Nerves Structure/Function

Question 1

Name the free nerve endings

Answer 1

Golgi tendon; Muscle Spindles; Pacinian Corpuscle; Meissners Corpusckle; Merkel Cells; Ruffini Corpuscle; Kinaesthetic Joint Receptors

Question 2

What is the function of Merkel cells and where are they located?

Answer 2

To distinguish Light touch and texture

location: Skin

Question 3

Pacinian Corpuscles are associated with which sensory modality ?

Answer 3

Vibration and Pressure

Question 4

what sensory modalities does the Spinothalamic Pathway have?

Answer 4

Pain; Temperature; Course touch

Question 5

Outline the main role of kinaesthetic receptors

Answer 5

Applies the body with the ability to sense limb position in space and rate and change of that position

Question 6

where are ruffini endings found and what do they do ?

Answer 6

Location: Skin
Function: Sense tension and stretch

Question 7

which sensory pathway are ruffini endings associated with ?

Answer 7

Dorsal Column Pathway