Suppose you suffer a cut through the spinal cord on the left side only. For the part of the body below that cut, you will lose  pain sensation on the right side of the body and touch sensation on the left side. Why? A. The left side of the body is more sensitive to pain  than the right side is. B. The right side of the body is more sensitive to pain  than the left side is. C. Pain axons cross the spinal cord at once, but touch  fibers do not. D. Pain axons regrow after injury, but touch axons do  not

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Suppose you suffer a cut through the spinal cord on the left side only. For the part of the body below that cut, you will lose 
pain sensation on the right side of the body and touch sensation on the left side. Why?
A. The left side of the body is more sensitive to pain 
than the right side is.
B. The right side of the body is more sensitive to pain 
than the left side is.
C. Pain axons cross the spinal cord at once, but touch 
fibers do not.
D. Pain axons regrow after injury, but touch axons do 
not

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Suppose you suffer a cut through the spinal cord on the left side only. For the part of the body below that cut, you will lose 
pain sensation on the right side of the body and touch sensation on the left side. Why?
A. The left side of the body is more sensitive to pain 
than the right side is.
B. The right side of the body is more sensitive to pain 
than the left side is.
C. Pain axons cross the spinal cord at once, but touch 
fibers do not.
D. Pain axons regrow after injury, but touch axons do 
not.

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