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somatosensory system Flashcards

1
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sensitivity to stimuli interacting with ones body (touch temp pain)

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exteroception

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2
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ability to sense position, location and orientation

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proprioception

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3
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stimuli originating from inside body

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interoception

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4
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information from ___ is carried by dorsal root ganglia and spinal cord

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trunk

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5
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information from ___ is carried by cranial nerves

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face and head

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6
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dorsal root ganglia contain __ ___ __ that innervate skin, muscles, joints and organs

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neuronal cell bodies

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7
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___ ___ of nerve fibers (DRG) involved in touch are encapsulated by special end organs

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peripheral process

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8
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DRG neurons are

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pseudounipolar

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9
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information carried by DRG enters in ___ spinal cord in each of the regions

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dorsal

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10
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receptor type and fiber which carries proprioception

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muscle spindle, and Ia, II (large and well myelinated); fast

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11
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receptor type and fiber which carries touch

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merkel, meissner and ruffini cells (end organs), A beta (well myelinated not as big)

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12
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receptor type and fiber which carries pain and temperature

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free nerve endings, A delta

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13
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receptor type and fiber which carries pain, temp, itch

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free nerve endings, C fibers (smallest and unmyelinated)

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14
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cell that responds to mechanical stimulus

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mechanoreceptors

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15
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the nerve endings of mechanoreceptors respond to stimulus by

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stretching (as plasma membrane stretches it opens Na channels –> depolarization)

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16
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depolarizing potenial that accomponies stimulation of a sensory nerve (varies according to strength of stimulus)

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receptor potential

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17
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part of a sensory field that can elicit neuronal responses when stimulated (each neuron has one but size and freq. can be different)

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receptive field

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18
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decline of electrical response in a receptor cell over time, even thouhg stimulus id still present

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adaptation

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19
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in the glaborous skin receptors (very sensitive skin) have

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free nerve endings (no end organs)

20
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small receptive fields near surface of skin that tracks motion; rapidly adapting

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meissner corpuscle

21
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small receptive fields near surface of skin that tracks shape and texture; slowly adapting

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merkel cell

22
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large receptive fields deeper in skin that tracks skin stretch; slowly adapting

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ruffini corpuscle

23
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large receptive fields deeper in skin that tracks skin vibration; rapidly adapting

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pacinian corpuscle

24
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the layers of the pacinian corpuscle get depressed and after a certain point stop ____

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responding

25
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superficial receptors

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merkels and meissners

26
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deep receptors; distributed more evenly throughout hand

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ruffini and pacinian

27
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type of hair follicle: longest, nerve fibers form touch domes and circumferential nerve endings

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guard

28
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type of hair follicle: longitudinal lanceolate endings

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awl

29
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type of hair follicle: circumferential and longitudinal endings

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zigzag

30
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innervation arising from one DRG and its spinal nerve

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dermatome

31
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2 types of muscle fibers

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extrafusal and intrafusal

32
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muscle fibers that contract and do the work

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extrafusal

33
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muscle fibers that detect stretch and dont contract

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intrafusal

34
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each ____ muscle fiber is innervated

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intrafusal

35
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____ ___ ___ signal changes in muscle lenght by muscle tension and correlation with muscle spindle

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golgi tendon organ

36
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the golgi tendon organ activates when __ ___ contract

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extrafusal fibers

37
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the __ neurons innervate golgi tendon and synspase on interneurons

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Ib

38
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_____ fibers enter into dorsal spinal cord

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mechanosensitive

39
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one branch of dorsal column synapses onto motor neuron and interneurons; other branch travels in the dorsal columns to ____

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medulla

39
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the dorsal column pathway decussates and then synapses at the ____

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medulla

40
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the dorsal column pathway finally hits the thalamus VPL then to

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primary somatosensory cortex

41
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major cranial nerves involved in ____ and pain is the ___ nerve

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mechanoreception; trigeminal

42
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the cranial nerves make synapses at ____ of the trigeminal complexes

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nucleus

43
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after it synapses it goes to the ___ of the thalamus and primary somatosensory

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VPM

44
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representation of body and face

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somatopic

45
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sensory cortices and thalamus are organized into ____ in the mammalian brain

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modules

46
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