A patient accidentally touches a hot stove, but they made no response to let go of the stove.  They said they felt the heat of the stove and processed that it was hot but could not move their hand away from the stove. What excitable cell is possibly damaged for this patient? A) Group of answer choices B) Afferent neurons C) Interneurons D) Efferent neurons E) A & B A & C

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