How Are Pain Signals from Visceral Receptors "Referred" to the Body

question 118

Multiple Choice

How are pain signals from visceral receptors "referred" to the body surface?

• A) the convergence of visceral and somatic afferents on the same second -order neurons
• B) signals from visceral receptors that travel to skin receptors to activate them
• C) the convergence of visceral and somatic afferents on the same first -order neurons
• D) the convergence of visceral and somatic afferents on the same third -order neurons
• E) the divergence of visceral and somatic afferents onto different second -order neurons

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