The Senses

Question 1

Detects any type of stimuli from the environment to the Central Nervous System.

Answer 1

Sensory Receptors

Question 2

Receptors that are used primarily taste or smell.

Answer 2

chemoreceptors

Question 3

Sensory receptors that detect light.

Answer 3

photoreceptors

Question 4

Sensory receptors that detect changes in temperature and are primarily located in the skin.

Answer 4

thermoreceptors

Question 5

Sensors that respond to movement such as stretch, pressure or vibration; includes hearing and equilibrium.

Answer 5

mechanoreceptors

Question 6

Stimulus must be at an adequate intensity for it to be recognized, responded to, and generate a nerve impulse.

Answer 6

threshold stimulus

Question 7

List the 5 special senses:

Answer 7

vision, hearing, equilibrium, taste, smell

Question 8

List the 2 general senses:

Answer 8

pressure (temperature, pain, and touch), sense of position

Question 9

__________ _________ occurs when a signal is prolonged and the body gets accustomed (adapted) to it.

Answer 9

Sensory adaptation.

Question 10

_______ is the sense of taste.

Answer 10

Gustation

Question 11

_______ ____________ are the sensory receptors of the tongue.

Answer 11

taste buds

Question 12

Taste buds that respond to sugars

Answer 12

sweet

Question 13

Taste buds that respond to sodium:

Answer 13

salty

Question 14

Taste buds that respond to hydrogen ions:

Answer 14

sour

Question 15

Taste buds that respond to organic compounds:

Answer 15

bitter

Question 16

Taste buds that respond to savory or pungent:

Answer 16

Umami

Question 17

List two other tastes that are sensed by taste buds:

Answer 17

metallic, alkalyne

Question 18

Smell is also known as ________.

Answer 18

Olfaction

Question 19

Where are the receptors for smell located?

Answer 19

In the epithelium of the nasal cavity’s superior region.

Question 20

The general senses are also known as the senses of _______.

Answer 20

Survival

Question 21

______ ______ are mostly in the dermis of the skin and around hair follicles.

Answer 21

Tactile corpuscles.

Question 22

The sense of pressure relies on receptors located in the _______ tissues and near _____ and ________.

Answer 22

subcutaneous, joints, mucles

Question 23

Temperature receptors are _____ nerve endings.

Answer 23

free

Question 24

________ give a feeling of muscle sense.

Answer 24

Proprieceptors

Question 25

________ is the sense of body movement.

Answer 25

Kinesthesia

Question 26

________ is the most important protective sense.

Answer 26

Pain

Question 27

List some types of pain:

Answer 27

referred, itch