In Addition to Receiving Input from Thermoreceptors in the Skin

question 144

Multiple Choice

 In addition to receiving input from thermoreceptors in the skin and spinal cord, warm-sensitive cells in the preoptic area (POA) of the hypothalamus

• A) receive input from cold-sensitive but not temperature-insensitive neurons in the POA.
• B) have receptors that sense temperature change in their vicinity.
• C) receive input from both cold-insensitive and temperature-insensitive neurons in the POA.
• D) receive input from temperature-insensitive but not cold-sensitive neurons in the POA.

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