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Classification of Sensory Receptors Flashcards

(7 cards)

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Give the Location, Stimulus Type and Body Location for Free Nerve Endings

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Location: Exteroreceptors, interoreceptors

Stimulus Type: Nociceptors (pain), thermoreceptors (temperature), & mechanoreceptors (pressure)

Body Location: Most body tissues; abundant in epithelia & connective tissues.

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Give the Location, Stimulus Type & Body Location for Merkel Discs:

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Location: Exteroreceptors

Stimulus Type: Mechanoreceptors (light pressure)

Body Location: At base of epidermis of skin

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Give the Location, Stimulus Type & Body Location for Meissner’s Corpuscles.

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Location: Exteroreceptors

Stimulus Type: Mechanoreceptors (light pressure & discriminative touch)

Body Location: Dermal papillae of hairless skin (lips, nipples & fingertips)

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Give the Location, Stimulus Type & Body Location for Pacinian Corpuscles:

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Location: Exteroreceptors, interoreceptors

Stimulus Type: Mechanoreceptors (deep pressure & stretch)

Body Location: Subcutaneous tissue of skin, periostea, mesentery, tendons, ligametns, joint capsules, fingers, soles of feet, external genitalia & nipples

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Give the Location, Stimulus Type & Body Location for Ruffini’s Corpuscles.

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Location: Exteroreceptors

Stimulus Type: Mechanoreceptors (deep pressure & touch)

Body Location: Deep dermis, hypodermis & joint capsules

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Give the Location, Stimulus Type & Body Location for Muscle Spindles:

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Location: Proprioceptors

Stimulus Type: Mechanoreceptors (muscle stretch)

Body Location: Skeletal muscles, particularly those of the extremities

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Give the Location, Stimulus Type & Body Location for Golgi Tendon Organs

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Location: Proprioceptors

Stimulus Type: Mechanoreceptors (tendon stretch)

Body Location: Embedded in tendons

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