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An injury could stimulate _____, which are specialized sensory receptors for pain

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An accident or injury, may and can stimulate the nociceptor/s, which is (a)/are specialized sensory receptors for pain. Nociceptors are a kind of receptor located on the tip of a sensory neuron's axon, which reacts to harmful or possible harmful stimuli by means of sending hazard indications to the spinal cord and to the brain.

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