Ascending Systems 1

Question 1

free nerve endings

Answer 1

pain and temperature

variable speed

Question 2

Meissner’s corpuscle

Answer 2

touch, light pressure
fast adapting
layered capsule

Question 3

merkel disc

Answer 3

light touch
slowly adapting
accessory structures

Question 4

ruffini corpuscle

Answer 4

touch and light pressure
slow
thin capsule

Question 5

hair follicle receptor

Answer 5

hair movement
fast
accessory structure

Question 6

pacinian corpuscle

Answer 6

deep pressure/vibration
fast
layered capsule

Question 7

nociceptors respond to

Answer 7

extreme heat or cold
cutting or pinching
chemicals from damaged tissues

Question 8

discriminative touch receptors

Answer 8

Meissner’s corpuscles
pacinian corpuscles
merkel’s discs
ruffini endings

Question 9

pain receptors

Answer 9

free nerve endings in skin, muscle, bone, viscera, CT

Question 10

proprioception receptors

Answer 10

muscles spindles
golgi tendon organ
joint afferents

Question 11

cotton ball

Answer 11

light touch

Question 12

toothpick

Answer 12

pain

Question 13

tuning fork

Answer 13

vibration

Question 14

warm/cold water in tube

Answer 14

thermal sense

Question 15

bending fingers/limbs

Answer 15

position sense

Question 16

identifying coins with eyes closed

Answer 16

stereognosis

Question 17

identifying a letter drawn on hand

Answer 17

graphesthesia

Question 18

2 point discrimination

Answer 18

tactile sensitivity

Question 19

types of free nerve endings

Answer 19

nociceptors
thermoreceptors
mechanoreceptors

Question 20

dominant receptors in glaborous skin

Answer 20

Meissner’s and Merkels