Nociceptors consist of ____
a. sensory receptors enclosing an afferent neuron
b. sensory receptors formed by a cell that synapses with an afferent neuron
c. free nerve endings of afferent neurons
d. stereocilia
e. statocysts
ANSWER: c
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