A young woman returns from a day at the beach to find she has developed severe sunburn. Which neurons are sending the messages from her burned skin to her central nervous system, informing her of the pain from the burn?
a. Sensory neurons
b. Motor neurons
c. Synaptic neurons
d. Association neurons
Answer: a
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