Sensory Pathways - Ascending

Question 1

Types of Receptors

Answer 1

Encapsulated and unencapsulated

Question 2

Encapsulated receptors

Answer 2

Pacinian corpuscles

Question 3

Unencapsulated

Answer 3

Pain or temperature

Question 4

Dendritic Zone

Answer 4

Receptors on or near the surface of the body

Question 5

Modality

Answer 5

Each type of sensation

Question 6

GSS

Answer 6

General Somatic Sensation

Question 7

GSA

Answer 7

General Somatic Afferent

Question 8

Cruciate Sulcus

Answer 8

Landmark denoting the separation between the frontal cortex and the parietal cortex.

Question 9

Location of the Somatosensory Cortex

Answer 9

Caudal to the motor cortex (motor cortex is in the frontal lobe). The cranial aspect of the parietal cortex.

Question 10

Sensory Acuity

Answer 10

How close together you can sense two points of stimuli as being separate

Question 11

Decussation

Answer 11

Crossing midline

Question 12

Dorsal Columns/funiculus

Answer 12

Where the white matter runs through

Question 13

Ataxia

Answer 13

Cerebellar disturbance, afferent kinaesthetic deficit

Question 14

Hyperalgesia

Answer 14

Tissue damage releases chemicals which increase sensitivity to nociceptors. Heightened response to touch