C fibers

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C fibers,

n.pr unmyelinated fibers that transmit information to the brain about the location of tissue damage and pain.

C fibers

nerve fibers with the slowest conduction speeds; are very slow-conducting, unmyelinated nerve fibers, principally postganglionic sympathetic fibers.

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