location of the receptors for tactile, thermal, pain sensation and Proprioceptive sensations

Question 1

_____ sensations arise from stimulation of sensory receptors in the skin, mucous
membranes, muscles, tendons, and joints.

Answer 1

Somatic

Question 2

True/False
The sensory receptors for somatic sensations are widely and evenly distributed over the body.

Answer 2

False
UNEVENLY distributed so that some areas are more sensitive to stimuli than others
(i.e. fingertips, lips, tip of tongue)

Question 3

Receptors for somatic senses include

Answer 3

Tactile
Thermal
Pain

Question 4

True/False
Pain receptors are located in virtually all tissues of the body

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Thermal receptors are located where?

Answer 5

epidermis and dermis

Question 6

What does tactile receptors sense?

Answer 6

Touch, pressure, vibration, itch and tickle

Question 7

Most tactile sensation receptors are located where?

Answer 7

skin or subcutaneous tissue

Question 8

Most tactile sensations are detected by _______

Answer 8

mechanoreceptors

Question 9

Mechanoreceptors located in the superficial and ______.

Answer 9

deep dermal layers

Question 10

What temperatures activate cold receptors, located in the epidermis.

Answer 10

Temperatures between 10 - 40º Celsius
(50 - 105ºF)

Question 11

What temperatures activates warm receptors?

Answer 11

Temperatures between 32 - 48º Celsius
(90 - 118ºF)

Question 12

Temperatures as low as _____ and as high as ____ can be detected

Answer 12

50ºF and 118ºF

Question 13

What temperatures stimulate nociceptors, instead of thermoreceptors, eliciting painful stimulations

Answer 13

Temperatures below 10ºC (50ºF) and above 48ºC (118ºF)

Question 14

Nociceptors are found in virtually all tissues of the body EXCEPT for where?

Answer 14

brain

Question 15

What receptors respond to many stimuli, like extreme temperatures, inadequate blood flow to an organ, or excessive stretching of an organ?

Answer 15

Nociceptors

Question 16

True/False
Nociceptors adapt to pain

Answer 16

False
They do not

Question 17

________ is known as acute, sharp, or pricking pain, for example, from a needle puncture. This pain is precisely localized.

Answer 17

Fast pain

Question 18

Pain felt in a surface area far from the stimulated organ is called

Answer 18

referred pain

Question 19

pain from a heart attack which radiates along the left arm, is what type of pain?

Answer 19

Referred pain

Question 20

______ is also known as the kinesthetic sense or the perception of body movements.

Answer 20

Proprioception

Question 21

Proprioceptors provide information concerning what?

Answer 21

movement

Question 22

Proprioceptors are located where?

Answer 22

skeletal muscles
tendons
in and around synovial joints
in the inner ear

Question 23

What informs which muscles are contracting

Answer 23

Muscles spindles

Question 24

What informs of the amount of tension in our tendons

Answer 24

Tendons organs

Question 25

What informs the position of our joints while doing work.

Answer 25

Joint kinesthetic

Question 26

What monitors the orientation of the head relative to the ground and positioning during movements?

Answer 26

Hairs cells in the middle ear

Question 27

What allows us to estimate the weight of objects and determine the muscular effort needed to perform a task?

Answer 27

Proprioceptive sensations