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Which receptors respond to a scraped knee?

A. thermoreceptors
B. pain receptors
C. chemoreceptors
D. photoreceptors

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The correct answer is B. Pain receptors. Pain receptors are activated by a type of stimulation such as getting hit or cut. These receptors carry this information to our brain using neurotransmitters which then our brain interprets this as pain.
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