ANATOMICAL TYPE RECEPTOR

Question 1

this non encapsulated anatomical type receptor responds to nociception (all skin)

Answer 1

free nerve ending

Question 2

this non encapsulated anatomical type receptor responds to sustained pressure, discriminatory touch (all skin)

Answer 2

merkel’s (tactile) disc

Question 3

this non encapsulated anatomical type receptor responds to when hairs are being bent (hair covered skin)

Answer 3

hair follicle receptor

Question 4

this encapsulated anatomical type receptor is associated with finite touch in finger pads, palms and sole of feet (glabrous skin; no hair)

Answer 4

Meisner’s corpuscles

Question 5

this encapsulated anatomical type receptor is used in response to vibration, pressure of skin over mammary glands, mesenteries, periosteum, joint capsules (all skin and some viscera)

Answer 5

pacinian corpuscles

Question 6

this encapsulated anatomical type receptor is in response to magnitude and direction of stretch? (all skin)

Answer 6

ruffini corpuscles (endings)

Question 7

where are the visceral smooth muscle stretch receptors located? what are they specifically called

Answer 7

GI tract (interganglionic laminar endings)
Lungs (Hering-Breuer reflex)

Question 8

what is the cardiac muscle stretch receptor called?

Answer 8

bainbridge reflex

Question 9

these are the inverse stretch receptors associated with skeletal muscle fibers, motor units and reflexes?

Answer 9

skeletal muscle spindle stretch receptors and Golgi tendons