Exercise 22 — General Sensation Flashcards
changes within a person’s environment
stimuli
the body’s ______ ______ respond to stimuli
sensory receptors
receptors of the _______ senses are activated by touch, pressure, pain, heat, cold, stretch, vibration, changes in body position
general
the ______ senses include vision, hearing, smell, taste, and equilibrium
special
_________ are sensitive to stimuli in the external environment and are located close to the body’s surface
exteroceptors
5 types of cutaneous receptor
tactile corpuscle
free nerve endings
bulbous corpuscle
hair follicle receptor
lamellar corpuscle
_________ are sensitive to stimuli arising within the body and include stretch receptors, chemoreceptors, etc
interoceptors
_________ respond to internal stimuli but are limited to skeletal muscles, tendons, joints, ligaments, and connective tissue coverings of bones and ligaments
proprioceptors
_________ give information about body movement and position by monitoring amount of stretch
proprioceptors
tactile corpuscles respond to…
touch, light pressure
free nerve endings respond to…
pain, temperature
bulbous corpucles respond to…
deep continuous pressure
hair follicle receptors respond to…
hair movement, light touch
lamellar corpuscles respond to…
deep pressure
3 nonencapsulated receptors
free nerve endings
epithelial tactile complexes
hair follicle receptors