Potentially Damaging Stimuli That Result in Pain Are Selectively Detected

question 112

Multiple Choice

Potentially damaging stimuli that result in pain are selectively detected by:

• A) photoreceptors.
• B) proprioceptors.
• C) chemoreceptors.
• D) nociceptors.

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