Chap13 Neural Comm

Question 1

Mechanoreceptor

Answer 1

Stimulus pressure
Receptor parcinian corpuscle
Organ skin

Question 2

Chemoreceptor

Answer 2

Stimulus chemicals
Receptor olfactory receptor
Organ nose

Question 3

Thermoreceptors

Answer 3

Stimulus heat
Receptor end bulbs in krause
Organ tongue

Question 4

Photoreceptors

Answer 4

Stimulus light
Receptor cone cell/rod cell
Organ eye

Question 5

Sensory receptors

Answer 5

Detect stimulus and send electrical impulse as a response

Question 6

Pacinian corpuscle in the skin

Answer 6

Lamellae press on sensory nerve ending of mechanoreceptors
Sodium channels open and sodium ions diffuses into the cell
Generator potential created
Action potential and nerve impulse transmitted