Modality of Stimulus

Question 1

chemoreceptors

Answer 1

detect specific molecules dissolved in fluid (taste and smell)

Question 2

thermoreceptors

Answer 2

detect changes in temperature

Question 3

photoreceptors

Answer 3

detect changes in intensity, color, and position of light (changes in light conditions)

Question 4

mechanoreceptors

Answer 4

detect touch, pressure, vibration, and stretch (sense movement, inner ear)

Question 5

baroreceptors

Answer 5

detect pressure changes within body structures

Question 6

nociceptors

Answer 6

detect painful stimuli

Question 7

phantom pain

Answer 7

sensation associated with a part of the body that has been removed

Question 8

referred pain

Answer 8

impulses from certain viscera are perceived as origination not from the organ but the skin (heart attack pain down left arm)

Question 9

tactile receptors

Answer 9

most numerous type, mechanoreceptors that react to touch, pressure, and vibration
- dermis and subcutaneous layer