Sensation and Sensory Processing

Question 1

The process of transforming mechanical energy into electrical energy is known as?

Answer 1

Sensory Transduction

Question 2

Why do some sensory afferent fibers lack receptor cells?

Answer 2

These free nerve endings are vital for receiving pain sensation

Question 3

How are somatosensory afferents different from others?

Answer 3

Differences in diameter of the axon and receptive field size

Question 4

What factors influence the spatial acuity of tactile sensation?

Answer 4

Size of receptive field and innervating density of receptor cells.

Question 5

What are the two major types of sensory afferents?

Answer 5

Rapidly and slowly adapting sensory afferents

Question 6

The capacity of object manipulation by hand for identifying the object is known as ?

Answer 6

Stereognosis

Question 7

Ability to sense limp positions and other body parts in space is known as ?

Answer 7

Proprioception

Question 8

Which receptor cells have large receptive fields?

Answer 8

Pacinian and Ruffini cells

Question 9

Which receptor cells have small receptive fields?

Answer 9

Merkel cells and Meissner corpuscles

Question 10

What are the types of proprioceptors?

Answer 10

Muscle spindles, Golgi tendon organs and Joint receptors