Physiology Which of the following is the basis for referred pain? A Visceral pain signals and pain signals from the skin synapse with separate populations of neurons in the dorsal horn B Visceral pain transmission and pain transmission from the skin are received by a common set of neurons in the thalamus C Visceral pain signals are rarely of sufficient magnitude to exceed the threshold of activation of dorsal horn neurons D Some visceral pain signals and pain signals from the skin provide convergent input to a common set of neurons in the dorsal horn 💡 Explanation Which of the following is the basis for referred pain? ✓ Correct Answer: D. Some visceral pain signals and pain signals from the skin provide convergent input to a common set of neurons in the dorsal horn