Steps leading to the correct answer would be helpful, please.Question: Lindsey V has an unbelievable itch on her back right now. She keeps trying to scratch it, but she's never able to get the right spot. What a nightmare! She's a curious person, and so she comes to you--her go-to human physiologist--to learn why she can never scratch that itchYou tell her that one reason it might be hard to scratch the right spot is: [Choose ]She's probably just overheating since nociceptors and thermoreceptors synapse on the same interneuronsAfferent neurons on the back have lower acuity due to their larger receptive fieldsItchiness stimuli in one afferent neuron for her back trigger action potentials in othersYESItchiness stimuli in one afferent neuron for her back inhibit action potentials in other

Ans. Afferent neurons are responsible for carrying sensory information from the peripheral nervous…

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Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)

11th Edition

ISBN:9780134580999

Author:Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn

Publisher:Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn

Chapter1: The Human Body: An Orientation

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1RQ: The correct sequence of levels forming the structural hierarchy is A. (a) organ, organ system,...

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Question: Lindsey V has an unbelievable itch on her back right now. She keeps trying to scratch it, but she's never able to get the right spot. What a nightmare! She's a curious person, and so she comes to you--her go-to human physiologist--to learn why she can never scratch that itch

You tell her that one reason it might be hard to scratch the right spot is: