Sensory Receptors and Sensory Process Quiz
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What is the primary job of sensory receptors?

  • Enhance the stimulus
  • Detect a stimulus (correct)
  • Interpret the stimulus consciously
  • Transmit information to the CNS
  • Which type of receptors are very quickly adapting, especially with continuous stimulation?

  • Phasic receptors (correct)
  • Chemoreceptors
  • Nociceptors
  • Proprioceptors
  • What do tonic receptors do in response to stimuli?

  • They respond slowly and keep adapting (correct)
  • They enhance the stimulus
  • They adapt quickly
  • They transmit information to the CNS
  • Which term describes the process of converting one form of energy into another by sensory receptors?

    <p>Transduction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the sensory process, what is the function of perception?

    <p>Interpret conscious knowledge of the stimulus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of receptors are primarily found in skin and mucous membranes and respond to pain?

    <p>Nociceptors</p> Signup and view all the answers

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