When you scrape your knee, pain is relayed from your knee to your central nervous system by
A) the parasympathetic system.
B) the limbic system.
C) sensory neurons.
D) interneurons.

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Sensory neurons are responsible for relaying pain signals from the site of injury to the central nervous system. The parasympathetic system and limbic system are not directly involved in the transmission of pain signals. Interneurons may be involved in processing and transmitting pain signals within the central nervous system, but they are not the primary neurons responsible for relaying the initial pain signal from the site of injury.

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