Local anesthetics eliminate the response to pain by inhibiting the sensory nerves that carry painful stimuli to the CNS.Select the correct mechanism of action of the local anesthetics.
A) Sodium ions are blocked from passing in through the cell membrane.
B) Nerve depolarization is prevented.
C) Potassium ions are blocked from passing out through the cell membrane.
D) All of these are correct.
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