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In after cutting through the dorsal root of a spinal nerve of a mammal, an associated receptor in the skin were simulated, the animal would

A

Still be able to feel the stimulation

B

Show no response

C

Show a normal but slow response

D

Respond but only at a different level of spinal cord

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C
The dorsal root of spinal nerve is one of the two rods which emerge from the spinal cord. It emerges directly from the spinal cord and travels to the dorsal root ganglion. The dorsal root transmits sensory information forming the afferent sensory root of a spinal nerve.
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