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1
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provides links from and to world outside body

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PNS

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all neural structures outside brain in PNS

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sensory receptors (afferent)
peripheral nerves
associated ganglia
motor endings (efferent)

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respond to touch, pressure, vibration, and stretch

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mechanoreceptors

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sensitive to changes in temperature

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thermoreceptors

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respond to light energy (ex. retina)

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photoreceptors

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respond to chemicals (ex. smell, taste, change in blood chemistry)

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chemoreceptors

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sensitive to pain-causing stimuli (ex. extreme heat or cold, excessive pressure, inflammatory chemicals)

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nociceptors

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respond to stimuli arising outside body

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exteroceptors

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9
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contain receptors in skin for touch, pressure, pain, and temperature

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exteroceptors

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most special sense organs

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exteroceptors

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respond to stimuli arising in internal viscera and blood vessels

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interoceptors (visceroceptors)

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sensitive to chemical changes, tissue stretch, and temperature change

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interoceptors (visceroceptors)

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sometimes cause discomfort but usually unaware of their workings

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interoceptors (visceroceptors)

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respond to stretch in skeletal muscles, tendons, joints, ligaments, and connective tissue covering bones and muscles

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proprioceptors

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inform brain of one’s movements

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proprioceptors

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16
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classification by receptor structure

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simple receptors for general senses

receptors for special senses

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17
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has tactile sensations (touch, pressure, stretch, vibration), temperature, pain, and muscle sense

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simple receptors for general senses

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18
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has modified dendritic endings of sensory neurons

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simple receptors for general senses

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vision, hearing, equilibrium, smell, and taste

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receptors for special senses

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simple receptors of the general senses are either ______ or ______.

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nonencapsulated (free) or encapsulated

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abundant in epithelia and connective tissue

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nonencapsulated (free) nerve endings

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most nonmyelinated, small diameter group C fibers; distal endings have knoblike swellings

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nonencapsulated (free) nerve endings

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responds mostly to temperature and pain; some to pressure-induced tissue movement; itch

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nonencapsulated (free) nerve endings

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cold receptors (10-40 C) in superficial dermis
heat receptors (32-48 C)
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thermoreceptors

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25
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outside temperature range activates ___(1)___ and causes ___(2)___

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(1) nociceptors

(2) pain

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26
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vanilloid receptor

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player in detection of pain

for nociceptors

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27
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ion channel opened by heat, low pH, chemicals (ex. capsaicin)

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vanilloid receptor

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responds to pinching, chemicals from damaged tissue, capsaicin

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nociceptors (pain)

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29
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light touch receptors

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tactile (merkel) discs

hair follicle receptors

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30
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location: exteroceptors, interoceptors, propioceptors

stimulus type: thermoreceptors, chemoreceptors, mechanoreceptors, nociceptors

body location: most body tissues, dense connective tissues, epithelia

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free nerve endings of sensory neurons

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location: exteroceptors

stimulus type: mechanoreceptors; slowly adapting

body location: basal layer of epidermis

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tactile (merkel) discs

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location: exteroceptors

stimulus type: mechanoreceptors; rapidly adapting

body location: in and surrounding hair follicles

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hair follicle receptors

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33
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all mechanoreceptors in connective tissue capsule

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tactile (meissner’s) corpuscles
lamellar (pacinian) corpuscles
bulbous corpuscles (ruffini endings)

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34
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discriminative touch

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tactile (meissner’s) corpuscles

35
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deep pressure and vibration

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lamellar (pacinian) corpuscles

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deep continuous pressure

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bulbous corpuscles (ruffini endings)

37
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proprioceptors

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muscle spindles
tendon organs
joint kinesthetic receptors

38
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muscle spindles

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muscle stretch

39
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tendon organs

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stretch in tendons

40
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joint kinesthetic receptors

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joint position and motion

41
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location: exteroceptors

stimulus type: mechanoreceptors; rapidly adapting

body location: dermal papillae of hairless skin (nipples, genitalia, fingertips, soles of feet, eyelids)

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tactile (meissner’s) corpuscles

