cutaneous senses and ear vocab

Question 1

type of stimulus or sensation it produces (i.e warm, cold, light, pain chemical, vision, hearing, taste, touch, smell, mechanical)

Answer 1

modality

Question 2

a structure specialized to detect a stimulus (change in environment)

Answer 2

receptor

Question 3

_____ distribution- patchy or uneven distribution

Answer 3

punctate

Question 4

the area within which a sensory neuron detects stimuli

Answer 4

receptive field

Question 5

adapt rapidly: generate a burst of action potentials when first stimulated, then quickly reduce/ stop signaling even though the stimulus continues (smell, hair, movement, and cutaneous pressure)

Answer 5

phasic receptors

Question 6

adapt slowly; generate nerve signals more steadily throughout presence of stimulus (pain)

Answer 6

tonic receptors

Question 7

which region has the largest two point touch threshold? the smallest?

Answer 7

largest- back of neck/arm; smallest: fingertips

Question 8

do touch receptors demonstrate tonic or phasic characteristic?

Answer 8

phasic

Question 9

where is proprioception most accurate?

Answer 9

closer to midline

Question 10

blocked sound conduction to fluids of internal ear

Answer 10

conductive hearing loss

Question 11

damage to neural structures at any point from cochlear hair cells to auditory cortical cells

Answer 11

sensorineural hearing loss

Question 12

difference in loudness of the sound that reaches the two ears

Answer 12

interaural intensity difference

Question 13

the difference in time of arrival of the sound at the two ears

Answer 13

interaural time difference

Question 14

rapid eye movement related to equilibrium

Answer 14

nystagmus

Question 15

tuning fork on mastoid process to outside of ear

Answer 15

rinne test

Question 16

tuning fork on midsaggital line

Answer 16

webbers test

Question 17

if u cant hear sound outside ear with rinne test what does this mean

Answer 17

conductive hearing loss

Question 18

if u can hear sound outside ear with rinne test what does this mean

Answer 18

normal or sensorineural hearing loss

Question 19

if equal sound in both ears (webbers test) what does this indicate

Answer 19

normal hearing

Question 20

if affected ear is louder (webbers test) what does this mean

Answer 20

middle ear problemn

Question 21

if affected ear is softer

Answer 21

inner ear probelm

Question 22

similar to rinne test: close ear

Answer 22

bing test

Question 23

ear sound better when ear canal closed

Answer 23

normal/ sensorineural hearing loss (positive bing test)

Question 24

no change in sound bing test

Answer 24

conductive deafness/ negative bing test