Somatosensation

Question 1

Adaptation

Answer 1

1. Down regulation

2. Cells in your body adapting to a CHANGE in stimulus

Question 2

Amplification

Answer 2

1. Up regulation of some stimulus in the environment

Question 3

Somatosensory homunculus

Answer 3

map of body in the brain

Question 4

sensory strip

Answer 4

all the information in your body hits the sensory strip in a particular spot, and the sensory strip reads where that information is coming from

Question 5

proprioception

Answer 5

our ability to sense where our body is in space; our sense of position; balance; cognitive

Question 6

kinesthesia

Answer 6

the movement of your body; behavioral

Question 7

nociception

Answer 7

our sense of pain; capsaicin binds to TrpV1 receptor, triggering same response that a change in temperature would. This is why you start sweating when you eat a hot chili pepper.

Question 8

thermoception

Answer 8

sense of temperature; rely on TrpV1 receptor;

Question 9

TrpV1 protein

Answer 9

changes conformation in response to pain and temperature; sends a signal to the brain

Question 10

fast fibers - A beta fibers

Answer 10

fat in diameter; covered in myelin; both these things allow a signal to travel very quickly

Question 11

medium fibers - A delta fibers

Answer 11

smaller in diameter; less myelin; conduct a signal slower than fast

Question 12

slow fiber - C fiber

Answer 12

smallest diameter; no myelin; signal takes a long time to get to your brain