1 sentences with 'pinprick'

Example sentences and phrases with the word pinprick and other words derived from it.


« When we receive a pinprick in the foot, localised sensors send the message through nerve fibres in the form of electrical impulses, which travel at about 360 kilometres per hour. These painful stimuli are received by the medulla in the form of a message and it orders the foot to withdraw or move, a reflex unrelated to the subsequent painful sensation. A fraction of a second later, the message from the medulla reaches the brain, which recognises the pain sensation. »

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