The nurse is administering a medication to a client who is suffering from pain related to partial thickness burns. The medication will interrupt the sensation and transmission of pain stimuli. What type of receptors will this medication block?
A) Thermoreceptors
B) Mechanoreceptors
C) Nociceptors
D) Alpha receptors
C
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Nociceptors sense and transmit the location of pain stimuli. Thermoreceptors perceive sensations of heat and cold. Mechanoreceptors detect touch, location, pressure, motion, vibration, size, and texture. Alpha receptors trigger autonomic responses.
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