General and Special Senses Review

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The special senses refer to....

Balance Taste Smell Hearing Vision

Sensory receptors that monitor blood pressure in the walls of major blood vessels are called

Baroreceptors

Receptors that monitor the pH and the carbon dioxide and oxygen concentrations of arterial blood are

Chemoreceptors

Receptors for the __________ senses occur throughout the body

General

The general senses....

Involve receptors that are relatively simple

The cerebral interpretation of smell occurs in

Olfactory cortex Hypothalamus Portions of the limbic system

The olfactory epithelium of each olfactory organ contains

Olfactory receptor cells Supporting cells Regenerative basal cells

Tactile receptors respond to all of the following except: Vibration Pressure Pain Touch

Pain

The conscious awareness of a sensation is called

Perception

Sensory receptors that monitor the position of joints are called

Proprioceptors

The large posterior cavity of the hollow eyeball contains the

Vitreous body

Receptors for special senses are located....

In specific sense organs

The free nerve endings that function as pain receptors are called....

Nociceptors

Olfactory reception occurs as dissolved chemicals interact with receptors called

Odorant-binding proteins

The only type of sensory information that reaches the cerebral cortex without synapsing in the thalamus is ___________ stimuli

Olfactory

The three classes of mechanoreceptors are....

Tactile Baroreceptors Proprioceptors

The term general senses refers to the sensations of....

Temperature Pain Touch Pressure Vibration Proprioception


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