Sensory functions

Question 1

Types of Sensory functions

Answer 1

visual 
hearing 
vestibular 
taste
smell 
proprioceptive 
touch 
pain 
temperature/pressure 
mulit=sensory porcessing

Question 2

Types of visual

Answer 2

quality
acuity
stability
field

Question 3

define quality

Answer 3

Quality

- ability to detect light, contrast and colour among visual stimuli

Question 4

Define acuity

Answer 4

Acuity

- to detect objects, differentiate between them and discern details

Question 5

define stability

Answer 5

• our ability to perceive objects or our environment as stable even though our eyes are moving rapidly

Question 6

Define field

Answer 6

• detected of everything within the visual field

- include objects close to our bdy and those far away

Question 7

Types of hearing

Answer 7

Detection and discrimination
awareness of location
distance of sound

Question 8

Define detection and discrimination

Answer 8

• ability to detect noise

- discriminate between pitch and volume of sound to determine what is making the noise

Question 9

Define Awareness of location

Answer 9

• being aware of the location of sounds

Question 10

Define Distance of sound

Answer 10

• being aware of the distance of sounds

Question 11

types of vestibular

Answer 11

position
balance
secure movement against gravity

Question 12

define position

Answer 12

• the sensory function of the inner ear that helps to determine the position of the body
• position of the head provides information of the body

Question 13

define balance

Answer 13

• body’s ability to maintain an upright position

Question 14

define secure movement against gravity

Answer 14

• allows the person to move against gravity helps the body with position and maintain balance

Question 15

Types of taste

Answer 15

just one

quality of bitterness, sweetness, sour and saltiness

Question 16

Type of smell

Answer 16

Sensing odours and discrimination

Question 17

Types of Proprioceptive

Answer 17

Position in space, Kineastehsia

Right and left discrimination

Question 18

Define position in space

Answer 18

• aware of body in the internal and external space

Question 19

Define Kinaesthesia

Answer 19

• receipt of information from receptors in muscles, joints, tendons and ligaments enables detection of the excursion and direction of joint movement
• = PERCEPTION OF MOVEMENT

Question 20

Define Right and Left Discrimination

Answer 20

• Differentially between one side to the other

- Need to know where its right or left

Question 21

Types of Touch

Answer 21

being Touch

discriminate textures

Question 22

Define being touched

Answer 22

• The ability to perceive contact with the skin

Question 23

Define discriminate texture

Answer 23

• Various textures and being able to tolerate the textures

Question 24

Types of pain

Answer 24

localised and generalised

Question 25

types of temperature and pressure

Answer 25

Thermal awareness | forced applied to skin

Question 26

Define thermal awareness

Answer 26

Thermal awareness | - Ability to sense heat and cold

Question 27

Define Force applied to skin

Answer 27

force applied to skin - Force or pressure against the skin, - Is pressure being applied to the person or is the person applying pressure to an object

Question 28

Types of Multi-sensory processing

Answer 28

``` visual-motor integration spatial relations spatial operations visual closure figure ground depth perception stereognosis ```

Question 29

Define visual-motor integration

Answer 29

- Coordinating the interaction of information from the eyes with body movement during activity

Question 30

Define spatial relations

Answer 30

- Determine the position of objects relative to each other

Question 31

Define spatial operations

Answer 31

- Mentally manipulating the position of objects in various relationships

Question 32

Define visual closure

Answer 32

- The process or ability to fill in missing parts of a visual stimulus

Question 33

Define figure ground

Answer 33

- Differentiating between background and foreground shapes and objects. - A client with a figure-ground deficit will have difficulty visually distinguishing a figure

Question 34

Define depth perception

Answer 34

- Depth perception: “Determining the relative distance between objects, figures or landmarks and the observer, and changes in planes or surfaces”

Question 35

Define stereognosis

Answer 35

- Without the use of vision, the ability to identify sizes, shape and weight of familiar objects using tactile, proprioceptive information and cognition