Multiple ChoiceWhich receptor type would you expect to find on the tongue, allowing us to taste?419views8rank
Multiple ChoiceWhich type of sensory receptor is stimulated by touch, pressure, vibration, and stretch?1075views1rank
Multiple ChoiceSimple receptors that are particularly abundant in epithelia and connective tissue tend to __________.673views1rank
Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following receptors is stimulated by a substance known as capsaicin?586views2rank
Textbook QuestionThe larger the receptive field, the (a) larger the stimulus needed to stimulate a sensory receptor, (b) fewer sensory receptors there are, (c) harder it is to locate the exact point of stimulation, (d) larger the area of the somatosensory cortex in the brain that deals with the area, (e) closer together the receptor cells.253views
Textbook Question_______ receptors are normally inactive, but become active for a short time whenever there is a change in the modality that they monitor.175views
Textbook QuestionMatch the receptor type in column B to the correct description in column A. Column A ______ (1) pain, itch, and temperature receptors ______ (2) contains intrafusal fibers and anulospiral and flower spray endings ______ (3) discriminative touch receptor in hairless skin (fingertips) ______ (4) contains receptor endings wrapped around thick collagen bundles ______ (5) rapidly adapting deep-pressure receptor ______ (6) slowly adapting deep-pressure receptor Column B a. bulbous corpuscles b. tendon organ c. muscle spindle d. free nerve endings e. lamellar corpuscle f. tactile corpuscle291views
Textbook QuestionThe CNS interprets information entirely on the basis of the (a) number of action potentials that it receives, (b) kind of action potentials that it receives, (c) line over which sensory information arrives, (d) intensity of the sensory stimulus, (e) number of sensory receptors that are stimulated.154views
Textbook QuestionIdentify six types of tactile receptors located in the skin, and describe their sensitivities.165views
Textbook QuestionWhat three types of mechanoreceptors respond to stretching, compression, twisting, or other distortions of their plasma membrane?179views
Textbook QuestionAll of the following descriptions refer to dorsal column–medial lemniscal ascending pathways except one: a. they include the fasciculus gracilis and fasciculus cuneatus; b. they include a chain of three neurons; c. their connections are diffuse and poorly localized; d. they are concerned with precise transmission of one or a few related types of sensory input.274views
Textbook QuestionCharacterize each receptor activity described below by choosing the appropriate letter and number(s) from keys A and B. _____ , _____ (1) You are enjoying an ice cream cone. _____ , _____ (2) You have just scalded yourself with hot coffee. _____ , _____ (3) The retinas of your eyes are stimulated. _____ , _____ (4) You bump (lightly) into someone. _____ , _____ (5) You are in a completely dark room and reaching toward the light switch. _____ , _____ (6) You feel uncomfortable after a large meal. Key A: a. exteroceptor b. interoceptor c. proprioceptor Key B: (1) chemoreceptor (2) mechanoreceptor (3) nociceptor (4) photoreceptor (5) thermoreceptor218views
Textbook QuestionFirst-order somatic sensory neurons are_____neurons whose cell bodies are located in the_____.a. multipolar, posterior hornb. pseudounipolar, posterior root ganglionc. bipolar, anterior hornd. pseudounipolar, posterior horn175views
Textbook QuestionFill in the blanks:______detect the degree to which a muscle is stretched, whereas______detect the force of a muscle contraction.157views
Textbook QuestionReceptors in the saccule and utricle provide sensations of (a) angular acceleration, (b) hearing, (c) vibration, (d) gravity and linear acceleration and deceleration.136views