Adaptation that results from synaptic fatigue, like that which occurs when you get used to the water temperature in the shower, is a property of

A) slow-adapting receptors.
B) fast-adapting receptors.
C) tonic receptors.
D) central adaptation.
E) None of the answers are correct.


B) fast-adapting receptors.

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