Okay, you had to know it was coming (see the ominous foresh…

 Okay, you had to know it was coming (see the ominous foreshadowing above in question 54). In the movie The Rock (a.k.a. the best movie ever), terrorists are using VX, a lethal nerve gas. VX effects can be inhibited by atropine by blocking acetylcholine receptors. Hooray! Nicholas Cage is saved (an Oscar-worthy performance for sure). However, the terrorist that is exposed to VX without atropine dies a horrible (gurgling?) death. Why? 

You are playing pickleball and get nailed in the face. You r…

You are playing pickleball and get nailed in the face. You rub the location where you were hit.  True or false: Stimulation of your mechanoreceptors can decrease pain sensation by activating your inhibitory interneurons that act on second-order neurons that carry pain signals to your brain.