Which of These Is One Reason You Can Distinguish Between

question 60

Multiple Choice

Which of these is one reason you can distinguish between a needle prick on the foot and an ice cube on the wrist?

• A)The ice cube stimulates a different class of receptors than the needle prick,even though both signals go to exactly the same location in the brain.
• B)The action potentials from the needle prick are inherently different from the impulse generated by the ice cube.
• C)The region of the brain to which one receptor pathway leads is different from the region to which the other pathway leads.
• D)The needle prick generates a stronger action potential in any one neuron than an ice cube does.
• E)The needle prick generates a higher frequency of action potentials than the ice cube does.