Section 4 Flashcards

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Neural structures that detect information about the environment

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Receptors

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What are the four main types of receptors?

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  1. Mechanoreceptors
  2. Thermoreceptors
  3. Nociceptors
  4. Chemoreceptors
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3
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What do mechanoreceptors respond to?

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Structural distortion like:

  1. Stretching
  2. Skin distortion
  3. Vibration
  4. Hair movement
  5. Pressure
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Where are mechanoreceptors located?

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  1. Skin (cutaneous)
  2. Muscles (fleshy pt of m. spindle)
  3. Tendons (GTO)
  4. Ligaments (movement and position)
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5
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What temperature ranges do thermoreceptors respond to?

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  1. Cold (15 - 30 degrees celsius)

2. Warm (30 - 42 degrees celsius)

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6
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Where are thermoreceptors located?

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In the skin as free nerve endings

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7
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Receptors that respond to chemical mediators (as part of the inflammatory response), and other noxious stimuli (like tearing of tissue)

A

Nociceptors

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8
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Needed for healing since vasculature heals injuries

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Inflammatory response

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9
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Where are nociceptors located?

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  1. Skin
  2. Visceral organ walls
  3. Skeletal muscles
  4. Joint capsules
  5. Outer layer of the annulus fibrosis (disk)
  6. Periosteum of bone
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10
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Receptor _______ means the receptor produce or generates an AP; travels from the receptor toward the spinal cord

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Activation

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11
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The ____________ causes receptor activation

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Adequate stimulus

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12
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The specific form of energy that the receptor responds most easily to; takes the least amount of this energy for the receptor to produce an AP

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Adequate stimulus (think eye = light energy, but can be activated by mechanical energy)

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13
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What is the adequate stimulus of mechanoreceptors?

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Structural distortion and movement of the receptor

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14
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Mechanoreceptors give rise to the sense of:

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  1. Proprioception (position)

2. Kinesthesia (movement)

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15
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Name the 3 specific stimuli of mechanoreceptors.

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  1. Structural distortion like stretching
  2. Vibration
  3. Movement (hair follicle receptor)
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16
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Specialized mechanoreceptors signal the CNS about the position and movement of body parts, these receptors are known as ________.

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Proprioceptors

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17
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Name the 3 types of proprioceptors.

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  1. Muscle spindle
  2. Golgi Tendon Organ
  3. Joint receptors
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18
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What proprioceptor senses stretch?

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Muscle spindles (primary afferent = rate of length change, senses it as it’s happening; secondary afferent = static length, long vs. short)

19
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What proprioceptor senses muscle contraction tension?

20
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What proprioceptor senses movement and pressure?

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Joint receptors

21
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Where are joint receptors located?

A

Ligaments and joint capsule

22
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Term that refers to when a chemical causes a receptor to be more susceptible or responsive to future stimuli to fire AP; receptor becomes like a “hair-trigger”; not enough to fire AP

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Sensitization

23
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The stimulus that causes the nociceptor to immediately produce and action potential which is transmitted through the afferent axon to the spinal cord

A

Activation

24
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The tendency for any nerve cell to fire an AP in response to future stimuli is known as ________

A

Sensitization of the neuron

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A motor neuron is activated when it produces an _________
Action potential
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Adaptation of a receptor means that during the application of the stimulus the receptor
gets used to the stimulus and turns-off (or more technically, stops firing APs)
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A rapidly adapting receptor is also known as a _____ receptor
Phasic
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A slowly adapting receptor is also known as a _____ receptor
Tonic
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A sensory axon with all its receptor endings
Sensory unit
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The region of skin innervated by the receptor endings is the sensory neuron's ______________
Receptive or receptor field
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True or False: | Receptors are voltage-gated channels
False; they are NOT voltage-gated channels
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What are the stimulus energy types that are charged to electrical events in the receptor?
1. Mechanical 2. Electrical 3. Chemical
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Change of stimulus energy to electrical event is defined as ___________.
Sensory transduction
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_______ potentials are proportional to the strength of the stimulus energy.
Generator or Receptor
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If generator potentials sum or are great enough, they trigger ______ in the afferent axon
APs
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In a rapidly adapting receptor, the receptor ________ while the stimulus remains
Turns off fast
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In a slow adapting receptor the frequency (decreases/ increases) as receptor response decreases
Decreases
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In a slow adapting receptor, the receptor _______ and the response decreases for the entire stimulus
Stays on
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What substances cause activation in afferent fibers of nociceptors?
1. Bradykinin 2. Serotonin 3. Potassium 4. Histamine
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What substances cause sensitization in afferent fibers of nociceptors?
1. Prostoglandins 2. Leukotrienes 3. Hydrogen ions 4. Substance P 5. Hypoxia
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Where are receptor fields located?
Skin or internal organ
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A greater stimulus gives you a ______ graded potential, which results in a _______ frequency of action potential
Greater; higher
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Frequency of action potentials are (inversely/directly) proportional to the amplitude of stimulus in CNS.
Directly