Choose the statement that does NOT correctly describe the function of the corresponding sensory receptor.
A. Your heart rate increases as baroreceptors in your aorta detect low blood pressure.
B. An ice cube feels very cold as thermoreceptors in your fingers detect its temperature.
C. You feel searing pain as nociceptors in your skin respond to cell lysis and death from a spider bite.
D. Your car appears blue as proprioceptors in your eyes detect light of 420nm wavelength reflecting from it.
Answer: D
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