Exercise 22 — General Sensation Flashcards

1
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changes within a person’s environment

A

stimuli

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2
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the body’s ______ ______ respond to stimuli

A

sensory receptors

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3
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receptors of the _______ senses are activated by touch, pressure, pain, heat, cold, stretch, vibration, changes in body position

A

general

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4
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the ______ senses include vision, hearing, smell, taste, and equilibrium

A

special

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5
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_________ are sensitive to stimuli in the external environment and are located close to the body’s surface

A

exteroceptors

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6
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5 types of cutaneous receptor

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tactile corpuscle

free nerve endings

bulbous corpuscle

hair follicle receptor

lamellar corpuscle

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7
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_________ are sensitive to stimuli arising within the body and include stretch receptors, chemoreceptors, etc

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interoceptors

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8
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_________ respond to internal stimuli but are limited to skeletal muscles, tendons, joints, ligaments, and connective tissue coverings of bones and ligaments

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proprioceptors

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9
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_________ give information about body movement and position by monitoring amount of stretch

A

proprioceptors

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10
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tactile corpuscles respond to…

A

touch, light pressure

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11
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free nerve endings respond to…

A

pain, temperature

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12
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bulbous corpucles respond to…

A

deep continuous pressure

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13
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hair follicle receptors respond to…

A

hair movement, light touch

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14
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lamellar corpuscles respond to…

A

deep pressure

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15
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3 nonencapsulated receptors

A

free nerve endings

epithelial tactile complexes

hair follicle receptors

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16
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5 encapsulated receptors

A

tactile corpuscles

bulbous corpuscles

lemellar corpuscles

muscle spindles

tendon organs

17
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________ and _______ are involved in proprioception

A

muscle spindles

tendon organs

18
Q

the process by which environmental stimuli change into nerve impulses that are relayed to the CNS

A

transduction

19
Q

awareness of the stimulus

A

sensation

20
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conscious interpretation of the stimulus

A

perception

21
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each location on the body is represented by a specific ______ _____

A

cortical area

22
Q

the area served by a given sensory neuron

A

receptive field

23
Q

the brain’s ability to determine which portion of the skin has been touched

A

tactile localization

24
Q

when a stimulus is applied for a long period of time and rate of receptor discharge slows

A

adaptation

25
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_____ receptors adapt very little, if at all

A

pain

26
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a sensory experience in which pain is experienced as arising in one area of the body when another area is receiving the stimulus

A

referred pain

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