A patient asks the nurse where nociceptors can be found.How should the nurse respond? One location in which nociceptors can be found is the:
A) skin.
B) spinal cord.
C) efferent pathways.
D) hypothalamus.

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Nociceptors are sensory receptors that detect signals from damaged tissue and are primarily located in the skin, as well as in other tissues like muscles and joints.

A Patient Asks the Nurse Where Nociceptors Can Be Found