Sensory Pathway Flashcards
____ mediates the pain fibers from pelvis and spinal cord in a patient with gonorrhea
Substance P
The neurotransmitters in the endogenous analgesia system
serotonin, epinephrine, NE
According to Ganong, these are the chemicals and NTs involved in pain modulation
- Serotonin - nucleus raphe magnum and spinal dorsal horn
- NE - Locus Ceruleus
- Morphine - Periaqueductal gray matter
- Enkephalin - Spinal Dorsal Horn
- Opioids - DRG
Tactile receptors that are useful in 2 point discrimination
Merkel and Meissner
___ pathway for touch sensation that require high degree of localization and fine gradation of intensity
Dorsal Column-Medial Lemniscus Pathway;
Spinothalamic Tract is for pain, temp, light touch, pressure, tickle
Type ___ receptive field is smaller with well-defined borders, useful for 2-point discrimination
Type 1
Type 2 Receptive Field is wider but poorly-defined borders.
Remember: pointer finger pointing to something specific for type 1; while raising the middle finger for type 2
This tactile receptor is used for heavy and sustain/steady pressure and to signal degree of joint rotation
Ruffini Corpuscles
These fibers are found in both hairy and glaborous skin and deep tissues with a warmth threshold of 30degC and cold threshold of 24degC.
Type Adelta, Type C
Note: Cold receptors are inactive at <10degC
____ converts environmental signals into neural signals
sensory receptors
[type of sensory receptors]
unmyelinated, innervated by type A delta fibers and type C fibers
nocicepter
[type of sensory receptors]
unmyelinated/lightly myelinated
innervated by typeA delta and Type C fibers
thermoreceptor
the warmth threshold of the thermoreceptor is ____
30 degC
the cold threshold of the thermoreceptor is ___
24 degC
the cold receptors are inactive at
<10 deg C
____ are examples of electromagnetic receptor
rods and cones
depolarization in sensory receptor causes ____
receptor potential/generator potential
[sensory receptor]
detects steady stimulus
slowly-adapting receptors (tonic receptors)
[sensory receptor]
detects onset and offset stimulus, has a predictive function
rapidly-adapting receptors (phasic receptors)
[receptive field]
smaller with well-defined borders
type 1
[receptive field]
wider but with poorly-defined borders
type 2
____ are skin regions controlled by each sensory neuron
receptive field
[type of nerve fiber]
widest, most myelinated, fastest, accurate, precise, needs most energy
type A
[type of nerve fiber]
unmyelinated, thinnest, less precise, less accurate
type C
[type of nerve fiber: specific]
for proprioception, seen in muscle spindle afferents
A-alpha
Ia
[type of nerve fiber: specific]
for proprioception, seen in golgi tendon organs
A-alpha
Ib
[type of nerve fiber: specific]
for touch, pressure seen in secondary afferents of muscle spindles
A-beta
II
[type of nerve fiber: specific]
seen in intrafusal muscle fibers
A-gamma
[type of nerve fiber: specific]
fast pain, temperature
A-delta
[type of nerve fiber: specific]
seen in preganglionic autonomic fibers
B
[type of nerve fiber: specific]
slow pain
C
IV