Sensory Flashcards
simple receptors are
nerve endings in tissues
simple receptors can be of two types
unencapsulated, encapsulated
unencapsulated receptors are
free nerve endings
encapsulated receptors are
tissue associated nerve endings
special senses are senses that
have a complex apparattus that support receptor cells
the special senses are (4)
olfactory, taste, labyrinth, (equilibrium/balance,/hearing), eyes
exteroreceptors tell you
what goes on outside the body.
what type of receptors are exteroreceptors
simple unencapsulated
encapsulated receptor types
pacinian corpuscles, meissners corpuscles
typed of unencapsulated receptors
mechanoreceptors, thermoreceptors, nociceptors
the most sensitve type of receptors are
free nerve endings
free nerve endings end in the
epidermis
type of receptors that wrap hair follicles
unencapsulated
unencapsulated receptors are located in the
skin, joints, viscera, oral cavity
area of the body with the most thermoreceptors
oral cavity
nociceptor threshold is
high
thermoreceptor threshold is
x
multimodal receptors
respond to all types; unencapsulated; chemo, thermo, noci
mechanoreceptor modality
stretch, displacement, pressure
thermoreceptor modality
hot > body p; cold < body temp
nociceptors modality
stronger stimuli required; can also be mixed modality;
meissners corpuscles innervate what tissue layer
dermal papillae in DERMIS; close to epidermis;
pacinian corpuscles innervate what tissues
deep dermis / hypodermis, viscera, joint capsules
sensory receptors tht wrap hair are also called
“associated” sensory receptors
encapsulated sensory receptors innervate what layer
dermis
pacinian corpuscles also called
lamellated