Chapter 8: Somatosensory Neurotransmission

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What type of sensory receptors respond to slow vibration?

Merkel cells

Meissner corpuscles (correct)

Pacinian corpuscles

Ruffini corpuscles

What is the primary function of proprioceptors?

Detecting changes in temperature

Responding to potentially harmful stimuli

Stimulated by changes in the chemical composition of the local environment

Relaying information about muscle length and tension (correct)

What type of sensory receptors respond to extreme heat and cold?

Thermoreceptors

Nociceptors (correct)

Chemoreceptors

Photoreceptors

What is the function of Chemoreceptors?

Stimulated by changes in the chemical composition of the local environment (B) Signup and view all the answers

What type of sensory receptors respond to light?

Photoreceptors (B) Signup and view all the answers

What type of sensory receptors respond to touch and pressure?

Cutaneous mechanoreceptors (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of Merkel cells?

Responding to sustained pressure (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of Ruffini corpuscles?

Responding to stretch and fluttering vibration (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of Pacinian corpuscles?

They are the largest cutaneous mechanoreceptors (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of somatosensory receptors?

To convert specific forms of energy into action potentials in sensory neurons (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which type of mechanoreceptors respond to sustained pressure?

Merkel cells (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the location of Meissner corpuscles?

Epidermis of glabrous skin (B) Signup and view all the answers

What type of sensory receptors respond to potentially harmful stimuli?

Nociceptors (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of Ruffini corpuscles?

Respond to stretch and fluttering vibration (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of nociceptors?

To respond to potentially harmful stimuli (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the location of Pacinian corpuscles?

Dermis of both glabrous and hairy skin (C) Signup and view all the answers

What type of sensory receptors detect changes in the chemical composition of the local environment?

Chemoreceptors (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of Pacinian corpuscles in terms of size?

They are about 2 mm long and about 1 mm in diameter (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of sensory receptors in the process of somatosensory neurotransmission?

To convert specific forms of energy into action potentials in sensory neurons (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which type of cutaneous mechanoreceptors responds to fast vibration?

Pacinian corpuscles (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of nociceptors?

To respond to potentially harmful stimuli such as pain, extreme heat, and extreme cold (B) Signup and view all the answers

Where are Merkel cells located?

In the epidermis of glabrous skin (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of Ruffini corpuscles?

They respond to stretch and fluttering vibration (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of photoreceptors?

To respond to light (B) Signup and view all the answers

Which type of sensory receptors respond to changes in the chemical composition of the local environment?

Chemoreceptors (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of Meissner corpuscles?

To respond to slow vibration (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of thermoreceptors?

To detect the sensations of warmth and cold (D) Signup and view all the answers

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What type of sensory receptors respond to slow vibration?

What is the primary function of proprioceptors?

What type of sensory receptors respond to extreme heat and cold?

What is the function of Chemoreceptors?

What type of sensory receptors respond to light?

What type of sensory receptors respond to touch and pressure?

What is the function of Merkel cells?

What is the function of Ruffini corpuscles?

What is the characteristic of Pacinian corpuscles?

What is the primary function of somatosensory receptors?

Which type of mechanoreceptors respond to sustained pressure?

What is the location of Meissner corpuscles?

What type of sensory receptors respond to potentially harmful stimuli?

What is the characteristic of Ruffini corpuscles?

What is the primary function of nociceptors?

What is the location of Pacinian corpuscles?

What type of sensory receptors detect changes in the chemical composition of the local environment?

What is the characteristic of Pacinian corpuscles in terms of size?

What is the role of sensory receptors in the process of somatosensory neurotransmission?

Which type of cutaneous mechanoreceptors responds to fast vibration?

What is the function of nociceptors?

Where are Merkel cells located?

What is the characteristic of Ruffini corpuscles?

What is the function of photoreceptors?

Which type of sensory receptors respond to changes in the chemical composition of the local environment?

What is the function of Meissner corpuscles?

What is the function of thermoreceptors?

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