Special Senses

Question 1

Temperature, pain, touch, pressure, vibration, proprioception are

Answer 1

general senses

Question 2

Smell, taste, hearing, equilibrium, vision are

Answer 2

special senses

Question 3

General senses are found

Answer 3

All throughout the body

Question 4

Special senses are found

Answer 4

on specific sensory organs

Question 5

conscious or subconscious awareness of change in external or internal environment is

Answer 5

sensation

Question 6

stimulus, sensory receptors, neural pathways, brain region for integration are

Answer 6

requirements for sensation

Question 7

conscious awareness is

Answer 7

perception

Question 8

decreased receptor response with prolonged stimulation is

Answer 8

adaptation

Question 9

nociceptors, thermoceptors, tickle, itch, and light touch receptors are

Answer 9

free nerve endings

Question 10

mechanoreceptors or deep touch and vibration are

Answer 10

encapsulated nerve endings

Question 11

osmoreceptors, baroreceptors, chemoreceptors, proprioreceptors, photoreceptors are

Answer 11

special cells

Question 12

Fast “take your breath away” pain associated with superficial injury or trauma and travel over A pain fibers (acute/fast)

Answer 12

Somatic Pain

Question 13

Dull or aching pain that develops more slowly over time and travels over C pain fibers (chronic/slow)

Answer 13

Visceral Pain

Question 14

regenerative cells for normal growth, development, and repair/healing

Answer 14

Basal cells

Question 15

How many receptors for smell are found in the olfactory epithelium of the superior part of the nasal cavity

Answer 15

10 million- 100 million

Question 16

Detects molecules given off by organisms and substances around us

Answer 16

chemoreceptors

Question 17

What produces mucus that is used to dissolve odor molecules so that transduction may occur

Answer 17

olfactory glands (bowman’s glands)