Unit 6- General Senses Vocab

Question 1

general senses (examples)

Answer 1

senses perceived b/c of receptors throughout the body that don’t rely on specific organs
ex. vibrations, temp, pressure, pain

Question 2

propioceptors

Answer 2

sense where our body is in space (kinesthetic sense)

Question 3

interoceptors (examples of what they moniter)

Answer 3

sense the internal state of our body and make changes accordingly
ex. hunger, thirst, temp

Question 4

nociceptors

Answer 4

pain receptors to make us stop doing things that are harmful to us

Question 5

thermoreceptors

Answer 5

sense the temperature of our environment
- only between 41 and 114 degrees (anything else is
pain)

Question 6

mechanoreceptors

Answer 6

sense pressure on our body, movement, and stretching

Question 7

chemoreceptors

Answer 7

sense the changes in chemicals in our blood
- oxygen, CO2, Ph levels

Question 8

fast pain

Answer 8

short lasting, acute, specific pain that comes on quick and leaves quick

makes us stop whatever we are doing

Question 9

slow pain

Answer 9

long lasting, dull pain that prevents us from continuing to injust something more
ex. you don’t want to walk on a sprained ankle because it continues to hurt when you do so

Question 10

referred pain

Answer 10

pain felt somewhere other than its actual origin
ex. arm pain as a result of a heart attack (bc we have no pain receptors in our heart)

Question 11

root hair plexus

Answer 11

nerve attached to our hairs that sense their movement

when our hairs stand up on end in intense situations these are able to pick up more movement

Question 12

baroreceptors

Answer 12

sense blood pressure

tell heart to slow down or speed up accordingly