Chapter 10

Question 1

send information about the internal and external environments to the central nervous system

Answer 1

afferent branch

Question 2

send information from the central nervous system to effector organs

Answer 2

efferent branch

Question 3

the conscious interpretation of the world based on the sensory systems, memory, and other neural processes

Answer 3

perception

Question 4

signal transduction mechanisms often depend on ___, a type of graded potential

Answer 4

receptor potential

Question 5

transmits information from the periphery to the central nervous system

Answer 5

afferent division

Question 6

respond to specific types of stimuli that detects information

Answer 6

sensory receptors

Question 7

detect stimuli that arise in the body

Answer 7

visceral receptors

Question 8

afferent neurons in visceral receptors that transmit information to the central nervous system

Answer 8

visceral afferents

Question 9

examples of visceral receptors

Answer 9

chemoreceptors
baroreceptors
mechanoreceptors

Question 10

in major blood vessels that monitor o2, co2, h+ levels in blood

Answer 10

chemoreceptors

Question 11

in certain blood vessels that monitor blood pressure

Answer 11

baroreceptors

Question 12

in gastrointestinal tract that monitor the degree of stretch or distension

Answer 12

mechanoreceptors

Question 13

necessary for the perception of sensations associated with receptors in the skin

Answer 13

somatosensory system

Question 14

receptors in the skin

Answer 14

somesthetic sensations

Question 15

perception of the position of the limbs and the body

Answer 15

proprioception

Question 16

necessary for senses of vision, hearing, balance, equilibrium, taste, and smell

Answer 16

special senses

Question 17

specialized structures that detect specific form of energy in external environment

Answer 17

sensory receptors

Question 18

energy form of a stimulus

may activate receptors but only at relatively high energy levels

Answer 18

modality

Question 19

examples of modality

Answer 19

light waves
sound waves
pressure
temperature
chemicals

Question 20

a given sensory receptor is specific for a particular modality

Answer 20

law of specie nerve energies

Question 21

special cells in the eye

detect light waves but not sound waves

Answer 21

photoreceptors

Question 22

the modality to which a receptor responds best

Answer 22

adequate stimulus

Question 23

function of sensory receptors

Answer 23

transduction

Question 24

receptors convert the energy of a sensory stimulus into changes in membrane potential

Answer 24

sensory transduction