13 Questions
What is the process where sensory receptors receive information and encode the information to send on?
Sensation
What is the process of sensory transduction, receptor potential summation, action potential generation, and integration by either facilitation or inhibition?
Sensation
Which term refers to the integration of sensory information by either facilitation (depolarization) or inhibition (hyperpolarization)?
Transduction
What is the term for the anatomy, function, and classifications of receptors including chemoreceptors, thermoreceptors, mechanoreceptors, and nociceptors?
Transduction
Which process involves lateral inhibition?
Sensation
What is the term for the process where sensory receptors encode information for transmission?
Sensation
What is the process where the CNS receives and interprets sensations based on present experiences, the present state of the environment, and memory of similar situations?
Perception
Which term refers to changing the energy of a stimulus into neural energy?
Sensory transduction
What type of receptors respond to touch, pressure, and proprioception?
Mechanoreceptors
Which receptor type is responsible for encoding muscle tension?
Golgi Tendon Organ
What classification of sensory receptors includes stimuli from the external environment?
Extroceptors
Which fiber type is classified as a slowly adapting nociceptive afferent?
C
What is responsible for regulating muscle stiffness and aiding in the perception of limb movement?
Muscle spindle
Test your knowledge on the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) and sensory receptors with this quiz. Topics include classification, organization, receptor fields, innervation patterns, peripheral nerves, and fiber types.
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