Chapter 8 Flashcards
Mechanoreceptors
Respond to physical (mechanical) forces
Meissners corpuscle
Found in upper portion of dermis, detects light touch.
Pacinian receptor
Found in deeper dermis and hypodermic, detect pressure.
Ruffini
Type of mechanoreceptor, found in dermis and detect stretch
Krause end bulb
A type of mechanoreceptor, detects cold temperatures
Muscle spindles
Monitor tension in muscle fibers.
Golgi tendon organs
Monitor stretch in tendons.
Hearing
Detect sound waves in cochlea.
Balance
Detect movement of fluids in the inner ear.
Thermoreceptors
Respond to temperature (cool and warm).
Chemoreceptors
Respond to chemicals dissolved in solutions. Ex: tastebuds
Olfactory
Receptors in Nasal cavity
Nociceptors
Found all over body except brain.
Gustation
Taste
Adaption
Occurs when receptors are exposed to continuous stimulus.
Smell..
Adapts quickly
Pain receptors…
Do not adapt.
Bitter taste
Stimulated by many organic molecules.
Sour taste
Stimulated by acids.
Salty taste
Stimulated by salts.
Sweet taste
Stimulated by carbs
Unami taste (meat)
Triggered by MSG
Spicy foods activate…?
Pain receptors
We have how many taste buds?
10,000
Vallate papilla
12 of these along back of tongue. Each had 100-300 taste buds.
Fungiform papilla
Entire surface of tongue, 5 taste buds each.
Foliate papilla
Along side of your tongue, sensitive when young.
Filiforme papilla
Contain tactile receptors, no taste buds.
Olfaction has how many receptors?
1,000 different odorant, can distinguish 10,000 sensations.
How does olfaction work?
Sends signals to olfactory bulb, to olfactory Tracy, to cerebrum.
Smell can trigger…?
Memories and emotions
Outer ear
Auricle, external acoustic meatus, tympanic membrane
Middle ear
3 small bones (ossicles), pharyngotympanic tube
Inner ear
Vestibule, semicircular ducts, cochlea.
Auricle
Visible portion of ear, directs sound waves.
External acoustic meatus
Carries sound from outside to tympanic membrane
Cereminus
Produces ear wax
Tympanic membrane
Eardrum, vibrates as sound waves enter ear.
Ossicles
Small bones
Malleus
1/3 ossicles; “hammer”