Sensory neurons carrying action potentials from pain receptors synapse within the spinal cord with interneurons

These interneurons synapse with motor neurons leading back to an effector and ascending neurons that carry action potentials toward the brain. This is an example of a(n) _____ pathway.
A. convergent
B. divergent
C. reverberating
D. sensory
E. bifurcated


B

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