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What are specialized cells or cell processes that monitor specific conditions in or out of the body?
What type of receptors respond to mechanical pressure or distortion?
Mechanoreceptors
Which receptors are responsible for detecting temperature?
Thermoreceptors
What type of receptors are sensitive to chemical changes?
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What are pain receptors referred to as?
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Which receptors are responsible for detecting light?
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What are receptors called that are sensitive to stimuli arising from outside the body?
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Which receptors monitor internal stimuli?
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What type of receptors advise the brain of body movements?
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Where are free nerve endings most abundant?
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What do tactile (Merkel) disks function as?
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What type of receptors detect light touch by wrapping around hair follicles?
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Which receptors detect light pressure in the upper dermis?
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What type of receptors sense heavy pressure in the deep dermis?
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What type of receptors respond to deep pressure in the dermis and joints?
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Muscle tendons, tendon organs, and joint kinesthetic receptors all _____
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What are the three events that lead to sensation and perception?
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What does adaptation refer to in sensory receptors?
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What are the two types of adaptation?
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What is the function of phasic receptors?
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What is the characteristic of tonic receptors?
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How are first, second, and third-order sensory neurons arranged in a circuit?
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What part of the cerebral cortex is responsible for magnitude estimation?
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What are the cranial nerves in order?
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What is the function of the olfactory nerve?
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What is the function of the optic nerve?
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What is the function of the oculomotor nerve?
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What is the function of the trigeminal nerve?
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How many pairs of spinal nerves are there?
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What is the condition known as sciatica?
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What is a dermatome?
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What test checks for the plantar reflex?
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What does Babinski's sign indicate?
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What is tabes dorsalis?
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What is neurofibromatosis?
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Which of the following describes neurology?
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Study Notes
Sensory Receptors
- Specialized cells that monitor internal and external conditions, generating action potentials in response to stimuli.
- Types include mechanoreceptors (detect mechanical force), thermoreceptors (sense temperature), chemoreceptors (monitor chemicals), nociceptors (detect pain), and photoreceptors (respond to light).
Mechanoreceptors and Other Receptors
- Mechanoreceptors respond to physical deformation caused by touch, pressure, or stretching.
- Thermoreceptors are responsible for sensing changes in temperature, both hot and cold.
- Chemoreceptors are involved in sensing environmental chemicals, such as taste and smell.
Pain and Pressure Receptors
- Nociceptors specifically detect pain stimuli, while other receptors like free nerve endings respond to temperature and tissue movements.
- Various types of pressure receptors exist, including Meissner's corpuscles (light pressure), Pacinian corpuscles (heavy pressure), and Ruffini's endings (deep pressure).
Interoception and Proprioception
- Exteroceptors detect stimuli from the external environment (touch, pressure, pain, temperature).
- Interoceptors monitor internal body conditions like chemical changes and organ stretch, often causing sensations of pain or discomfort.
- Proprioceptors inform the brain about body movements and positions, located in muscles and joints.
Adaptation and Sensory Processing
- Sensory adaptation refers to the diminishing sensitivity to a constant stimulus.
- Phasic receptors react quickly and adapt, such as those in the retina, while tonic receptors maintain sensitivity over time, relevant to pain and body position.
- Sensation and perception involve a multi-step process: stimulus detection, nerve circuitry, and brain interpretation.
Nerve Structure and Types
- Nerves are composed of bundles of axons surrounded by connective tissue layers: endoneurium (individual fibers), perineurium (fascicles), and epineurium (entire nerve).
- Three nerve types exist: mixed (both sensory and motor), sensory (toward CNS), and motor (away from CNS).
Cranial Nerves
- Twelve cranial nerves, each with distinct functions, including sensory (olfactory, optic, vestibular), motor (oculomotor, trochlear, abducens, accessory, hypoglossal), and mixed (trigeminal, facial, glossopharyngeal, vagus).
- Functions range from smell and vision to facial movement and equilibrium.
Spinal Nerves and Reflexes
- Spinal nerves consist of 31 pairs, supplying sensory and motor innervation to the body, except the head and some neck areas.
- Dermatome refers to areas of skin innervated by specific spinal nerves, crucial for assessing sensory function.
- Reflex tests, such as the plantar reflex and Babinski's sign, help evaluate neurological health.
Neurological Conditions
- Conditions like sciatica (nerve pain), tabes dorsalis (deterioration due to syphilis), neurofibromatosis (hereditary tumors in nerve tissues), shingles (painful skin infection post-chickenpox), and neuritis (nerve inflammation) highlight common neurological issues.
- Hilton's law states that a nerve serving a muscle also innervates the joint and skin over that joint, indicating a relationship between muscle movement and skin sensation.
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Explore the fascinating world of sensory receptors in this quiz. Learn about different types of receptors such as mechanoreceptors, thermoreceptors, chemoreceptors, nociceptors, and photoreceptors, and how they respond to various stimuli. Test your knowledge on how these specialized cells monitor both internal and external conditions.
