Sensation and Perception - Other Senses Flashcards
1
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Somatosensation
A
Skin sensations.
2
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Synthesia
A
When one sense is simultaneously perceived as if by one or more additional senses.
3
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Gate-control theory
A
Pain is experienced only if the pain messages can pass through a gate in the spinal cord while going to the brain.
4
Q
Kinesthesis
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Provides information about the position and movement of individual parts of your body with receptors in muscles, tendons, etc.
5
Q
Vestibular sense
A
Body sense of equilibrium with hairlike receptors in semicircular canals and vestibular sac.
6
Q
Gustation
A
Chemical sense of taste with receptor cells in taste buds in fungiform papillae on the tongue, roof of mouth, and throat.
7
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Olfaction
A
Chemical sense of smell with receptors in a mucous membrane on the roof of the nasal cavity.
