Somatosensory Flashcards
Sensation
Superficial
Deep
Visceral
Special sense
Superficial
Touch, pain, temperature, two-point discrimination
Deep
Muscle and joint position sense
Vibration
Visceral
Hunger, nausea, and visceral pain
Special sense
Smell, Vision, Hearing, Taste, Equilibrium
Types of peripheral receptors
Exteroceptors
Proprioceptors
Enteroceptors
Exteroceptors
Skin
(Pain, Temperature, Touch, and Pressure)
Proprioceptors
Muscles, Tendons, Joints
(Movement, joint position)
Enteroceptors
Viscera
Sensory receptors can be classified by stimulus
Chemoreceptors
Photoreceptors
Mechanoreceptors
Thermoreceptors
Nociceptors
Chemoreceptors
detect chemicals
Photoreceptor
a specialized neuron able to detect and react to light during
Mechanoreceptors
detect mechanical forces
Thermoreceptors
detect changes in temperature
Nociceptors
detect pain