Midterm 2 (Part 1) Flashcards
Mechanoreceptors are for ______.
Touch
Nocireceptors are for ________ and ________.
Pain and Itch
pH, Na+, O2 will activate _________.
Chemoreceptors
Gravity and pressure will activate _________.
Mechanoreceptors
Light will activate _________.
Photoreceptors
Receptor potential is ________. It will either ___________ or __________.
Passive
Depolarize
Hyperpolarize
____________ stimulus is the minimum stimulus needed to produce an ______cellular response. It releases a ____________ or fires an _________________.
Threshold
Intra
Neurotransmitter
AP
Olfactory receptors are actually ____________.
Neurons
Free nerve endings express ____ channels sensitive to ______ or ____________. These have _____ responses.
Ion
Pain
Touch
Slow
Enclosed nerve endings have layers of ____________ tissue. These have _____ responses.
Connective
Fast
Sensory neurons use ___ frequency and burst ___________.
AP (Intensity)
Duration
Secondary neurons have ____________ collaterals that project to neighbouring neurons.
Inhibitory
______ receptors are slowly adapting receptors at respond for the duration of the stimulus.
Tonic
What are the 5 sensory receptor types?
1 Free nerve endings (Temperature) 2 Meissner's corpuscles (Flutter) 3 Pacinian corpuscles (Vibration) 4 Ruffini corpuscles (Stretch) 5 Merkel's discs (Pressure)
Olfactory system pathway
Air ➡️ Nasal cavity (Cranial nerve 1) ➡️ Olfactory bulb ➡️ Olfactory tract ➡️ Olfactory cortex ➡️ Cerebrum or Limbic System
Odorant receptor proteins are all ________.
GPCRs
Signal transduction of Olfactory System (Smell)
G(olf) ➡️ AC ➡️ cAMP ➡️ Cyclic Nucleotide-gated Na+ channels ➡️ AP at hillock
*Inward Na+ influx, DEPOLARIZATION
Taste ligands create ___ signals that release __________ or ATP.
Ca2+
Serotonin
Type I support cells ______ salt, and ________ cells structurally and biochemically.
Sense
Support