Chapter 13 Flashcards
12 pairs, sensory vs. motor or mixed
cranial nerves
31 pairs; 8 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, 1 coccygeal.
enlargements in gray matter
spinal nerves
endoneurium, perineurium; fascicles, epineurium
structure of the PNS
mechanoreceptors, thermoreceptors, photoreceptors, chemoreceptors, chemoreceptors, nociceptors
types of sensory receptors
respond to touch, pressure, vibration and stretch
mechanoreceptors
respond to temperature change
thermoreceptors
respond to light, dark and color
photoreceptors
respond to tastes
chemoreceptors
respond to pain
nociceptors
exteroceptors, interoceptors, proprioceptors
locations of sensory receptors
near or at the body surface, sensitive to stimuli arising outside of the body
exteroreceptors
respond to stimuli within the body
interoreceptors
occur in skeletal muscles, stretch in muscles and tendons
proprioceptors
nonencapsulated and capsulated
general senses
temperature, pain, tissue movement caused by pressure, itch
nonencapsulated (free nerve ending)
tactile corpuscle, lamellar corpuscles, bulbous corpuscles (continuous deep pressure), muscle spindles (muscle stretch), tendon organs, joint kinesthetic receptors (stretch in articulate capsules)
capsulated
perceive changes in taste, smell, and touch, use a unique cell
special senses
- receptor level
- circuit level
- processing at the perceptual level
Somatosensory processing