General Senses

Question 1

What is the purpose of the senses?

Answer 1

Well being through protection and survival

Question 2

What are the five general senses?

Answer 2

1. Visceral sensation
2. Tactile sense
3. Temperature
4. Pain
5. Proprioception

Question 3

Which General sense is poorly localized?

Answer 3

Visceral sensation

Question 4

3 Examples pf visceral sensations

Answer 4

1. Hunger
2. Thirst
3. Stretch (organ pain/ filling)

Question 5

What receptors are responsible for Tactile Sense and located in the Dermis of the skin?

Answer 5

Meissner’s Corpuscle

Question 6

What nerve endings in the skin detect Pressure? (light, deep, vibration, and hair movement)

Answer 6

Pacinian Corpuscle

Question 7

What sensors are located deep in the skin as well as ligaments and tendons that detect both superficial and central temperature changes?

Answer 7

Ruffinian Corpuscles

Question 8

Another word for pain perception?

Answer 8

Nociception

Question 9

What are the 3 elements of the Spatial Relationship of Proprioception?

Answer 9

1. Location of Limbs
2. Position of Limbs
3. Motion Recognition

Question 10

What part of the brain is responsible for thermal regulation of core temperature?

Answer 10

Hypothalamus

Question 11

What is the term for an animal who is able to maintain a constant body temp independent of the enviornment?

Answer 11

Endotherm

Question 12

Proprioception sensors are what type of receptor?

Answer 12

“stretch receptors” found in muscles tendons and ligaments

Question 13

What general sense is often the first to be lost after a spinal cord injury?

Answer 13

Proprioception