What is the path traveled by immediate, intense, short-lived, or fast pain messages?
A)from the spinal cord to the thalamus to the somatosensory cortex
B)from the spinal cord to the hypothalamus and thalamus, and then to the limbic system
C)from the spinal cord to the motor cortex to the somatosensory cortex
D)from the spinal cord to the hypothalamus to the frontal lobes to the motor cortex

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Immediate, intense, short-lived, or fast pain messages travel from the spinal cord to the thalamus and then to the somatosensory cortex. This pathway is responsible for processing and perceiving the physical aspects of pain.

What Is the Path Traveled by Immediate, Intense, Short-Lived, or Fast