19.1-19.2 sensory receptors
What is the common site of referred stomach pain?
D
Which of the following are examples of encapsulated receptors?
End bulbs
Which of the following would stimulate somatic nociceptors?
Exposure to acid on the skin Sprained ankle Touching a hot pan
Which are distributed throughout the body and are simple in structure?
General sense receptors
What type of receptor is found in smooth muscle of organs?
Interoceptors
What type of receptors detect deep pressure and vibration?
Lamellated corpuscles
---______ receptors quickly lose sensitivity over time. Multiple choice question.
PHASIC
______ pain is a sensation associated with a body part that has been removed.
Phantom
What type of receptors make you aware of your body positioning?
Proprioceptors
What type of phasic receptors detect light touch, shapes, textures?
Tactile corpuscles
Which type of receptor detect pressure changes?
The correct answer is: Baroreceptors
What type of receptors detect molecules dissolved in fluid?
The correct answer is: Chemoreceptors
A decrease in sensitivity due to continuous stimulation is called ______.
The correct answer is: adaptation
Specific types of receptors called ______ detect stimuli in the internal organs.
The correct answer is: interoceptors
Examples of tonic receptors are ______.
The correct answer is: proprioceptors in joints and muscles
What structure transforms one type of energy into a different type of energy?
Transducers
A type of mechanoreceptor that responds to stretch of blood vessel walls is a ______.
baroreceptor
A ______ receptive field detects only the general region of its stimulus.
broad
Which are examples of both somatic and visceral sensory receptors?
chemical
Where are mechanoreceptors found?
ear, skin
Cutaneous receptors are a type of ______.
exteroceptors
End bulbs detect ______.
light pressure
Tactile receptors are a type of ______.
mechanoreceptors
Free nerve endings primarily detect ______.
pain and temperature
Root hair plexuses are usually found in the ______.
reticular layer of the dermis
Specialized free nerve endings that surround hair follicles are called ______ hair plexuses.
root
Where are tactile corpuscles located?
skin of lips
Vision is an example of a ______.
special sense
Equilibrium is an example of a receptor for the ______.
special senses
Tactile cells are located in the ______.
stratum basale
Tactile cells are associated with ______.
tactile discs
Tactile discs are important for distinguishing the ______ of a stimulating agent.
texture
Gustation is the sense of
to taste
The balance receptors in the ear are an example of ______ receptors.
tonic
Which are located in the walls of blood vessels?
visceral sensory receptors
What type of receptor is found in the mucous membranes?
Exteroceptors
Conscious awareness of incoming sensory information is called ______.
The correct answer is: sensation
Changes in the external and internal environment are called ______.
The correct answer is: stimuli
Somatic receptors are found within ______.
The correct answer is: the body wall
Which type of receptors do not exhibit adaptation?
bulbous corpuscles
Where are proprioceptors found?
joints
Pacinian corpuscles are also called ______.
lamellated corpuscles
Localization and sensitivity are easily determined in a ______ receptive field.
small
