Classification of Sensory Receptors

Question 1

The three sensory receptors that are directly classified according to stimulus location are?

Answer 1

1. ) Exteroceptors
2. ) Proprioceptors
3. ) Interoceptors

Question 2

Exteroceptors are defined as?

Answer 2

Any receptor that recieves stimuli from the external environment

Question 3

Interoceptors are defined as?

Answer 3

Any receptor that detects stimuli from the internal environment

***Signal body events such as blood glucose level and BP

Question 4

Proprioceptors are defined as..

Answer 4

Receptors that provide information about the position of body segments relative to each other and the position of body and head in space

Question 5

The 5 receptors affiliated with stimulus energy are…

Answer 5

1. ) Mechanoreceptors
2. ) Chemoreceptors
3. ) Nociceptors
4. ) Thermoreceptors
5. ) Photoreceptors

Question 6

Mechanoreceptors detect what?

Answer 6

1. ) Touch/pressure
2. ) Proprioception
3. ) Air Waves

Question 7

Chemoreceptors detect what?

Answer 7

1. ) Taste
2. ) Smell
3. ) Blood gas levels

Question 8

Nociceptors detect what?

Answer 8

Pain (damagind stimuli)

Question 9

Themoreceptors detect what?

Answer 9

Heat and Cold

Question 10

Photoreceptors detect what?

Answer 10

Light