Senses Flashcards
means by which the brain recieves informations about the nevironment and the body
senses
is the process initiated by stimulating sensory receptors
sensation
is the consious awareness of those stimuli
perception
what are the two basic groups of senses?
General senses
Special senses
they have receptors distributed over a large part of the body
general sense
they are more specialized in structure and are located to specific parts of the body
special senses
what are the two groups of general senses?
the somatic senses
the visceral senses
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they provide sensory information about the body and environment
somatic senses
they provide information about various internal organs primarily involving pain and pressure
visceral senses
are sensory nerve endings or specialized cells capable of responding to stimuli by developing action potentials.
sensory receptors
what are the types of receptors
mechanoreceptors
chemoreceptors
thermoreceptors
photoreceptors
nociceptors
type of receptor nga baout bending or stretching
mechanoreceptors
type of receptors responding to chemicals
chemoreceptors
type of receptors responding to temp
thermoreceptors
type of receptors responding to light
photoreceptors
type of receptor responding to pain
nocireceptors
what are the general senses?
touch
pressure
pain
temperature
vibration
itch
proprioception
it is the sense of movement and position of the body or limbs
proprioception
these are small superficial nerve endings involved in detecting light touch and superficial pressure
merkel disks
