A young woman returns from a day at the beach to find she has developed a severe sunburn.Which neurons are sending the messages from her burned skin to her brain informing her of the pain from the burn?
A)sensory neurons
B)motor neurons
C)synaptic neurons
D)association neurons

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Sensory neurons are responsible for detecting and transmitting sensory information, such as pain, from the skin to the brain. In this scenario, the sensory neurons in the burned skin are sending messages to the woman's brain to inform her of the pain from the sunburn. Motor neurons are responsible for transmitting messages from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands, synaptic neurons transmit messages between neurons, and association neurons integrate information from sensory neurons and transmit it to motor neurons.

A Young Woman Returns from a Day at the Beach