Chapter 10 Flashcards
1
Q
Identify different types of receptors and what they sense
A
- Photoreceptors – light
- Chemoreceptors - Smell
- Mechanoreceptors – Vibration
- Thermoreceptors – heat/cold
- Nociceptors - pain
2
Q
Summarize the concept of transduction
A
Converting one energy to another
3
Q
Explain the basic physiology underlying synesthesia and Capgras syndrome as described by Dr. Ramachandran in his TedTalk
A
Synesthesia is seeing colors with numbers or letters.
4
Q
What part of the brain is facial recognition
A
Fusiform gyrus
5
Q
Condition in which you cross-connect in the brain between color and number areas.
A
synesthesia
6
Q
______ describes when multiple 1st order neurons synapse with the same 2nd order
A
Convergence
7
Q
What is the name of the process where one type of signal is converted into another
A
Transduction
