Sensation and perception (4)

Question 1

Kinesthetic sense

Answer 1

provides constant sensory feedback about what the muscles in your body are doing

Question 2

types of kinesthetic sense

Answer 2

muscle movement
changes in posture
strain on muscles and joints
stretch receptors
Golgi tendon organs

Question 3

Vestibular sense

Answer 3

Equilibrium and body position in space
semicircular canals of inner ear and vestibular sacs

Question 4

What causes motion sickness?

Answer 4

mixed signals sent to the brain by the eyes and the inner ear

Question 5

What are the receptors in the skin?

Answer 5

touch
temperature
pain

Question 6

what are the two routes that information goes to the brain through?

Answer 6

Medulla and thalamus to the sensory cortex
thalamus to reticular formation

Question 7

Pain

Answer 7

Gate control theory
Biopsychosocial

Question 8

gate control theory

Answer 8

a gate in the spinal cord, prevents pain signals from passing

Question 9

Biopsychosocial

Answer 9

the amount of pain is a result of biological, psychological and social factors

Question 10

Explain the gate control theory

Answer 10

I= Inhibitory interneuron
P= Projection neuron
_= inhibition (blocking)
+= excitation (activation)