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Sensory receptors Flashcards

1
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sensory receptors - types

A
  1. free nerve ending
  2. Meissner corpuscles
  3. Pacinian corpuscles
  4. Merkel discs
  5. Ruffini corpuscles
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sensory receptors - free nerve endings structure

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C - slow, unmyelinated fibers

Αδ - fast, myelinated fibers

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sensory receptors - free nerve endings location

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All skin
epidemis
some viscera

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sensory receptors - free nerve endings senses

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pain and temperature

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sensory receptors - Meissner corpuscles - description

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large, myelinated

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sensory receptors - Meissner corpuscles - adapt

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quickly

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sensory receptors - Meissner corpuscles - location

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Glabrous (hairless) skin

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sensory receptors - Meissner corpuscles - senses

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Dynamic, fine/light touch

position sense

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sensory receptors - Paciciani corpuscles - structure

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Large, myelinated fibers

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sensory receptors - Paciciani corpuscles - adapt

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quickly

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sensory receptors - Paciciani corpuscles - location

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Deep skin layers
ligaments
joints

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sensory receptors - Paciciani corpuscles - senses

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vibration

pressure

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13
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sensory receptors - Merkel discs - structure

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Large, myelinated fibres

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14
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sensory receptors - Merkel discs - adapt

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slowly

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15
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sensory receptors - Merkel discs - location

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Finger tips

superficial skin

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16
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sensory receptors - Merkel discs - senses

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  1. Pressure
  2. deep static touch (shapes, edges)
  3. position sense
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sensory receptors - Ruffini corpuscles - structure

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dendritic endings with capsule

18
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sensory receptors - Ruffini corpuscles - adapt

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slowly

19
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sensory receptors - Ruffini corpuscles - location

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finger tips, joints

20
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sensory receptors - Ruffini corpuscles - senses

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  1. Pressure
  2. joint angle change
  3. slippage of objects along surface of skin
21
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sensory receptors of Glabrous skin

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Meissner corpuscles

22
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sensory receptors on joints

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  1. Ruffini corpuscles

2. Pacinian corpuscles

23
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sensory receptors for temperature

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free nerve endings

24
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sensory receptors with slow, unmyelinated fibers

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C - Free nerve endings

25
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sensory receptors for vibration

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Pacinian corpuscles

26
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temperature receptors

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free nerve endings senses

27
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slow adapt receptors

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Merkel discs

Ruffini corpuscles

28
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slippage of object - receptors

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Ruffini corpuscles

29
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pressure - receptors

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  1. Pacinian corpuscles
  2. Merkel discs
  3. Ruffini corpuscles
30
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position sense - receptors

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  1. Merkel disc

2. Meissner corpuscles

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