A Child Is Experiencing Difficulty with Chewing and Swallowing

Multiple Choice

A child is experiencing difficulty with chewing and swallowing. The nurse knows that which of the following cells may be innervating specialized gut-related receptors that provide taste and smell?

A) Special somatic afferent fibers
B) General somatic afferents
C) Special visceral afferent cells
D) General visceral afferent neurons