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Question 1

Epidermis

Answer 1

Outside layer of your skin. This creates a barrier to protect a person, this is also what gives a person their skin color.

Question 2

Dermis

Answer 2

Made up of two layers, this is connective tissue that is where your blood vessels and nerve endings are located. Here you have your sense of touch and pain

Question 3

Nociceptors

Answer 3

Pain receptors located in the dermis. These sensory receptors are what detect painful stimuli, temperatures, pressure, or chemicals

Question 4

Hypodermis

Answer 4

A layer of fat that helps insulate a person’s tissues and absorbs shocks

Question 5

Phantom limb sensation

Answer 5

This is when individuals who have lost a body part have pain where the body part is supposed to be

Question 6

What is kinesthesis?

Answer 6

The perception of the position and movement of individual body parts

Question 7

What are proprioceptors?

Answer 7

Sensory receptors located in various muscles and tendons that allow for the brain to gain a better sense of the position and movement of our limbs

Question 8

What is vestibular sense?

Answer 8

This is our ability to maintain our balance. This occurs when our head moves causing fluid in the vestibular canals of the inner ear to shift

Question 9

Sensory Interaction

Answer 9

This is when a person’s senses interact with one another and influence each other, it allows for a person to understand the world around us.