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L04: Sensory Sytem (somatosensory) Flashcards

1
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What is the primary sensory i.e first order neurone also known as

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Primary afferent

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2
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Where is the cell body of the first order neurone found

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In the dorsal root ganglia

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3
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Where does the axon of the first order neurone innervate

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Receptive field

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4
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What happens to the first order neurone when it enter the spinal cord

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  • Splits into 3 : above, below, same spinal level

- Terminates to 2nd order neurone

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5
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Where does the second order neurone take the information to

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Thalamus

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6
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At the thalamus what happens to the second order neurone

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Terminates to give 3rd order neurone

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7
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Are sensory neurones excitatory or inhibitory

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Excitatory

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8
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What is the common neurotransmitter that sensory neurones release

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Glutamate

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9
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How do we classify axons in the primary afferents

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Depending on myelination

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10
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What are the axons from the skin

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A beta
A delta
C

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11
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What happens to the axon as you go from a beta to c fibre

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The axon becomes more unmyelinated

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12
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What does a beta axons pick up from the skin

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Mechanoreceptors

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13
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What does a gamma axons pick up from the skin

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Pain

Temperature

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14
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What does c axon pick up from the skin

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Temperature
Pain
Itch

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15
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Where does a each axon innervate within its dermatome

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Receptive field

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16
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What is a dermatome

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Area of skin innervated by as single spinal root

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17
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What is an adequate stimulus

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The right stimulus which depends on the nerve ending

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18
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For a signal to be transducer what has to be reached

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Threshold

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19
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What are the ion channels on the nerve endings called

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Transduction channels

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20
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What happens to the tranduction channels which open upon suffice to energy stimulus

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Open

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21
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What happens when the transduction channels open

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Positive ions enter to cause depolarisation

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22
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What is a a graded receptor potential

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The size of stimulus that determines the size of action potential e.g large stimulus= large potential

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23
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When is a signal only sent

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When they reach a threshold

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24
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What is the firing rate of the action potential dependent on

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Stimulus strength

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25
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What are the 2 types of adapting sensory receptors

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1) slow or non adapting receptor

2) fast adapting receptors

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26
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What happens in a slow or non adapting receptor

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Firing is continuous when stimulus is present

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27
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When is a slow or non adapting stimulus important

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When maintaining information about a stimulus is valuable e.g amount of stretch or pain

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28
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What is the fast adapting receptor

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When there is a change in stimulus there is a high rate of firing but firing decreases if the stimulus is maintained

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29
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When is the fast adapting receptor important

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When the stimulus is no longer important e.g (tactile touch) getting dressed in the morning and not being able to feel you clothes on you later on

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30
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What does a slow adapting receptor detect

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Strength of stimulus

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31
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What does a fast adapting receptor decked

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How fast the stimulus is changing

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32
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What are the 3 types of sensory receptors found in the skin

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Mechanoreceptors
Thermoreceptors
Nociceptors

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33
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What does mechanoreceptors detect

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Touch
Pressure
Vibration

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34
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What does thermoreceptors detect

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Hot and cold

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35
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What does thermoreceptors not detect

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The Temperature

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36
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Where is temperature processed

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At the brain

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37
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What does nociceptors detect

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Noxious stimulation

38
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What are the 2 main layers of the skin

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Epidermis

Dermis

39
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What is the most superficial layer

40
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What is the most deep layer

41
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What are the fibres of mechanoreceptors

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A beta fibres

42
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What is the structure of mechanoreceptors

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Has an apparatus that is comprised of specialised cells

43
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What are the 4 types of mechanoreceptors

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Merkels receptors
Meissners corpuscle
Ruffins corpuscle
Pacinian corpuscle

44
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Which mechanoreceptors are Lund in the superficial layer of the skin

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Merkels receptors

Meissners corpuscle

45
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What are the mechanoreceptors found in the deeper layers of the skin

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Ruffini’s corpuscle

Pacinian corpuscle

46
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What type of receptors are merkels receptor

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Slow adapting

47
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Which cells does the merkel receptor innervate in the skin

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Keratocyte

48
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What does merkel receptors detect

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Skin indentation e.g allows Braille reading

49
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What type of receptors are meissners corpuscle

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Rapidly adapting sensory receptors

50
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What does meissners corpuscle detect

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Light touch vibration e.g putting clothes on

51
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What does Ruffini’s corpuscle respond to

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Lateral movement
Stretching
Deep touch

52
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What type of receptors are pacinian corpuscle

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Rapidly adapting receptor

53
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What is the stimulus of pacinian corpuscle

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Deep touch e.g poking

High frequency vibration

54
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How does the pacinian corpus fire ap

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When it is squashed it becomes deformed

55
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What type of receptors are hair follicle receptors

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Rapidly adapting receptors

56
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What does the hair follicle receptor detect

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Light touch

57
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What are the cutaneous thermoreceptors like in their structure

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With bare nerve endings

Does not have a specialised apparatus like the mechanoreceptors

58
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What type of receptors are cutaneous thermoreceptors

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Slow adapting receptors

59
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What is the 2 stimulus for thermoreceptors

60
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Where is temperature determined

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In the brain

61
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What type of channels does thermoreceptors have

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Transient receptor potential (a family of receptors)

62
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What type of channel is a transient receptors channel

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Non specific cation channel

63
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What does a non-specific cation channel mean

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They allow any cations in

64
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Name an example of a cold transient receptor potential channel

65
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Name an example of a warm transient receptor potential channel

66
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What type of fibres are cold receptors on

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C and a delta fibres

67
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What type of fibres are warm receptors on

68
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What is paradoxical cold perception

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When cold receptors become excited by high temperature

69
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What does cutaneous nociceptors detect

70
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What is the structure of nociceptors

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Bare nerve endings

71
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What is the threshold of nociceptors

72
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What are the 2 types of nociceptors

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High threshold mechanoreceptors

Polymodal nociceptors

73
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What does high threshold mechanoreceptors detect

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Localised pricking pain

74
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What fibres are the high threshold mechanoreceptors found at

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A delta fibre

75
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What is the stimulus for polymodal nociceptors

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Mechanical stimulus 
Damaging heat (above 46)
Noxious chemicals
76
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What fibres are polymodal nociceptors found at

77
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What does propioception detect

A

Mechanical status

78
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What are propioceptors

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Sensory receptors from skeletal muscle

79
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What are the fibres/axons of prioceptors

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Group 1 (axons from muscle) that are thickly myelinated

80
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What are the 2 propiceptors found in the body

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Muscle spindles

Golgi tendon organ

81
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What does muscle spindles detect

A

Length and acceleration

82
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What type of fibres does muscle spindles contain

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Intrafusal fibres

83
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What are the group of axons that muscle spindle fibres contain

84
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How does muscle spindle fibres become activated

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When the fibres are stretched

85
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What does golgi tendon organ detect

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Muscle tension

86
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What type of axons is golgi tendon organ innervated by

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Group 1b afferents

87
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What are the 2 main ascending tracts

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Dorsal column

Spinothalamic tract

88
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What fibres/axons does the dorsal column contain

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A beta fibre

89
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What fibre/axon does the spinothalamic pathway contain

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A delta and c fibres

90
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What type of sensory information does the dorsal column send to the Brian

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Touch
Vibration
2 point discrimination
Propioception

91
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What type of information does the spinothalamic tract send to the brain

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Pain

Temperature

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