A patient asks the nurse where nociceptors can be found. How should the nurse respond? One location in which nociceptors can be found is the:
a. skin.
b. spinal cord.
c. efferent pathways.
d. hypothalamus.
ANS: A
Nociceptors are pain receptors and can be found in the skin. Nociceptors are not located in the spinal cord. Nociceptors are not located in efferent, but afferent, pathways. Nociceptors are not located in the hypothalamus but can be found in the meninges.
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