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Chapter 16: Sensory, Motor, Integration Flashcards

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conscious or subconscious awareness of changes in the external or internal environment

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Sensation

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conscious awareness and interpretation of sesations primarily a function of the cerebral cortex

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Perception

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specialized cell or the dendrites of a sensory neuron

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Receptor/Sense organ

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stimulus = external environment (hearing, vision, smell, taste, touch, pressure, vibration, temperature, and pain) at or near external surface of the body

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Exteroceptor

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stimulus = not consciously perceived; pain or pressure blood vessels, visceral organs, muscles, and nervous system

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Interoceptor/Visceroceptor

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stimulus = body position, muscle length, and tension muscles, tendons, joints and the inner ear

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Proprioceptor

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stimulus = touch, pressure, vibrations, stretch skin, ears, muscles, joints

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Mechanoreceptor

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stimulus = change in temperature skin, hypothalamus

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Thermoreceptor

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stimulus = damage to tissue numerous locations in body “pain” slowly adapting receptor

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Nociceptor

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stimulus = light only in eyes

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Photoreceptor

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stimulus = chemicals nose, tongue, hypothalamus, stomach

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Chemoreceptor

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somatic sensations that arise from stimulating the skin surface

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cutaneous sensations

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touch, pressure, vibration, itch, tickle

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tactile sensations

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stimulation of tactile receptors in the skin or subcutaneous layer

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touch

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rapidly adapting touch receptors found in hairy skin consist of free nerve endings wrapped around hair follicles

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hair root plexuses

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sustained sensation that is felt over a larger area than touch occurs with deformation of deeper tissues

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pressure sensations

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  • slowly adapting tacticle (touch) receptor
  • sensation: stretching of skin
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Ruffini corpuscles

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  • bare dendrites
  • receptors for pain, thermal, tickle, itch, and some touch sensations
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free nerve ending

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  • slowly adapting tacticle (touch) receptors
  • sensations: touch and pressure
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tactile discs

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  • rapidly adapting tacticle receptors
  • sensations: touch, pressure, and slow vibrations
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corpuscles of touch

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  • rapidly adapting pressure receptor
  • sensations: pressure and fast vibrations
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lamellated corpuscles

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skin, muscles, joints, tendons, fascia

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somatic pain

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skin

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superficial somatic pain

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muscles, joints, tendons, fascia

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deep somatic pain

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  • from visceral (internal) organs
  • bowel blockage, kidney stone, gall stones, etc
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visceral pain

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  • visceral pain projected to a particular part of the skin or body
  • projected incorrectly
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referred pain

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  • “acute”, “sharp”, “pricking”
  • closer to surface (not felt in deep tissues) knife cut, pin prick, paper cut, skin burn, etc.
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fast (acute) pain

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  • “throbbing”, “aching”, “burning” or “chronic”
  • may be excruciating felt in both skin and deep tissues toothache, skin bruise, etc.
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slow (chronic) pain

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  • projection of pain coming from amputated limb
  • “psychological” pain
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phantom pain

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pain relief

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analgesia

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induction of a state of unconsciousness with the absence of pain sensation over the entire body, through the administration of anesthetic drugs

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general anesthesia

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  1. regional anesthesia by injection of a local anesthetic into the subarachnoid space around the spinal cord.
  2. loss of sensation due to a spinal lesion.
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spinal anesthesia

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  • slowly adapting (propreioceptors) sensory nerve endings
  • sensations: muscle length
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muscle spindles

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  • slowly adapting proprioceptors
  • sensations: muscle tension slowly adapting receptor
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tendon organs

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  • rapidly adapting proprioceptors
  • sensations: joint position and movement rapidly adapting receptor
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joint kinesthetic receptors

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conduct impulses from the somatic receptors (PNS) into the brain stem or spinal cord (CNS)

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first-order neurons

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conduct impulses from the brain stem and spinal cord to the thalamus

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second-order neurons

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conduct impulses from the thalamus to the primary somatosensory area of the cortex on the same side

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third-order neurons

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ability to acquire new information or skills though instruction or experience

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learning

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a hypothetical neurophysiologic storage unit in the cerebrum that is the source of a particular memory

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engram

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temporary ability to recall a few pieces of information for seconds to minutes

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short-term memory

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information in short-term memory may later be transformed into a more permanent type of memory

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long-term memory

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lack or loss of memory

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amnesia

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humans sleep and awaken in a 24-hour cycle

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circadian rhythm

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  • a portion of the reticular formation that has many ascending connections with the cerebral cortex
  • when this area of the brain stem is active
    • nerve impulses pass to the thalamus and widespread areas of the cerebral coretex
      • results in generalized alertness or arousal from sleep
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reticular activating system

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state of wakefulness

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consciousness

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state of unconsciousness in which a person’s responses to stimuli are reduced or absent

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coma

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  • Non-Rapid Eye Movement
  • 4 gradually merging stages
    1. transition
    2. light sleep
    3. moderately deep sleep
    4. deep sleep
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NREM sleep

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  • Rapid Eye Movement under closed eyelids
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REM sleep

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  • STD
  • caused by bacteria
  • third state cause dibillitating neurological symptoms
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syphilis

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condition in which REM sleep cannot be inhibited during waking periods

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narcolepsy

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difficulty in falling asslep and staying asleep

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insomnia

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disorder in which a person repeatedly stops breathing for 10 or more seconds while sleeping

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sleep apnea

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complete loss of strength in an affected limb or muscle group

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paralysis

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  • nonprogressive disorders of movement and posture caused by abnormal development of, or damage to, motor control centers of the brain
  • cause physical disability
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cerebral palsy

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  • uncontrollable shaking and muscle rigidity
  • dopamine-releasing neurons degenerates
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Parkinson disease

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  • inherited disorder
  • loss of neurons that normally release GABA or acetylcholine
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Huntington disease

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muscles of the upper limb may alternately contract and relax, causing it to shake

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tremor

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generator potential or receptor potential decreases in amplitude during a maintained, constant stimulus

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adaptation

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a visual sensation that continues after the stimulus ends. The image may appear in colors complementary to those of the stimulus.

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afterimage

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the act of perceiving an idea or thought as an objective reality.

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projection

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