sensory systems and pain physiology Flashcards
what to pancilan corpuse respond to
deep pressure
what do ruffini corpuscles respond to
warmth
what do meissener copurs respond to
light touch
what do merkels corpus respond to
touch
funciton of free nerve endings
pain
what signifies the intesity of a stimuls
frequency of action potential
how to determine where a stimulous is from
receptive feild
what is the trigger zone
area wher a transution sings turns into action poteials
what is a recepive feild
area of stimuls that is applied, it is area where it connects to other protcepotrs
what are hte types of cutanoes sensoation fibers
ab, Aδ an C
what is ab
large myelatied
spped of ab
30 -70m/s
what does ab meausre
touch, pressure and vibration
what is Aδ
small myelatied
speed of Aδ
5 - 30m/s
what does Aδ meause
fast paina nd pressure
what is c fibers
small unmeya.ted
spped of c fibers
0.5 - 2m/ s
funciton of c fibers
warth and slow pain
where to they enter the spinal cord
dorsla root ganglia
wher ot crial nerves enter spial cord
cral nerve ganglia
what are the mechano recpigve fibers
aa and ab
fibes for protecption
aa and ab
aa fiber
muscle spiner lfierb with fastes spped