Chapter 12 Flashcards
1
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Responds to changes in chemical concentrations. Smell taste oxygen concentration
A
Chemoreceptors
2
Q
Responds to tissue damage. Mechanical electrical thermal energy
A
Pain receptors
3
Q
Responds to moderate change in temp
A
Thermoreceptor
4
Q
Responds to mechanical forces that distort receptor. Touch tension blood pressure stretch
A
Mechanoreceptor
5
Q
Responds to light. Eyes
A
Photoreceptors
6
Q
Occurs when action potentials make the brain aware of a sensory event
A
Sensation
7
Q
Occurs when brain interprets sensory impulse
A
Perception
8
Q
Process in which cerebral cortex interprets sensation as being derived from certain receptors. Allows to locate the region of stimulation
A
Projection
9
Q
Ability to ignore continuous stimuli
A
Sensory adaption
