Ch15 Quiz Flashcards by Tim Crunch

Q

2 Mechanoreceptors near the epidermis

Small cutaneous receptive field

A

Merkel receptors (SA1)

Meissner corpuscles (RA1)

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2 Mechanoreceptors deep in the dermis

A

Ruffini cylinders (SA2)

Pacinian corpuscles (RA2)

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Q

Slowly adapting receptors

Perceive specific details of touch

A

Merkel receptors (SA1)

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Q

Rapid adapting receptors

Perceive handgrip control

A

Meissner corpuscles

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Q

Slowly adapting

Perceiving stretching (like a pinch)

A

Ruffini cylinders

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Rapidly adapting receptors

Perceiving vibration and fine texture

A

Pacinian Corpuscles

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Slowly adapting (SA) receptors

A

Continuous firing

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Rapidly adapting (RA) receptors

A

ONLY fire at beginning and end of pressure

NOT in the middle

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