lecture 13- sensory I Flashcards
somatic senses
touch, temperature, pain and itch
special senses
sight, smell, taste, hearing
somatic senses information goes to the
primary sensory cortex
stimulus is determined by a —-
sensory receptor
sensory receptor detects stimulus and sends signal via
neurons to/within the CNS
after sensory signal reaches the CNS, 2 things can happen:
- the signal reaches cerebral cortex and enters our consciousness
- signal does not reach the cerebral cortex
- stimulus is processed and a response is elicited without our conscious awareness
give examples of a signal that does not reach the cerebral cortex (or our conscious awareness)
rate of gastric motility in small intestine
heart rate minute to minute
blood pressure…
at each synapse, sensory info is modulated and shaped by —- pathways
3 pathways
-pathways contain a primary, secondary and tertiary neuron
convergence and divergence would be an example of
modulation at each synapse
stimuli: subconscious processing example
muscle length, tension
proprioception
blood pressure
blood glucose
internal body temp
pH of cerebrospinal fluid
lung inflation
perceived stimuli examples
special senses= vision, hearing, taste, smell, equilibrium
somatic senses= touch, temp, pain, itch, proprioception
incoming sensory afferent info goes to the
primary sensory cortex in the parietal lobe!!!
that is where it is perceived :)
sensory receptors are —-
transducers
sensory receptors convert
a stimulus into an intracellular response
they may or may not be neurons
4 main types of sensory receptors
chemoreceptors
-pH, Na+, oxygen, glucose
mechanoreceptors
-pressure, vibration, gravity, acceleration, sound waves
thermoreceptors
-hot/cold
photoreceptors
- light
receptor potential
a stimulus changes the membrane potential of the receptor cell
(a graded potential occuring in a sensory cell)
- can be depolarization OR hyperpolarization
adequate stimulus
favourite stimuli!!!
the form of energy that the sensory receptor is most responsive to
–> the receptor may respond less strongly to other types of stimuli
when light photons fall on to the retina in the eye, rods and cones…
hyperpolarize