Sensory Receptors

Question 1

The PNS carries _____________ information to the CNS.

Answer 1

SENSORY

AFFERENT

Question 2

Name the term for the sense of relative position of the neighbouring parts of the body without the use of vision?

Answer 2

PROPRIOCEPTION

Question 3

A patient with a proprioception problem can still maintain balance using what?

Answer 3

VISION

Question 4

What is the name of the test of proprioception receptors and pathways function?

Answer 4

ROMBERG’S TEST

Question 5

What is the name of the test where a patient is asked to close their eyes, and a loss of balance is interpreted as a positive test?

Answer 5

ROMBERG’S TEST

Question 6

What is the term for the perception of the outside world?

Answer 6

EXTEROCEPTION

Question 7

What is the term for the perception of bodily sensations?

Answer 7

INTEROCEPTION

Question 8

Name the sensations included in interoception?

Answer 8

PAIN
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TEMPERATURE
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ITCH
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SENSUAL TOUCH
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VISCERAL SENSATIONS
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HUNGER
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THIRST
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AIR HUNGER
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EMOTIONAL AWARENESS

Question 9

Information about the internal and external environment reaches the CNS in the form of what?

Answer 9

ACTION POTENTIALS (AP)
aka
NERVE IMPULSES

Question 10

What is the name of a structure that recognizes a stimulus in the internal or external environment of an organism and converts in into AP?

Answer 10

SENSORY RECEPTOR

Question 11

Name the term for a decreased CNS response to a repeated stimulus?

Answer 11

HABITUATION

Question 12

Name the term for a increased CNS response to a repeated stimulus?

Answer 12

SENSITIZATION