Chapter 50.1 (SKIP)

Question 1

Sensory Receptors

Answer 1

Sensory receptors interact directly with stimuli, both inside and outside the body

Question 2

Sensory Transduction

Answer 2

Sensory transduction is the conversion of stimulus energy into a change in the membrane potential of a sensory receptor

Question 3

Sensory Transduction:

Receptor Potential

Answer 3

This change in membrane potential is called a recptor potential

Question 4

Transmission

Answer 4

After energy has been transduced into a receptor potential, some sensory cells generate the transmission of action potentials to the CNS

Question 5

Perception

Answer 5

Perceptions are the brain’s construction of stimuli

Question 6

Amplification

Answer 6

Amplification is the strengthening of stimulus energy by cells in sensory pathways

Question 7

Sensory Adaptation

Answer 7

Sensory adaptation is a decrease in responsiveness to continued stimulation

Question 8

Mechanoreceptors

Answer 8

Mechanoreceptors sense physical deformation caused by stimuli such as pressure, stretch, motion, and sound

Question 9

Chemoreceptors

Answer 9

General chemoreceptors transmit information about the total solute concentration of a solution

Question 10

Electromagnetic Receptors

Answer 10

Electromagnetic receptors detect electromagnetic energy such as light, electricity, and magnetism

Question 11

Thermoreceptors

Answer 11

Thermoreceptors, which respond to heat or cold, help regulate body temperature by signaling both surface and body core temperature

Question 12

Nociceptors
(Pain Receptors)

Answer 12

In humans, pain receptors, or nociceptors, are a class of naked dendrites in the epidermis