Somatic Sensations

Question 1

Classification of somatic senses

Answer 1

1) mechanoreceptive
2) thermoreceptive
3) pain sense

Question 2

Sensory info from the somatic segments of the body enters the spinal cord through the

Answer 2

Dorsal roots of the spinal nerves

Question 3

Anterior half of the parietal lobe is concerned almost entirely with

Answer 3

Reception and interpretation of somatosensory signals

Question 4

Visual signals terminate in the

Answer 4

Occipital lobe

Question 5

Auditory signals terminate in the

Answer 5

Temporal lobe

Question 6

2 subtypes of proprioceptive senses

Answer 6

1. Static position sense

2. Rate of movement sense