Week 10 - Sensory Receptors

Question 1

Chemoreceptor

Answer 1

Interoperates chemical stimuli - taste and smell. They can also monitor concentration of O2 and CO2

Question 2

Thermoreceptor

Answer 2

Sensitive to temperature

Question 3

Photoreceptors

Answer 3

Located in the eye where they respond to light colour and movement

Question 4

Mechanoreceptor

Answer 4

Responds to physical stimulus such as pressure and vibration many examples found in skin also located in inner ear to detect sound and body balance

Question 5

Baroreceptor

Answer 5

Detects changes in pressure within the body such as connective tissue walls and the walls of vessels and organs

Question 6

Nociceptor

Answer 6

Stimulates pain response can operate via a chemoreceptor or mechanoreceptor

Question 7

General sense

Answer 7

One that is distributed throughout the body has receptor cells in other organs - mechanoreceptor: touch pain temperature

Question 8

Special sense

Answer 8

Has a specific organ devoted to it such as the eye for visual input or ear for auditory or smell for olfactory