Why Is It Less Painful to Sleep on a Bed

question 158

Multiple Choice

Why is it less painful to sleep on a bed of nails than to be stabbed in the finger with one?

• A)The mechanoreceptors are only sensitive to light touch.
• B)There are more free nerve endings in our fingers than our backs.
• C)There are more mechanoreptors devoted to the back than the fingers.
• D)There are fewer free nerve endings in our fingers than our backs.

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