Sensory receptors, taste & smell WK6 L2

Question 1

WHAT IS SENSATION?

Answer 1

CONSIOUS OR SUBCONCIOUS LEVEL OF AWARENESS OF CHANGES IN ENVIRONMENT

Question 2

WHERE DOES THE PROCESS OF SENSATION BEGIN?

Answer 2

SENSORY RECEPTORS OF SPECIALISED CELLS OR DENDRITES IN SENSORY NEURON

Question 3

WHAT EVENTS NEED TO TAE PLACE FOR SENSATION TO OCCUR?

Answer 3

STIMULUS OCCURED IN RECEPTIVE FIELD - SENSORY RECEPTOR CONVERTS STIMULUS TO RECEPTOR POTENTIAL - GRADED POTENTIAL REACHES THRESHOLD AND ACTION POTENTIAL TRIGGERED - INTEGRATION OF SENSORY INPUT TAKES PLACE IN CNS

Question 4

CAN RECEPTORS DETECT MULTIPLE DIFFRENT TYPES OF STIMULUS?

Answer 4

NO THEY CAN ONLY PROCESS ONE TYPE OF STIMULUS

Question 5

WHAT INFORMATION DO RECEPTORS SEND?

Answer 5

MODALITY - LOCATION - INTENSITY - DURATION

Question 6

WHAT IS SENSORY ADAPTATION?

Answer 6

WHEN THE SENORS FIRE OFF AND THE ENVIRONMENT STAYS THE SAME SO THE RECEPTORS SHUT OFF

Question 7

WHAT ARE TONIC RECEPTORS?

Answer 7

CONSTANT SIGNAL AS LOGN AS STIMULUS IS APPLIED

Question 8

WHAT ARE PHASIC RECEPTORS?

Answer 8

BURST OF ACTIVITY BUT QUICKLY STOP AFTER FIRING

Question 9

WHAT ARE CHEMORECPTORS?

Answer 9

CHEMICAL RECEPTORS - TASTE

Question 10

WHAT ARE THERMORECEPTORS?

Answer 10

TEMPERATURE RECEPTORS

Question 11

WHAT ARE MECHANORECPTORS?

Answer 11

MECHANICAL CHANGES

Question 12

WHAT ARE PHOTORECEPTORS?

Answer 12

LIGHT RECEPTORS

Question 13

WHAT ARE OLFACTIONRECEPTORS?

Answer 13

SMELL RECEPTORS

Question 14

WHAT ARE NOCICEPTORS?

Answer 14

PAIN RECEPTORS

Question 15

WHAT ARE INTERORECEPTORS?

Answer 15

INTERNAL RECEPTORS

Question 16

WHAT ARE EXTERORECEPTORS?

Answer 16

EXTERNAL RECEPTORS

Question 17

WHAT ARE PROPIORECEPTORS?

Answer 17

BODY POSITIONAL AND MOVEMENT RECEPTORS

Question 18

WHAT ARE GENERAL SENCES?

Answer 18

WIDELY SPREAD ALL THROUGHOUT BODY

Question 19

WHAT ARE SPECIAL SENSES?

Answer 19

VISION - HEARING - SMELL - TASTE - BALANCE

Question 20

WHAT ARE UNENCAPSULATED RECEPTORS?

Answer 20

STRUCTURES OF FREE NERVE ENDINGS

Question 21

WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF UNENCAPSULATED RECEPTORS?

Answer 21

NOCICEPTORS - THERMORECEPTORS - TACTILE DISCS - HAIR RECEPTORS

Question 22

WHAT ARE ENCAPSULATED RECEPTORS?

Answer 22

SPECIAL CAPSULE WHICH ENCLOSES NERVE ENDING

Question 23

WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF ENCAPSULATED RECEPTORS?

Answer 23

TACTILE CORPUSCES - KRAUSE END BULB - LAMELLATED CORPUSLES - RUFFINI CORPUSCLES

Question 24

WHERE ARE NOCIRECEPTORS FOUND?

Answer 24

EVERYWHERE EXCEPT THE BRAIN

Question 25

WHAT IS PAIN FROM SKIN MUSCLES AND JOINTS CALLED?

Answer 25

SOMATIC PAIN

Question 26

WHAT IS PAIN FROM THE VISCERA CALLED?

Answer 26

VISCERAL PAIN

Question 27

WHICH CHEMICALS STIMULATE PAIN FIBRES?

Answer 27

HISTAMINE - BRADYKININ - PROSTAGLANDIN

Question 28

WHAT IS REFERRED PAIN?

Answer 28

PAIN PATHWAYS FROM SOMATIC PATHWAYS AREAS ARE USED BY THE VISCERAL REGION

Question 29

HOW DO THE CHEMORECEPTORS GET ACTIVATED?

Answer 29

MOLECULES DISSOLVED IN SALIVA

Question 30

WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF SENSATIONS ON THE TOUNGUE?

Answer 30

BITTER - SOUR - SWEET - SALTY - UMAMI

Question 31

HOW DO THE OLFACTIONRECEPTORS GET ACTIVATED?

Answer 31

FROM INHALING GAS INTO NASAL CAVITY

Question 32

HOW ARE ODOURS PROCESSED?

Answer 32

ODOURS CREATE RECEPTOR POTENTIAL - ACTION POTENTIAL TRAVELS TO BRAIN - RECEPTORS ACT UPON SMELL