Anatomy Ch 9 (General and Special Senses)

Question 0

the area monitored by a single receptor

Answer 0

receptive field

Question 1

what are the branching tips of dendrites called?

Answer 1

free nerve ending

Question 2

arriving information is called a ____________

Answer 2

sensation

Question 3

conscience awareness of a sensation is called a ____________

Answer 3

perception

Question 4

adaptation

Answer 4

reduction in sensitivity to a constant stimulus

Question 5

what are the general senses?

Answer 5

temperature, pain, touch, pressure, vibration and proprioception (body position)

Question 6

what are special senses?

Answer 6

smell (olfaction), taste (gustation), vision, balance (equilibrium), and hearing

Question 7

nociceptors

Answer 7

pain receptors

Question 8

referred pain

Answer 8

perception of pain coming from parts of the body that are not actually stimulated

Question 9

temperature receptors

Answer 9

thermoreceptors

Question 10

mechanoreceptors

Answer 10

sensitive to stretching, compression, or twisting

Question 11

list the 3 types of mechanoreceptors:

Answer 11

1) tactile receptors (touch)
2) baaroreceptors (pressure)
3) proprioreceptors (body position)

Question 12

each olfactory organ consist of?

Answer 12

olfactory epithelium which contains olfactory receptor cells