A young woman returns from a day at the beach to find she has developed a severe sunburn. Which neurons are sending the messages from her burned skin to her brain informing her of the pain from the burn?
a) sensory neurons
b) motor neurons
c) synaptic neurons
d) association neurons
ANS: A, Sensory neurons carry information from the senses to the spinal cord and brain.
Psychology
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a. to be moving faster than far ones. b. to be moving slower than far ones. c. to be moving at the same speed as far ones. d. to be stationary and the far ones appear to be moving in the opposite direction as the car.
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