42
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location: exteroceptors, interoceptors, some proprioceptors

stimulus type: mechanoreceptors; rapidly adapting

body location: dermis and hypodermis; periostea, mesentery, tendons, ligaments, joint capsules; abundant on fingers, soles of feet, external genitalia, nipples

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lamellar (pacinian) corpuscles

43
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location: exteroceptors and proprioceptors

stimulus type: mechanoreceptors; slowly or nonadapting

body location: deep in dermis, hypodermis, joint capsules

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bulbous corpuscles (ruffini endings)

44
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3 basic levels of neural integration in sensory systems

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  1. receptor level
  2. circuit level
  3. perceptual level
45
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receptor level

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sensory reception and transmission to CNS

46
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circuit level

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processing in ascending pathways

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perceptual level

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processing in cortical sensory centers

48
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produce a sensation

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  1. stimulus applied in receptive field
  2. transduction occurs
  3. graded potentials reach threshold
  4. action potential
49
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receptors have specificity for ______ ______.

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stimulus energy

50
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stimulus changed to graded potential (generator potential or receptor potential)

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transduction

51
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change in sensitivity in presence of constant stimulus

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adaptation

52
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in adaptation, receptor membranes become less ___(1)___ and receptor potentials decline in ___(2)___ or ___(3)___.

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(1) responsive
(2) frequency
(3) stop

53
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signal beginning or end of stimulus (ex. receptors for pressure, touch, and smell)

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phasic (fast-adaption) receptors

54
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adapt slowly or not at all (ex. nociceptors and most proprioceptors)

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tonic receptors

55
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pathways of 3 neurons conduct ______ ______ upward to appropriate cortical regions.

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sensory impulses

56
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conduct impulse from receptor level to spinal reflexes or 2nd order neurons in CNS

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first order sensory neurons

57
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transmit impulse to 3rd order sensory neurons

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second order sensory neurons

58
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conduct impulse from thalamus to somatosensory cortex (perceptual level)

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third order neurons

59
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interpretation of sensory input depends on specific location of target neurons in ______ ______.

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sensory cortex

60
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ability to detect a stimulus (requires summation of impulses)

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perceptual detection

61
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intensity coded in frequency of impulses

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magnitude estimation

62
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identifying site or pattern of stimulus (studied by two-point discrimination test)

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spatial discrimination

63
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identification of more complex aspects and integration of several stimulus properties

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feature abstraction

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ability to identify submodalities of a sensation (e.g., sweet or sour tastes)

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quality discrimination

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recognition of familiar or significant patterns in stimuli (e.g., melody in piece of music)

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pattern recognition

66
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warns of actual impending tissue damage for protective action

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perception of pain

67
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stimuli includes: extreme pressure, temperature, histamine, K+, ATP, acids, bradykinin

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perception of pain

68
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perception of pain: impulse travels on fibers that release neurotransmitters ______ and ______.

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glutamate and substance P

69
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some pain impulses are blocked by ______ ______ ______ (ex. endorphins)

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inhibitory endogenous opioids

70
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felt as vague aching, gnawing, burning

activated by tissue stretching, ischemia, chemicals, muscle spasms

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stimulation of visceral organ receptors

71
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pain from one body region perceived from different region

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referred pain

72
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______ and ______ travel in same nerves

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visceral and somatic pain fibers

73
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assumes stimulus from common (somatic) region

74
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cordlike organ of PNS

bundle of myelinated and unmyelinated peripheral axons enclosed by connective tissue

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structure of nerve

75
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loose connective tissue that encloses axons and their myelin sheaths

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endoneurium

76
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coarse connective tissue that bundles fibers into fascicles

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perineurium

77
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tough fibrous sheath around a nerve

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epineurium

78
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mixtures of afferent and efferent fibers and somatic and autonomic (visceral) fibers

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most nerves

79
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Classified according to direction transmit impulses

80
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both sensory and motor fibers; impulses both to and from CNS

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mixed nerves

81
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impulses only toward CNS

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sensory (afferent) nerves

82
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impulses only away from CNS

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motor (efferent) nerves

83
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pure sensory (afferent) or motor (efferent) nerves are ______.

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