sensory processes

Question 0

means by which nervous system recieves information from internal environment

Answer 0

interoreception

Question 1

means by which nervous system recieves information from external environment

Answer 1

exteroreception

Question 2

means by which the nervous system recieves information from the position and movement of the body

Answer 2

proprioreception

Question 3

conscious preception of sensory stimuli and generally involves the cerebral cortex

Answer 3

sensation

Question 4

receptors that receive sensory information and convert to electrical activity

Answer 4

transduction

Question 5

what two things could communicate with the afferent neuron in sensory receptors

Answer 5

dendrite or a scpecialized cell (vision, hearing, etc.)

Question 6

if membrane channels are opened, resluting in in changes in membrane potential

Answer 6

ionotropic

Question 7

if g-coupled protein receptors interact with the stimuli to trigger a secondary messenger cascade

Answer 7

metabotropic

Question 8

receptors that are at the ends of afferent neurons

Answer 8

touch receptors

Question 9

touch receptors that stretch activated channels

Answer 9

ionotropic

Question 10

4 types of nerve endings

Answer 10

merkel disks: form and texture (shallow)
ruffini ending: pressure (deep)
meissner’s corpuscle: sensitive touch (shallow)
pascinian corpuscle: pressure (deep)

Question 11

another word for taste

Answer 11

gustation

Question 12

taste receptors

Answer 12

taste cells clustered to form buds

Question 13

5 taste sensations

Answer 13

bitter
salty 
sweet 
sour 
bitter
umami

Question 14

salty and sour: ionotropic or metabotropic

Answer 14

ionotropic

Question 15

sweet, bitter, umami: ionotropic or metabotropic

Answer 15

metabotropic

Question 16

allows animal to distinguish between many different tastes

Answer 16

simultaneous olfaction

Question 17

another word for smell

Answer 17

olfaction

Question 18

true or false: particles must be dissolved in the mucus to interact with the receptors

Answer 18

true

Question 19

hearing: basilar membrane vibration pushes ____ cells onto ____ membrane

Answer 19

hair, tectorial

Question 20

what controls the light entering the eye

Answer 20

iris/pupil

Question 21

what focuses light/image on the retina

Answer 21

cornea and lens

Question 22

photoreceptors that respond to light are called

Answer 22

rods and cones

Question 23

what do bipolar and ganglionic cells do

Answer 23

conduct signals

Question 24

what do horizontal and Amacrine cells in the eye do

Answer 24

visual integration

Question 25

part of the brain where the optic nerves from each eye cross

Answer 25

optic chiasm

Question 26

nerves from lateral side of each eye go to ___ side(s) of brain

Answer 26

same

Question 27

nerves from medial side of each eye go to ____ side(s) of brain

Answer 27

opposite

Question 28

part of environment from where light can enter the eye

Answer 28

visual field

Question 29

type of vision that allows for depth perception

Answer 29

binocular vision

Question 30

predators have ____ vision, whereas prey have ____ vision.

Answer 30

binocular, monocular