Standing Out in Center Field, a Baseball Player Watches a Hitter's

question 44

Multiple Choice

Standing out in center field, a baseball player watches a hitter's bat strike the ball and then, slightly later, hears the sound of the impact. What types of sensory receptors did the player just use?

• A)thermoreceptors and chemoreceptors
• B)photoreceptors and mechanoreceptors
• C)chemoreceptors and pain receptors
• D)pain receptors and thermoreceptors

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