Test your knowledge

Question 1

receptor most associated with light touch/hot and cold is?

Answer 1

the free nerve endings

Question 2

receptor most associated with sustained touch and pressure is?

Answer 2

Merkel’s discs

Question 3

receptor most associated with sustained pressure is?

Answer 3

ruffini corpuscle

Question 4

receptor most associated with changes in texture/slow vibrations?

Answer 4

Meissner’s corpuscle

Question 5

receptor most associated with deep pressure and fast vibrations is?

Answer 5

pacinian corpuscle

Question 6

the motor ccortex is _______________ gyrus of the cerebral cortex; the sensory cortex is the _____________ gyrus

Answer 6

precentral, postcentral

Question 7

define sensory adaptation

Answer 7

stopping of responding to stimuli from receptors when stimuli is constant

Question 8

name a sensory mdality that adapts quickly: name on that adapts slowly, if at all?

Answer 8

sense of smell, pain

Question 9

angina pectoris is an example of __________ pain.

Answer 9

referred

Question 10

pain percieved in an amputated limb is known as the _________________?

Answer 10

phantom limb phenomenon