Which of the Following Statements About Pruriceptors Is True

question 22

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about pruriceptors is true?

• A)They have been studied more than other types of skin perception.
• B)Like nociceptors, they send their axons up the spinothalamic tract.
• C)Anatomically they are the same as nociceptors.
• D)They respond mainly to serious tissue injury.

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