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What type of mechanoreceptors detect light touch and 2-point discrimination?
What type of mechanoreceptors detect light touch and 2-point discrimination?
- Encapsulated tactile (Meissner's) corpuscles (correct)
- Golgi tendon organs
- Annulospiral endings
- Flower-Spray endings
What is the function of Golgi tendon organs?
What is the function of Golgi tendon organs?
- Detection of position and movement of joints (correct)
- Detection of light touch
- Detection of vibrations of sound waves
- Detection of muscle contractions and stretch
Which type of mechanoreceptors are responsible for the vibratory sense?
Which type of mechanoreceptors are responsible for the vibratory sense?
- Pacinian corpuscles (correct)
- Merkel's disks
- Ruffini's corpuscles
- Meissner's corpuscles
What is the function of proprioception?
What is the function of proprioception?
What type of receptors are found in joint capsules?
What type of receptors are found in joint capsules?
What is responsible for detecting movement of fluid inside the cochlea?
What is responsible for detecting movement of fluid inside the cochlea?
What type of sensory receptors respond to stimuli from within the body?
What type of sensory receptors respond to stimuli from within the body?
What is the term for the ability to recognize numbers and letters drawn on the skin without visual cues?
What is the term for the ability to recognize numbers and letters drawn on the skin without visual cues?
What type of sensory receptors are responsible for the vibratory sense?
What type of sensory receptors are responsible for the vibratory sense?
What is the term for the sense of body position and movement?
What is the term for the sense of body position and movement?
What type of sensory receptors respond to stimuli originating from the outside world?
What type of sensory receptors respond to stimuli originating from the outside world?
What type of mechanoreceptors respond to touch-pressure and vibration?
What type of mechanoreceptors respond to touch-pressure and vibration?
What is the term for the sense of body part position and movement in space?
What is the term for the sense of body part position and movement in space?
What type of mechanoreceptors are found in the epidermis for light touch?
What type of mechanoreceptors are found in the epidermis for light touch?
What is the term for the sense of vibration in the skin and joints?
What is the term for the sense of vibration in the skin and joints?
What type of receptors are involved in detecting muscle length and tendon force needed in coordinated movements?
What type of receptors are involved in detecting muscle length and tendon force needed in coordinated movements?
What type of mechanoreceptors are stimulated by deeper and harder pressure?
What type of mechanoreceptors are stimulated by deeper and harder pressure?
