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(Summary) Senses Flashcards

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1
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__ is the system that provides information about the body senses, including touch,
movement, pain, and temperature.

A

Somatosensory System

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__ is the sensory system that provides information about the position and movement of the head.

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Vestibular System

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__ is a structure in the inner ear vestibular system that provides information about the angle of the head relative to the ground and about linear acceleration.

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Otolith organ

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__ is one of the three looping chambers found in the inner ear that provide information regarding the rotation of the head.

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Semicircular Canal

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__ and __ are the structures of the otolith organs.

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Saccule
Utricle

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__ is the force perceived when our rate of movement changes.

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Linear Acceleration

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__ is a stone made of calcium carbonate that is attached to the hair cells in the otolith organs.

A

Otolith

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__ is the nucleus of the thalamus that receives information regarding pain, touch, and the position and movement of the head.

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Ventral Posterior (VP) Nucleus

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__ is the cortex located in the postcentral gyrus of the parietal lobe that is responsible for the initial cortical processing of somatosensory input.

A

Primary Somatosensory Cortex

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__ is hairless skin.

A

Glabrous Skin

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__ is the outermost layer of the skin.

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Epidermis

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__ is the layer of skin lying below the outermost epidermis.

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Dermis

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__ is the layer of tissue lying below the dermis.

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Subcutaneous Tissue

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__ is a skin receptor that senses touch, pressure, or vibration.

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Mechanoreceptor

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__ is a mechanoreceptor in which the axon fibers are surrounded by a fluid0filled capsule formed of connective tissue.

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Encapsulated Receptor

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__ is an encapsulated, fast-adapting mechanoreceptor with small receptive filed that responds primarily to pressure.

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Meissner’s corpusle

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__ is an encapsulated, rapidly adapting mechanoreceptor with large receptive field that provides information about pressure and vibration.

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Pacinian Corpuscle

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__ is a nonencapsulated, slow-adapting mechanoreceptor with small receptive field that provides information primarily about pressure.

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Merkel’s Disk

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__ is a nonencapsulated, slow-adapting mechanoreceptor with large receptive field that provides information regarding stretch.

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Ruffini’s Ending

20
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__ is a myelinated fiber that carries information about cold and sharp pain to the central nervous system.

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Aδ (alpha-delta) fiber

21
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__ is a small, unmyelinated fiber that carries information about temperature, itch m and dull, aching pain to the central nervous system.

A

C fiber

22
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__ is the area of the skin surface served by the dorsal roots of one spinal segment.

A

Dermatome

23
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__ is the spinal pathway that carries information about touch and position to the medulla.

A

Dorsal Column

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__ is the pathway originating in the dorsal column nuclei and synapsing in the ventral posterior (VP) nucleus of the thalamus that is responsible for carrying information about touch and position.

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Medial Lemniscus

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__ is a nerve that carries sensation from mechanoreceptors, temperature receptors, and pain receptors in the skin of the face, mouth, tongue, and the dura mater of the brain.

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Trigeminal Nerve

26
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__ are areas in the parietal lobe adjacent to primary somatosensory cortex that process a wide variety of complex somatosensory inputs.

A

Secondary Somatosensory Cortex

27
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__ is a nerve ending in the skin that responds to surface temperature.

A

Thermoreceptor

28
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__ is a nerve ending in the skin that responds to heat.

A

Warm Fiber

29
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__ is a nerve ending in the skin that responds to cold.

A

Cold Fiber

30
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__ is a nerve ending that responds to painful stimuli.

A

Nociceptor

31
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__ is a group of cells in the outer gray matter of the dorsal horn that receive synapses from pain fibers.

A

Substantia Gelatonosa

32
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__ is a neurotransmitter substance associated with the sense of pain that also serves as a stimulus at some nociceptors.

A

Substance P

33
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__ are fibers that carry pain and temperature information from the substantia gelatinase to the thalamus.

A

Spinothalamic Pathway

34
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__ is a nucleus in the brainstem that receives pain and temperature information from the head and neck.

A

Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus

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__ is a pathway carrying pain and temperature information from the spinal trigeminal nucleus to the thalamus.

A

Trigeminal Lemniscus

36
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__ is one of many nuclei in the thalamus that receive some pain and temperature input.

A

Intralaminar Nucleus

37
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__ is the sense of smell.

A

Olfaction

38
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__ is the layer in the nasal cavity containing olfactory receptors.

A

Olfactory epithelium

39
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__ are structures found within the olfactory bulbs.

A

Glomeruli

40
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__ is a fiber pathway connecting the olfactory bulbs to the olfactory cortex.

A

Olfactory tract

41
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__ is the cortex in the frontal lobe that responds to the sense of smell.

A

Olfactory cortex

42
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__ is one of the five basic taste groups, characteristics of tastes found in seaweed and other “meaty or savory” elements of Asian cuisine.

A

umami

43
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__ are bumps on the tongue containing taste buds and taste receptors.

A

Papillae

44
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__ are small fibers extending from taste receptors.

A

Microvilli

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