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Dull, aching visceral pain (such as that associated with pulpitis progressing to irreversible pain, or cardiac ischemic pain) is carried mainly by which type of nerve fiber?

  1. A-alpha fibers
  2. A-beta fibers
  3. C fibers
  4. A-delta fibers only
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Correct answer: C. C fibers

Slow-conducting, unmyelinated C fibers transmit dull, throbbing, poorly localized pain (the kind seen in irreversible pulpitis or referred cardiac pain), whereas fast-conducting, myelinated A-delta fibers transmit sharp, well-localized, initial pain.

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