16 Questions
The ______ is our ability to sense the position of our own limbs and other body parts in space
proprioception
Somatosensory afferents convey information from the skin surface to central ______
circuits
The territory innervated by each spinal nerve is called a ______
dermatome
What is the difference between cutaneous and ______-mechanoreceptors
proprio
What is the role of the thalamus in processing of tactile information and ______
proprioception
Our ability to sense the position of our own limbs and other body parts in space is called ______
proprioception
The area of skin surface over which stimulation results in a significant change in the rate of action potentials is called the ______ field
receptive
Aβ afferents convey ______
touch
Aδ and C afferents convey ______ and temperature
pain
The highest spatial resolution of all sensory afferents is provided by ______ receptors
mechanoreceptor
Proprioception provides information about the position of limbs and other body parts in ______
space
Low threshold mechanoreceptors provide information for ______
proprioception
The mechanoreceptors specialized for proprioception are called ______
proprioceptors
Golgi tendon organs are specialized for sensing ______
force
Joint ______ are specialized for detecting motion
receptors
Stereognosis capacity is related to the perception of ______ and shape
texture
Test your knowledge on the somatosensory system, including the differences between cutaneous and proprio-mechanoreceptors, characteristics of somatosensory receptors, central pathways for processing tactile information and proprioception, the role of the thalamus, processing of tactile information in the brain, and sensory cortex plasticity.
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