Which of the following receptors is primarily involved in the nociceptive reflex?
- Free nerve ending
- Golgi tendon organ
- Hair follicle receptor
- Merkel cell ending
- Pacinian corpuscle
Free nerve endings, also called naked nerve endings, are the receptors on fibers that conduct information that the patient interprets as pain; these are lightly (A-delta) and unmyelinated (C-fibers) fibers.
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