A caregiver is working with a client who is having poorly controlled pain due to shingles. The associate pain travels to the client's nervous system via
A)
synapses.
B)
axons.
C)
afferent neurons.
D)
efferent neurons.
Ans:
C
Feedback:
Afferent or sensory neurons carry information toward the CNS; they are involved in the reception of sensory information from the external environment and from within the body. Efferent or motor neurons carry information away from the CNS; they are needed for control of muscle fibers and endocrine and exocrine glands.
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