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Somatic Nervous System Flashcards

1
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________ is processed through a series of neurons

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Sensory information

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2
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May result in conscious sensation or motor response

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Sensory pathways

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3
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Are carried out by a series of neurons

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Motor response

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4
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Transduce stimuli into an electrical charge interpreted by your brain that results in __________

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Sensation

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5
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Allows receptors to become less sensitive to stimuli overtime

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Adaptation

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6
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Can adapt quickly

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Phasic receptors

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7
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Adapt slowly or not at all

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Tonic receptors

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8
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Detects pain

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Nociceptors

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9
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Detects pressure

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Baroreceptors

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10
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Detects physical stimuli like pressure and vibration

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Mechanoreceptors

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11
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Detects solute concentration in bodily fluids

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Osmoreceptors

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12
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Stimuli from external environment

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Exteroceptors

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13
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Stimuli from internal organs and tissues

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Interceptor

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14
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Moving body parts

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Proprio receptors

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15
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Found all over the body

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General sense receptors

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16
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Found in the head

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Special sense receptors

17
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Is accomplished by photoreceptors of the eye

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Vision

18
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It is a chemical special sense

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Taste gustation

19
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What are the recognized tastes

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Sweet sour bitter salty umami and fat

20
Q

Where are the taste buds contained

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Papillae

21
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What replaces damaged taste receptors

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Basal epithelial cells

22
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What desolves molecules so that chemicals reach taste receptor cells

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Saliva

23
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It is detected when Na ions reach taste cell receptors

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Salty

24
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It is detected when H ions reach taste cell receptors

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Sour

25
Q

It is detected when glucose reach taste cell receptors

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Sweet

26
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Is detected by 23 different taste receptors but varies between individuals

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Bitter

27
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It is detected when L glutamate activates taste cell receptors

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Umami

28
Q

Detects deep pressure

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Lamellated corpuscle

29
Q

Detects light pressure

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Tactile corpuscle

30
Q

Detects stretching of skin

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Bulbous corpuscle

31
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These types of pain can share the same pathway

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Somatic pain and visceral pain

32
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Prevents further damage to tissues and cells of the body

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Pain

33
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Pain that originates inside blood vessels and internal organs

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Visceral pain

34
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Pain that covers other bodily tissues loke skin muscle and bone

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Somatic pain

35
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When the brain becomes confused on
where the origin of the pain is unclear

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Referred pain

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