What are nociceptors?
A) sensory receptors in the skin that respond to painful stimuli
B) motor nerves in the spinal cord that relay pain signals from the periphery of the body to the central nervous system
C) thalamic cells that route pain messages to the appropriate areas of the cortex
D) cortical cells that block pain messages from the spinal cord
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