Nurse Accidentally Received