Cutaneous senses 1 Flashcards
1
Q
What are the different types of cutaneous senses?
A
- Tactile perception
- Proprioception
- Pain (nociception)
- Haptics
- Vestibular senses
2
Q
What are the types of mechanoreceptors?
A
- Market receptors
- Duct of sweat glands
- Meissner corpuscle
- Pacinian corpuscle
- Ruffini cylinder
3
Q
C-tactile mechanoreceptors perceive what?
A
Pleasant touch, respond best to slow gentle touch
4
Q
Dorsal pathways are for
A
Touch-based action
5
Q
Ventral pathways are for
A
somatosensory object recognition and the formation of new somatosensory memories
6
Q
What does the somatosensory cortex do?
A
It receives and processes sensory information from the entire body ( also known as the somatic sensory area)
7
Q
What is Neural plasticity
A
The ability of neural networks in the brain to change through growth and reorganization. These changes range from individual neuron pathways making new connections, to systematic adjustments like cortical remapping
