Chapter 5 Flashcards
______ _____ are specialized cells that respond to particular energy or substance in the internal or external environment and converts this energy into a change in the electrical potential across its membrane.
Receptor cells
Labeled lines are particular _____ that are, right from the outset, labeled for distinctive _____ experiences. It is the concept that each nerve ___ to the brain reports only a particular ____ of information.
neurons; sensory; input; type
Transduction is the process in which a receptor cell converts the ____ in a stimulus into a ____ in the electrical potential across its membrane.
energy; change
The Pacinian corpuscle detectcs:
vibration and pressure
The ____ corpuscle detects vibration and pressure.
Pacinian
The Meissner’s corpuscle detects:
light touch, especially to changes in stimuli
The ____ corpuscle detects light touch, especially to changes in stimuli
Meissner’s
The Merkel’s disc detects:
light touch, especially to edges and isolated points on a surface
The _____ disc detects light touch, especially to edges and isolated points on a surface
Merkel’s
The Ruffini corpuscle detects:
stretching.
The ____ corpuscle detects stretching.
Ruffini
Free nerve endings detect:
pain and/or changes in temperature.
_________ detect pain and/or changes in temperature.
Free nerve endings in the skin
The somatosensory system is responsible for ______.
sensations
Receptive field is the region that affects the _____ of a cell in a sensory system.
activity
