sensory receptors Flashcards

1
Q

respond to physical shape changes (touch and pressure, golgi tendon organs)

A

mechanoreceptors

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

respond to chemicals (taste buds, olfactory receptors, CO2 receptors)

A

chemoreceptors

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

pain receptors (response to chem released during injury-cytokines- or direct stimulus

A

nociceptors

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

respond to temp

A

thermoreceptors

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

respond to light and Em waves (rods and cones)

A

photoreceptors

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly