Sensation And Chemical Senses 3.6 Flashcards

1
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Modality

A

Type of stimulus

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2
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Thermo…

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Temp on skin

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3
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Photo…

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Light in retinas

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4
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Nociceptors

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Pain, tissue damage

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5
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Chemo…

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Smell, taste based on chemicals

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6
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Mechano

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Cell membrane distortion, balance, touch, hearing

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7
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Osmo

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Change in conc. Of ECF

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8
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General

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Free nerve endings

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9
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Hair movement

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Root hair plexuses

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10
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Light touch (epidermis)

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Tactile (merkel’s) discs

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11
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Light touch (dermis)

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Tactile (meissner’s) corpuscles

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12
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Deep pressure

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Lamellated (pacinian) corpuscles

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13
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Skin distortion

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Bulbous (Ruffini) corpuscles

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14
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Taste buds

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Epithelium + taste receptors

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15
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First order neuron

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Sensory location -> spinal cord (gray horns)

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16
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Second order neuron

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Gray horn -> thalamus (after crossing over)

17
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Third order neuron

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Thalamus-> sensory cortex
CNS neuron -> CNS interneuron 
Cross over (left sensory to right hemisphere)
18
Q

Receptor potential

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Graded depolarization (or hyperpolarization) by stimulus

19
Q

Physic receptors

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Adapt to a stimulus

Ex. Thermoreceptors and hot tubbing