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.

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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.

A Caregiver Is Working with a Client Who Is Having